Holtby, Bishop, Quick up for NHL's Vezina Trophy
Winner will be announced June 22
Ben Bishop of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Braden Holtby of the Washington Capitals and Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings are the three finalists for the 2015-16 Vezina Trophy awarded to the NHL's best goaltender.
The league announced the finalists on Wednesday.
The general managers of all 30 NHL teams submitted ballots for the Vezina Trophy at the end of the regular season, with the top three vote-getters designated as finalists. The winner will be announced Wed., June 22, during the NHL Awards in Las Vegas.
Bishop shared fourth place in the NHL with 35 wins this season, paced the league with a 2.06 goals-against average, and ranked second with a .926 save percentage — both career highs and single-season franchise records. His six shutouts also were also a career high and tied for second place in the league.
Holtby tied a single-season NHL record with 48 wins, tying the mark set by New Jersey's Martin Brodeur in 2006-07, and became the seventh goaltender in league history to record consecutive 40-win seasons. The first-time Vezina finalist ranked fifth in the NHL in goals-against average (2.20), sixth in saves (1,661) and eighth in save percentage (.922).
Quick led all NHL goaltenders in appearances (68), starts (68) and minutes (4,034), and ranked second in wins (40), fifth in saves (1,671) and tied for fifth in shutouts (five). He became the first Kings goaltender to reach 40 wins in a season, breaking his own club record of 39 from 2009-10.