Oilers' McDavid wins Hart Trophy, 3 other awards to cap superlative 153-point season
CBC
Connor McDavid already had two trophies to take home.
Then he added another. And another.
The sublimely skilled, lightning-fast captain of the Edmonton Oilers dominated the NHL regular season from start to finish.
He did the same at Monday's awards ceremony in Nashville.
McDavid won his third Hart Trophy as NHL MVP thanks to a 153-point campaign — the most in the NHL since Mario Lemieux's 161 in 1995-96.
The 26-year-old started the night by taking home his fourth Ted Lindsay Award as the league's most outstanding player as voted by his peers.
"It's not lost on me what these trophies mean in the grand scheme of our game," he said. "It's not the motivating factor, but it's special, still. I know that the five-year-old me would be pissed if I was taking it for granted.
"I'm not. It's special."
McDavid had already secured his fifth Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer — 25 points clear of teammate Leon Draisaitl's second-place showing — along with his first Maurice (Rocket) Richard Trophy on the heels of a league-best 64-goal season.
The top pick at the 2015 draft, who also led the league in assists with 89, previously won the Hart in 2017 and 2021, and the Ted Lindsay in 2017, 2018 and 2021.
"I really feel that it is the most prestigious award that's given out here in terms of the hockey awards," McDavid said of the Ted Lindsay. "To have your peers recognize you... they're the ones that you go to battle with each and every night.
"For them to single you out, it's really, really special."
San Jose Sharks defenceman Erik Karlsson took home his third Norris Trophy, and first since 2015, as the league's top blueliner, while Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark secured Vezina Trophy honours for the first time as the best netminder.
"It means a lot," Karlsson said of his award that tied a bow on an unlikely comeback season following a string of injuries.
