EDMONTON (Sept. 11, 2020) – Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon is the 2019-20 recipient of the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded “to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability,” as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
MacKinnon received votes on 132 of 170 ballots, including 64 first-place selections, in collecting 984 voting points. Second-place Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs was the first choice of 21 voters in amassing 616 points and third-place Ryan O'Reilly of the St. Louis Blues attracted 10 first-place votes and 561 total points. O'Reilly had finished second in Lady Byng voting in each of the past two seasons.
MacKinnon ranked fifth in the NHL with 35-58—93 in 69 games, 43 points more than his next-closest teammate, to lead the Avalanche into the playoffs for the third consecutive season. He also placed among the top 10 in the League in power-play points (4th; 31), assists (6th; 58), power-play goals (t-6th; 12), goals (9th; 35) and power-play assists (t-10th; 19), while topping the NHL in shots on goal (318). MacKinnon did so while registering a career-low 12 penalty minutes, the second-fewest among the League’s top 25 scorers; no other NHL forward averaged more time on ice (21:13) in 2019-20 while taking fewer penalties.
The 25-year-old Halifax, N.S., native captured the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in his first appearance as a finalist and becomes the third player in franchise history to win the award, following O’Reilly in 2013-14 and Avalanche GM Joe Sakic in 2000-01.
MacKinnon also is among the three finalists for two other individual honors, the Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award. The winner for these awards will be revealed during a 30-minute program during the 2020 Stanley Cup Final. More details on that show will be shared in the coming days.
For more on the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, including a list of past winners, click here.
2019-20 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Voting
| | Pts | (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th) |
1. |
Nathan MacKinnon, COL |
984 |
(64-33-13-13-9) |
2. |
Auston Matthews, TOR |
616 |
(21-32-25-14-15) |
3. |
Ryan O’Reilly, STL |
561 |
(10-31-34-20-14) |
4. |
Jaccob Slavin, CAR |
497 |
(31-12-13-8-14) |
5. |
Teuvo Teravainen, CAR |
322 |
(6-14-20-14-22) |
6. |
Zach Werenski, CBJ |
234 |
(6-9-12-14-9) |
7. |
Ryan Suter, MIN |
180 |
(4-9-4-14-15) |
8. |
Mika Zibanejad, NYR |
156 |
(5-4-10-7-7) |
9. |
Aleksander Barkov, FLA |
103 |
(3-2-7-7-3) |
10. |
Leon Draisaitl, EDM |
93 |
(0-6-5-8-2) |
11. |
Brayden Point, TBL |
91 |
(0-2-7-11-9) |
12. |
Elias Pettersson, VAN |
83 |
(3-2-4-6-1) |
13. |
Miro Heiskanen, DAL |
62 |
(1-2-4-4-6) |
14. |
Zach Parise, MIN |
59 |
(2-4-0-2-5) |
15. |
Nicklas Backstrom, WSH |
46 |
(2-2-1-2-1) |
16. |
Artemi Panarin, NYR |
37 |
(2-0-2-1-4) |
17. |
Alex Pietrangelo, STL |
37 |
(1-1-2-3-1) |
18. |
James van Riemsdyk, PHI |
30 |
(1-1-0-4-1) |
19. |
Marc-Andre Fleury, VGK |
22 |
(2-0-0-0-2) |
20. |
Patrice Bergeron, BOS |
22 |
(1-0-1-2-1) |
21. |
Connor Hellebuyck, WPG |
17 |
(1-1-0-0-0) |
22. |
Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJS |
15 |
(1-0-0-1-2) |
23. |
Sidney Crosby, PIT |
13 |
(1-0-0-1-0) |
|
Jared Spurgeon, MIN |
13 |
(1-0-0-1-0) |
25. |
Johnny Gaudreau, CGY |
13 |
(0-0-0-3-4) |
26. |
Patrick Marleau, PIT |
12 |
(0-1-1-0-0) |
|
William Nylander, TOR |
12 |
(0-1-1-0-0) |
28. |
Braden Holtby, WSH |
10 |
(1-0-0-0-0) |
29. |
Victor Olofsson, BUF |
9 |
(0-0-1-1-1) |
30. |
Anze Kopitar, LAK |
8 |
(0-0-0-2-2) |
|
Mitchell Marner, TOR |
8 |
(0-0-0-2-2) |
32. |
Esa Lindell, DAL |
7 |
(0-1-0-0-0) |
33. |
Frans Nielsen, DET |
6 |
(0-0-1-0-1) |
34. |
Jack Eichel, BUF |
5 |
(0-0-1-0-0) |
|
Joe Thornton, SJS |
5 |
(0-0-1-0-0) |
36. |
Evgenii Dadonov, FLA |
5 |
(0-0-0-1-2) |
|
Nick Suzuki, MTL |
5 |
(0-0-0-1-2) |
38. |
Will Butcher, NJD |
4 |
(0-0-0-1-1) |
39. |
Kyle Okposo, BUF |
3 |
(0-0-0-1-0) |
|
Riley Sheahan, EDM |
3 |
(0-0-0-1-0) |
41. |
Cale Makar, COL |
3 |
(0-0-0-0-3) |
42. |
Jason Dickinson, DAL |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
Erik Gudbranson, ANA |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
Roman Josi, NSH |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
William Karlsson, VGK |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
Max Pacioretty, VGK |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
Colton Parayko, STL |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
Matt Roy, LAK |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
Nate Schmidt, VGK |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
Steven Stamkos, TBL |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
* Points allocation: 10-7-5-3-1 (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)
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