Top players of the 2026 Gagarin Cup finals

The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the 2026 Gagarin Cup playoffs’ final round in four categories.

The League’s teams played six games in the final-round series, with 33 players taking part in the action. The scoring was at 4.67 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the fifth time in his career was Daniil Isayev (Lokomotiv), who won four games from six against Ak Bars. The Yaroslavl netminder faced 151 shots throughout the series, or 25.2 per night, posting a 92.72% saves percentage and a goals-against average of 1.85.

- Best defenseman for the first time in his career was Nikita Cherepanov (Lokomotiv), who scored 2 (1+1) points in six games against Ak Bars, with a plus-7 differential. The Yaroslavl blueliner also delivered seven hits, blocked nine shots, and made one pass interception.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Richard Panik (Lokomotiv), who scored 3 (1+2) points in six games against Avangard, ending the series with a minus-1 differential. He also delivered eleven hits, blocked nine shots, and made two pass interceptions.

- Best rookie for the third time in his career was 21-years-old defenseman Stepan Terekhov (Ak Bars), who finished the six-game series against Lokomotiv with a minus-1 differential. Terekhov logged an average time on ice of fifteen minutes and thirty-four seconds, and also blocked seven shots and made one pass interception.