Best Players of the 2025-2026 thirteenth week

The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the 2025-2026 Regular Season’s thirteenth week in four categories.

The League’s teams played 32 games last week, with 506 players (39 goalies, 166 defensemen, and 301 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.75 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the third time in his career was Maxim Motorygin (Dynamo Moscow), who won four games from four last week. The Blue-and-Whites’ goalie posted a goals-against average of 1.02. Motorygin posted shutouts in consecutive games, against Torpedo on Monday (4:0) and Severstal on Wednesday (1:0 OT). Last week, he recorded the fourth-longest shutout streak in KHL history, remaining unbeaten for 252 minutes and 4 seconds.

- Best defenseman for the tenth and record-breaking time in his career was Damir Sharipzyanov (Avangard), who scored 5 (2+3) points in two games last week, with a plus-5 differential. The Omsk defenseman also recorded one hit, blocked four shots, and had three takeaways. Sharipzyanov beat Kevin Dallman’s record, who was awarded Best defenseman honors nine times.

- Best forward for the eighth time in his career was Nikita Gusev (Dynamo Moscow), who scored 10 (4+6) points in four games last week, with a plus-5 differential. The Blue-and-Whites’ forward potted the game-winning goal against Torpedo on Monday (4:0). He also blocked one shot and had one takeaway.

- Best rookie for the second time in his career was 18-years-old forward Alexander Zharovsky (Salavat Yulaev), who scored 5 (1+4) points in four games last week. Zharovsky also delivered two hits, blocked two shots, and made one pass interception.