Best Players of the 2025-2026 nineteenth week
The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the 2025-2026 Regular Season’s nineteenth week in four categories.
The League’s teams played 27 games last week, with 508 players (34 goalies, 163 defensemen, and 311 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 4.78 goals per game.
- Best goalie for the third time in his career was Denis Kostin (Torpedo), who won three games from three last week. The Nizhny Novgorod goalie faced 91 shots, or 30.3 per game, posting a 96.07% saves percentage and a goals-against average of 1.00. In the game against SKA on Saturday (6:0), Kostin posted his fifth shutout of the season.
- Best defenseman for the twelfth time in his career was Damir Sharipzyanov (Avangard), who scored 4 (2+2) points in two games last week, with a plus-5 differential. He also delivered two hits, blocked four shots, and had two takeaways.
- Best forward for the third time in his career was Vladimir Tkachyov (Torpedo), who scored 8 (2+6) points in three games last week, with a plus-2 rating. The Nizhny Novgorod forward also delivered one hit, blocked one shot, made one pass interception, and had two takeaways.
- Best rookie for the third time in his career was 21-years-old forward Matvei Polyakov (SKA), who scored 2 (1+1) points in three games last week. He also made one pass interception.
