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Best Players - Round one

March 18, 2020, 5:22 PM ET [1 Comments]
Aivis Kalnins
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KHL has stopped playing for a while but they still named the best players for the first round of the Gagarin Cup play-offs.


The best goalie was Harri Sateri (Sibir), who won four of five games against Avtomobilist, including two shutouts (both during road games). The Finn netminder had a saves percentage of 96.11% (facing 180 shots, an average of 36.0 per game) with a goals-against average of 1.45. Sateri had a shutout streak of 142 minutes and 25 seconds (the best result of the first round).

The best defenseman was Philip Larsen (Salavat Yulaev), who won four of six games with his team against Avangard, scoring 4 (1+3) points. The Danish blueliner posted no negative ratings, ending the series plus-five. He also recorded five hits.

The best forward was Linus Omark (Salavat Yulaev), who won four of six games with his team against Avangard, scoring 1 (1+11) points. The Swedish forward scored less than two points only in one match and had a hat-trick of assists in game-three. Omark posted no negative ratings, ending the series plus-seven.

The best rookie was defenseman Artyom Minulin (Metallurg), who scored 3 (1+2) points in the series against Barys. His two assists in game-two, and his goal in game-five were his first in the KHL. Minulin posted no negative ratings, ending the series plus-3, had an average time on ice of 15 minutes and 21 seconds, had eight shots on goal, and recorded seven hits.
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