Best Players of the 2025-2026 fifteenth week

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

The League’s teams played 30 games last week, with 518 players (35 goalies, 169 defensemen, and 314 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.37 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the seventh time in his career was Evgeny Alikin (Avtomobilist), who won two games from two last week. The Yekaterinburg goalie posted a 98.08% saves percentage and a goals-against average of 0.50. In Thursday’s Avtomobilist win over Sibir (5:0), Alikin posted his first shutout this season.

- Best defenseman for the first time in his career was Artyom Serikov (Neftekhimik), who scored 3 (2+1) points in three games last week, with a plus-3 differential. The Nizhnekamsk defenseman potted the game-winning goal in Sunday’s Neftekhimik win over Torpedo (5:0). He also delivered one hit, blocked eight shots, made one pass interception and had two takeaways.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Sam Anas (Dinamo Minsk), who scored 5 (4+1) points in three games last week, with a plus-2 differential. The Minsk forward potted the game-winning goal against Dynamo Moscow on Sunday (5:3). Anas also blocked one shot and had one takeaway.

- Best rookie for the third time in his career was 18-years-old forward Alexander Zharovsky (Salavat Yulaev), who scored 4 (2+2) points in three games last week, with a plus-3 differential. Zharovsky potted the game-winning goal against Amur on Thursday (4:2). He also blocked one shot, made two pass interceptions, and had three takeaways.