Overview
- The NHL, which named the finalists Monday, set the field for the 2025-26 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.
- PHWA members now vote to choose the winner, with an announcement later in the postseason and a $2,500 grant to the Masterton Scholarship Fund.
- Buffalo captain Rasmus Dahlin took a brief leave as his fiancée recovered from an emergency heart transplant and returned to post 74 points in 77 games as the Sabres reached the playoffs.
- Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog missed three full seasons with knee issues, then became the first NHL player to return from knee cartilage replacement and logged 60 regular-season games.
- Winnipeg’s Jonathan Toews came back after about two-and-a-half years out with long COVID and CIRS, playing all 82 games with 11 goals, 29 points and a 62.1% faceoff win rate.