Best Players of the 2026-2027 ninth week

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

The League’s teams played 26 games last week, with 506 players (36 goalies, 167 defensemen, and 303 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.15 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the second time in his career was Nikita Boyarkin (Admiral), who won two games from two last week. The Vladivostok goalie faced 86 shots, or 43 per game, posting a 95.35% save percentage and a goals-against average of 2.00. In Wednesday’s Admiral win against SKA (4–0), Boyarkin posted his third shutout of the season and became the sixth goalie in KHL history to score a goal.

- Best defenseman for the third time in his career was Rushan Rafikov (Lokomotiv), who scored 6 (1+5) points in four games last week, with a plus-4 differential. The Yaroslavl blueliner also blocked eleven shots.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Nathan Legare (Traktor), who scored 4 (3+1) points in three games, with a plus-5 differential. The Chelyabinsk forward also delivered six hits, blocked two shots, made two pass interceptions, and had one takeaway.

- Best rookie for the fourth time in his career was 21-years-old forward Maxim Zagrebin (Salavat Yulaev), who scored 3 (1+2) points in two games last week, with a plus-2 differential. He also made one pass interception and had one takeaway.