Best Players of the 2026-2027 second week

The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the 2026-2027 Regular Season’s second week in four categories.

The League’s teams played 27 games last week, with 510 players (37 goalies, 171 defensemen, and 302 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 4.78 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the first time in his career was Andrei Shutov (Barys), who won one game from two last week. The Astana goalie faced 5 shots, or 25.5 per game, posting a 100% saves percentage and a goals-against average of 0.00. In Sunday’s game against Lokomotiv, the Kazakhstan international posted his sixth career shutout, the first in the current campaign.

- Best defenseman for the first time in his career was Yegor Zamula (CSKA), who scored 4 (1+3) points in two games last week, with a plus-3 differential. The CSKA blueliner netted the game-winning goal in Friday’s game against Torpedo (3:2).

- Best forward for the fourth time in his career was Nikolai Goldobin (SKA), who scored 5 (1+4) points in one game, with a plus-5 differential.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was 18-years-old defenseman Nikita Shcherbakov (Salavat Yulaev), who scored 2 (1+1) points in three games last week, with a plus-2 differential. He also delivered one hit, blocked two shots, and made one pass interception.