Best Players of the 2024-2025 twenty-eighth week

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

The League’s teams played 33 games last week, with 565 players (43 goalies, 187 defensemen, and 335 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.45 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the first time in his career was Yaroslav Ozolin (Neftekhimik), who won three games from three last week. The Nizhnekamsk goalie faced 103 shots, or 34.3 per game, posting a save percentage of 95.15% and a goals-against average of 1.67.

- Best defenseman for the second time in his career was Jordan Gross (Dinamo Minsk), who scored 5 (1+4) points in three games last week. The Bison’s defenseman ended the week with a plus-6 rating. Gross also blocked five shots and made two pass interceptions.

- Best forward for the fourth time in his career was Joshua Leivo (Salavat Yulaev), who scored 6 (4+2) points in three games last week, with a plus-3 differential. In Thursday’s Salavat Yulaev 3:1 victory over Sibir, he potted the game-winning goal. He also made four pass interceptions and had two takeaways.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was defenseman Stepan Terekhov (Ak Bars), who scored 2 (1+1) points in two games last week, with a plus-2 differential. The Kazan defenseman also blocked two shots. In Saturday’s Ak Bars win over Sibir (3:2 OT), Terekhov scored his first KHL goal.