Anze Kopitar wins Lady Byng Trophy

Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar won the Lady Byng Trophy at the 2016 NHL Awards in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
The award is given to "the player who best exhibits sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability."
Kopitar, who was third in Lady Byng voting last season, had 74 points and a plus-34 rating with 16 penalty minutes. He is the first Kings player to win the award since Wayne Gretzky in 1994. Kopitar was named Los Angeles captain on Thursday.

Florida Panthers forward Aleksander Barkov and Boston Bruins forward Loui Eriksson were the other finalists.

2015-2016 Lady Byng Trophy Voting // Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)
1. Anze Kopitar, LAK 817 (52-25-17-11-4)
2. Aleksander Barkov, FLA 475 (24-21-12-7-7)
3. Loui Eriksson, BOS 388 (10-12-22-27-13)
4. Johnny Gaudreau, CGY 371 (17-19-6-10-8)
5. Ryan O'Reilly, BUF 270 (10-12-11-7-10)
6. Pavel Datsyuk, DET 248 (6-13-9-15-7)
7. Tyler Seguin, DAL 222 (1-11-19-10-10)
8. Patrick Marleau, SJS 200 (9-5-12-2-9)
9. Joe Pavelski, SJS 87 (3-0-4-10-7)
10. Jaromir Jagr, FLA 52 (3-1-2-1-2)
11. Frans Nielsen, NYI 52 (2-0-3-3-8)
12. Matt Cullen, PIT 51 (3-3-0-0-0)
13. Evgeny Kuznetsov, WSH 50 (0-2-4-4-4)
14. Sean Monahan, CGY 46 (1-1-1-6-6)
15. Jared Spurgeon, MIN 42 (3-0-1-2-1)
16. Sam Reinhart, BUF 38 (0-3-2-1-4)
17. Brandon Saad, CBJ 30 (0-2-1-2-5)
18. Patrick Kane, CHI 29 (1-0-3-0-4)
19. Alex Wennberg, CBJ 26 (0-1-2-2-3)
20. Joe Thornton, SJS 25 (2-0-0-1-2)