If nothing else, Wednesday’s NHL awards can offer a reminder of just how different the regular season is from the rock-’em, sock-’em playoffs. Connor McDavid: The 22-year-old Newmarket native won the Hart in 2016-17 and is attempting to join Wayne Gretzky as the second player to capture the award multiple times prior to his 23rd birthday. Andrei Vasilevskiy: Posted a league-leading 39 victories in 53 games to help the Lightning match an NHL record with 62 wins. Vasilveskiy finished the season in the top 10 in the NHL in shutouts (six), save percentage (.925) and goals-against average (2.40). Jon Cooper: Guided the Lightning to 62 victories, tied for the most in NHL history with the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings.

Source: thestar June 18, 2019 22:51 UTC