Details of the vote for the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy, an award given to the most valuable player in the NHL playoffs, have become known.
Florida beat Edmonton in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals with a score of 2:1. Oilers forward wins Conn Smythe Trophy Connor McDavid .
17 representatives from various major North American media took part in the vote. Each respondent submitted three candidates for the award and ranked them: points were awarded on a 5-3-1 basis.
According to the press service of the Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA), 16 out of 17 journalists gave McDavid first place. Only one journalist, Ryan Clark, representing ESPN, cited the Russian goalkeeper from Florida. Sergei Bobrovsky in first place. As a result, McDavid scored 83 points, Florida forward Alexander Barkov finished second (46 points), Panthers defender Gustav Forsling finished third (8 points), Bobrovsky (7 points) took fourth place.
Bobrovsky played 24 games in the last NHL playoffs, winning 16 times with a reliability coefficient of 2.32 and 90.6% saved shots. He won the Stanley Cup for the first time in his career.
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