Best Players of the 2024-2025 first week

The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the 2024-2025 Regular Season’s first week in four categories.

The League’s teams played 25 games last week, with 521 players (37 goalies, 167 defensemen, and 317 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 4.72 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the third time in his career was Daniil Isayev (Lokomotiv), who had two wins in two games with his team last week. The Yaroslavl goalie faced 48 shots, or 24 per night, posting a saves percentage of 95.83% and a goals-against average of 1.00. Isayev posted a shutout in Lokomotiv’s win over Lada on Thursday (3:0).

- Best defenseman for the second time in his career was Nick Ebert (Avtomobilist), who scored 3 (2+1) points and a plus-2 differential in two games last week. Ebert potted the game-winner in Avtomobilist’s win over Traktor on Wednesday (3:2), blocked one shot, and had one takeaway.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Nail Yakupov (Kunlun Red Star), who scored 4 (3+1) points in three games last week. Yakupov scored goals in all games, potting the game-winner in the Dragons’ opener against Dynamo Moscow on Wednesday (3:1). He also recorded three hits, blocked two shots, and had two takeaways.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was forward Andrei Kozlov (Metallurg), who scored one goal last week. He posted an average time on ice of 14 minutes and 42 seconds, recorded three hits, and blocked one shot.