NEW YORK (June 19, 2021) – Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin is the 2020-21 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.
Slavin was a runaway winner, receiving 73 of the 100 first-place votes in collecting 827 voting points. Jared Spurgeon of the Minnesota Wild finished second with 223 voting points, marking the first time that defensemen have ranked 1-2 in Lady Byng balloting. Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who was second in Lady Byng voting in 2019-20, ranked third this season with 188 points.
Slavin (3-12—15) averaged the most time on ice (22:59) for a Hurricanes team that yielded 2.39 goals per game, tied for the fourth-fewest in the NHL, en route to capturing its first division crown since 2005-06. Slavin, who recorded 1,195:05 of total playing time in 52 outings, took only one minor penalty – for delay of game (puck over glass) – the fewest among all skaters who averaged at least 20 minutes in 2020-21 (minimum: 10 GP).
The 27-year-old Denver native has captured his first NHL Award and is the second player in franchise history to win the Lady Byng Trophy, after Ron Francis in 2001-02. He also is the fourth defenseman to take home the award since it was first presented in 1924-25, following Brian Campbell (2011-12 with Florida), Red Kelly (3x, most recently 1953-54 with Detroit) and Bill Quackenbush (1948-49 with Detroit). (Kelly also won the award as a forward in 1960-61 with Toronto).
For more on the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, including a list of past winners, click here.
2020-21 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Voting
| | Points | (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th) |
1. |
Jaccob Slavin, CAR |
827 |
(73-9-6-1-1) |
2. |
Jared Spurgeon, MIN |
223 |
(1-17-14-5-9) |
3. |
Auston Matthews, TOR |
188 |
(8-6-10-5-1) |
4. |
Aleksander Barkov, FLA |
187 |
(4-14-8-2-3) |
5. |
Artemi Panarin, NYR |
159 |
(2-13-5-6-5) |
6. |
Roope Hintz, DAL |
117 |
(0-7-7-8-9) |
7. |
William Karlsson, VGK |
104 |
(0-5-7-9-7) |
8. |
Anze Kopitar, LAK |
73 |
(1-1-4-10-6) |
9. |
Ryan Pulock, NYI |
65 |
(0-4-4-5-2) |
10. |
Christopher Tanev, CGY |
43 |
(0-3-3-1-4) |
11. |
Nathan MacKinnon, COL |
42 |
(3-1-1-0-0) |
12. |
Johnny Gaudreau, CGY |
39 |
(2-1-1-0-7) |
13. |
Nate Schmidt, VAN |
39 |
(0-4-2-0-1) |
14. |
Cale Makar, COL |
38 |
(0-1-2-6-3) |
15. |
Cam Atkinson, CBJ |
37 |
(1-2-1-2-2) |
16. |
Mark Scheifele, WPG |
33 |
(0-2-1-3-5) |
17. |
Josh Bailey, NYI |
28 |
(1-0-1-3-4) |
18. |
Patrick Kane, CHI |
24 |
(0-1-2-2-1) |
19. |
Sean Couturier, PHI |
22 |
(0-0-3-1-4) |
20. |
Connor McDavid, EDM |
21 |
(1-0-2-0-1) |
21. |
Marc-Andre Fleury, VGK |
20 |
(2-0-0-0-0) |
22. |
Brayden Point, TBL |
20 |
(0-2-0-1-3) |
23. |
Joe Pavelski, DAL |
20 |
(0-1-2-1-0) |
24. |
Mitchell Marner, TOR |
18 |
(0-1-1-2-0) |
25. |
Patrick Marleau, SJS |
17 |
(1-1-0-0-0) |
26. |
Alex DeBrincat, CHI |
15 |
(0-0-2-1-2) |
27. |
Patrice Bergeron, BOS |
13 |
(0-1-0-2-0) |
28. |
Victor Rask, MIN |
12 |
(0-0-2-0-2) |
29. |
Nicklas Backstrom, WSH |
12 |
(0-0-1-2-1) |
30. |
Adam Fox, NYR |
12 |
(0-0-0-3-3) |
31. |
Ryan O’Reilly, STL |
11 |
(0-0-1-2-0) |
32. |
Tyson Barrie, EDM |
11 |
(0-0-1-1-3) |
33. |
Alex Iafallo, LAK |
11 |
(0-0-0-3-2) |
34. |
Jason Spezza, TOR |
10 |
(0-1-0-1-0) |
t-35. |
Jared McCann, PIT |
7 |
(0-1-0-0-0) |
|
Filip Zadina, DET |
7 |
(0-1-0-0-0) |
37. |
Nick Leddy, NYI |
7 |
(0-0-0-2-1) |
t-38. |
Jack Campbell, TOR |
6 |
(0-0-1-0-1) |
|
Phil Kessel, ARI |
6 |
(0-0-1-0-1) |
t-40. |
Miro Heiskanen, DAL |
6 |
(0-0-0-2-0) |
|
Jack Hughes, NJD |
6 |
(0-0-0-2-0) |
t-42. |
John Carlson, WSH |
5 |
(0-0-1-0-0) |
|
Roman Josi, NSH |
5 |
(0-0-1-0-0) |
|
Vladimir Tarasenko, STL |
5 |
(0-0-1-0-0) |
|
Teuvo Teravainen, CAR |
5 |
(0-0-1-0-0) |
t-46. |
Jonas Brodin, MIN |
3 |
(0-0-0-1-0) |
|
Andy Greene, NYI |
3 |
(0-0-0-1-0) |
|
Philipp Grubauer, COL |
3 |
(0-0-0-1-0) |
|
Trevor Lewis, WPG |
3 |
(0-0-0-1-0) |
|
Ryan McDonagh, TBL |
3 |
(0-0-0-1-0) |
|
Travis Zajac, NYI |
3 |
(0-0-0-1-0) |
t-52. |
Kevin Lankinen, CHI |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
Alec Martinez, VGK |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
Valeri Nichushkin, COL |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
Victor Olofsson, BUF |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
Max Pacioretty, VGK |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
|
Mika Zibanejad, NYR |
1 |
(0-0-0-0-1) |
* Points allocation: 10-7-5-3-1 (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)
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