Top players of the Gagarin Cup’s semifinals

The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the Gagarin Cup semifinals in four categories.

The semifinals saw ten games of action, with 92 players (6 goalies, 29 defensemen, and 57 forwards) taking part. The scoring was at 5.00 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the second time in his career was Danii Isayev (Lokomotiv), who won four games from five against Salavat Yulaev. The Yaroslavl netminder faced 118 shots throughout the series, or 23.8 per night, posting a 94.07% saves percentage and a goals-against average of 1.41. Isayev posted a shutout in the fourth contest of the series – his second in this year’s postseason.

- Best defenseman for the second time in his career was Grigory Dronov (Traktor), who scored two goals in five games against Dynamo Moscow. The Chelyabinsk posted no negative ratings, ending the semifinals with a plus-3 differential. He also blocked eight shots, made one pass interception, and had seven takeaways.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Maxim Shabanov (Traktor), who scored 6 (3+3) points in five games against Dynamo Moscow, ending the semifinals with a plus-7 differential. The Chelyabinsk forward potted two game-winning goals, and recorded six hits, blocked four shots, made five pass interceptions, and had four takeaways.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was forward Yegor Surin (Lokomotiv), who scored 4 (3+1) points in four games against Salavat Yulaev, ending the series with a plus-4 rating. His second goal in game five was the game-winner and the series-clinching for Lokomotiv. He also recorded eight hits, blocked one shot, made one pass interception, and had one takeaway.