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Five weeks of KHL action and new set of best players has been named.
The best goalie was Janis Kalnins (Jokerit), who won two games from two last week. The Latvian goalie posted a 96.22% saves percentage and a 0.99 goals-against average (best figure of the week).
The best defenseman was Philip Larsen (Salavat Yulaev), who won two games from two with his team last week, scoring 6 (2+4) points. In the Thursday match against Torpedo, the Danish international scored 4 (2+4) points. Larsen posted no negative ratings, ending the week plus-5 (best result of the week).
The best forward was Kirill Kaprizov (CSKA), who won two of three games with his team last week, scoring 5 (4+1) points. The Red Army forward posted no negative ratings and was plus-5 (best result of the week). Kaprizov posted 10 shots on goal, 1 hit, and a hat-trick in the 9-3 CSKA win over Spartak Moscow.
The best rookie was forward Artyom Galimov (Ak Bars), who won three games with his team last week, scoring 2 (2+0) points. Galimov had the game-winning goal in the match against Dynamo Moscow (4-2). The 20-years-old forward had an average time on ice of 13 minutes and 32 seconds, had four shots on goal, and recorded three hits.
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