Overview
- The NHL, which announced the three finalists Wednesday, listed Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy, the Islanders’ Ilya Sorokin and Boston’s Jeremy Swayman as the top vote-getters for goaltender of the year.
- Vasilevskiy led the league with 39 wins and posted a 2.31 goals-against average and .912 save percentage, earning his sixth career finalist nod after winning the trophy in 2019.
- Sorokin led the NHL with seven shutouts and topped high-danger saves with 452, finishing 29-24-2 with a 2.68 GAA and .906 save percentage in a second finalist appearance for New York.
- Swayman reached a career-best 31 wins with a 2.71 GAA and .908 save percentage as a first-time finalist, and he led the league in 38 starts with a save rate of .900 or better.
- Two-time defending winner Connor Hellebuyck was not among the finalists, underscoring a race shaped by a mix of traditional stats like wins and newer context metrics such as high-danger saves and goals saved above expected.