Best Players of the 2026-2027 fifth week

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

The League’s teams played 25 games last week, with 497 players (31 goalies, 170 defensemen, and 296 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 4.96 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the fourth time in his career was Maxim Dorozhko (Amur), who won two games from two last week. Khabarovsk goalie faced 77 shots, or 38.5 per game, posting a 98.7% saves percentage and a goals-against average of 0.5. In Thursday’s Amur win over Traktor (2-0), Smolin posted his third shutout in the current season.

- Best defenseman for the third time in his career was Ioannis Kaldis (Severstal), who scored 3 (1+2) points in three games last week, with a plus-7 differential. The Cherepovets blueliner also delivered two hits, blocked ten shots, and made one pass interception.

- Best forward for the second time in his career was Prokhor Poltapov (CSKA), who scored 4 (3+1) points in two games, with a plus-4 differential. Throughout the week, he also blocked one shot.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was 20-years-old forward Artemy Nizameyev (Traktor), who scored 2 (1+1) points in three games last week. He also delivered one hit, blocked two shots, and made four pass interceptions.