Best Players of the 2026-2027 fourth week

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

The League’s teams played 30 games last week, with 526 players (40 goalies, 176 defensemen, and 310 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.4 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the first time in his career was Alexander Smolin (Metallurg), who won two games from two last week. The Magnitogorsk goalie faced 45 shots, or 22.5 per game, posting a 97.78% saves percentage and a goals-against average of 0.5. In Friday’s Metallurg win over Spartak (2-0), Smolin posted his second shutout in the season.

- Best defenseman for the first time in his career was Logan Day (Barys), who scored 6 (0+6) points in three games last week, with a plus-4 differential. The Astana blueliner also delivered four his, blocked six shots, and made one pass interception.

- Best forward for the seventh time in his career was Sergei Plotnikov (SKA), who scored 5 (2+3) points in two games, with a plus-4 differential. Throughout the week, he also delivered four hits, blocked one shot, and made one pass interception.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was 21-years-old forward Maxim Zagrebin (Salavat Yulaev), who scored 2 (0+2) points in three games last week. He also delivered three hits, blocked two shots, and made two pass interceptions.