Sorokin, Swayman, Vasilevskiy finalists for Vezina...
Key takeaways
- Ilya Sorokin, Jeremy Swayman and Andrei Vasilevskiy are the three finalists for the Vezina Trophy, the NHL announced Wednesday.
- The Vezina, which is awarded to the league's top goaltender, will be handed out at the NHL Awards Show.
- Sorokin, who plays for the New York Islanders, finished 29-24-2 with a 2.68 goals-against average, a .906 save percentage and an NHL-best seven shutouts.
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Ilya Sorokin, Jeremy Swayman and Andrei Vasilevskiy are the three finalists for the Vezina Trophy, the NHL announced Wednesday.
The Vezina, which is awarded to the league's top goaltender, will be handed out at the NHL Awards Show. A date has not been yet announced for the ceremony.
Sorokin, who plays for the New York Islanders, finished 29-24-2 with a 2.68 goals-against average, a .906 save percentage and an NHL-best seven shutouts. The 30-year-old also led the league in high-danger saves, high-danger shots faced, high-danger save percentage and road wins for an Islanders team that narrowly missed out on the playoffs by eight points in a crowded Eastern Conference landscape.