. William Karlsson Wins The Lady Byng

via NHL PR,

Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson has captured 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.

Karlsson was named on 126 of the 164 ballots and received 57 first-place votes for 915 voting points to finish ahead of center Ryan O’Reilly of the Buffalo Sabres, the 2013-14 Lady Byng Trophy recipient (654 points) and Aleksander Barkov of the Florida Panthers, the 2015-16 Lady Byng runner-up (445).

Karlsson, who compiled 18-32—50 in 183 NHL games prior to 2017-18, ranked third in the NHL with 43 goals (43-35—78 in 82 GP) to power the Golden Knights to unprecedented success for an expansion team. Only five players have scored more goals while playing for a club in its inaugural season, while just seven have registered more points. Karlsson filled the scoresheet while taking only six minor penalties, finishing with the fewest penalty minutes (12) among the League’s top 40 scorers. He also topped the NHL with a +49 rating, 13 better than the next-closest player and the highest by anyone since 2009-10 (Jeff Schultz: +50 w/ WSH). The 25-year-old Marsta, Sweden, native is a first-time NHL Awards recipient and the first player to win an end-of-season trophy for a team in its inaugural campaign since 1979-80 (Wayne Gretzky w/ EDM).

2017-2018 Lady Byng Trophy Voting

	Pts.	(1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)
1. William Karlsson, VGK	915	(57-32-15-12-10)
2. Ryan O’Reilly, BUF	654	(38-11-23-23-13)
3. Aleksander Barkov, FLA	493	(10-30-29-8-14)
4. Anze Kopitar, LAK	471	(13-31-15-12-13)
5. Jared Spurgeon, MIN	202	(6-8-10-10-6)
6. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJS	182	(7-5-8-10-7)
7. Alex DeBrincat, CHI	169	(3-9-6-11-13)
8. Auston Matthews, TOR	157	(6-3-6-14-4)
9. Claude Giroux, PHI	123	(6-4-3-4-8)
10. Connor McDavid, EDM	119	(2-7-7-4-3)
11. Johnny Gaudreau, CGY	110	(3-4-6-7-1)
12. Logan Couture, SJS	66	(3-1-2-5-4)
13. Jaccob Slavin, CAR	64	(1-5-2-2-3)
14. Morgan Rielly, TOR	60	(2-0-5-3-6)
15. Evgenii Dadonov, FLA	46	(0-2-3-3-8)
16. Rickard Rakell, ANA	41	(1-0-3-2-10)
17. Alex Pietrangelo, STL	37	(0-1-2-4-8)
18. Henrik Zetterberg, DET	33	(1-2-0-1-6)
19. Henrik Sedin, VAN	25	(1-1-1-0-3)
20. Daniel Sedin, VAN	20	(1-1-0-1-0)
21. William Nylander, TOR	20	(0-1-0-4-1)
22. John Tavares, NYI	19	(0-1-1-2-1)
23. Tobias Rieder, LAK	17	(0-1-0-3-1)
24. Will Butcher, NJD	16	(0-0-2-2-0)
25. Zach Werenski, CBJ	14	(0-0-1-3-0)
t-26. Nikita Kucherov, TBL	12	(0-1-1-0-0)
t-26. Ryan Spooner, NYR	12	(0-1-1-0-0)
28. Patrick Marleau, TOR	12	(0-0-2-0-2)
29. Roman Josi, NSH	11	(1-0-0-0-1)
30. Colton Parayko, STL	11	(0-0-2-0-1)
t-31. Mikael Granlund, MIN	11	(0-0-0-3-2)
t-31. Mark Stone, OTT	11	(0-0-0-3-2)
t-33. Nathan MacKinnon, COL	10	(1-0-0-0-0)
t-33. David Pastrnak, BOS	10	(1-0-0-0-0)
35. Ondrej Palat, TBL	10	(0-0-2-0-0)
36. Vladimir Tarasenko, STL	10	(0-0-0-3-1)
37. Jason Pominville, BUF	9	(0-0-1-1-1)
t-38. Artemi Panarin, CBJ	7	(0-1-0-0-0)
t-38. Teuvo Teravainen, CAR	7	(0-1-0-0-0)
40. Kris Russell, EDM	6	(0-0-1-0-1)
41. Patrik Laine, WPG	6	(0-0-0-2-0)
t-42. Roberto Luongo, FLA	5	(0-0-1-0-0)
t-42. Olli Maatta, PIT	5	(0-0-1-0-0)
t-42. Joakim Nordstrom, CAR	5	(0-0-1-0-0)
t-42. Chris Tierney, SJS	5	(0-0-1-0-0)
t-46. Sebastian Aho, CAR	3	(0-0-0-1-0)
t-46. John Klingberg, DAL	3	(0-0-0-1-0)
48. Patrice Bergeron, BOS	2	(0-0-0-0-2)
t-49. Josh Bailey, NYI	1	(0-0-0-0-1)
t-49. Ryan Ellis, NSH	1	(0-0-0-0-1)
t-49. Samuel Girard, COL	1	(0-0-0-0-1)
t-49. Shayne Gostisbehere, PHI	1	(0-0-0-0-1)
t-49. Brayden Point, TBL	1	(0-0-0-0-1)
t-49. Mikko Rantanen, COL	1	(0-0-0-0-1)
t-49. Jason Spezza, DAL	1	(0-0-0-0-1)
t-49. Eric Staal, MIN	1	(0-0-0-0-1)

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