Matthews Hart

TAMPA, Fla. -- Center Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs is the 2021-22 recipient of the Hart Memorial Trophy, presented "to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team," as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Matthews, a Hart Trophy finalist for the second straight year after finishing second in voting in 2020-21, is the third Toronto player to win the award and first since Ted Kennedy in 1954-55.
The Maple Leafs star scored a decisive win by attracting 119 first-place votes and 49 second-place tallies among the 195 ballots cast en route to collecting 1,630 voting points. Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers, the two-time and defending Hart Trophy winner, received 29 first-place votes and 1,111 points in finishing second in the voting. Igor Shesterkin of the New York Rangers, the 2021-22 Vezina Trophy recipient, placed third with 738 points (24 first-place selections).
Matthews, who captured
the 2021-22 Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy
as the NHL's leading goal-scorer and earlier this evening was honored with
the Ted Lindsay Award
as the most outstanding player in a vote by the NHLPA, posted career highs in goals (60), assists (46) and points (106) in 73 games to power the Maple Leafs to a fourth-place finish in the League standings as well as franchise records for wins (54) and points (115) in a campaign. Matthews became
the 21st different player in NHL history - and first in a decade - to register 60 goals in a season
, breaking Rick Vaive's Toronto record (54 in 1981-82) and Jimmy Carson's League benchmark for U.S.-born players (55 in 1987-88). He did so by averaging 0.82 goals per game - the highest rate by any player in a single campaign (minimum: 50 GP) since Mario Lemieux in 1995-96 (0.99) - and scoring 19.23 percent of the Maple Leafs' total goals (60 of 312) - the fourth-highest such mark in 2021-22 behind only Chris Kreider (20.8% w/ NYR), Leon Draisaitl (19.3% w/ EDM) and Alex DeBrincat (19.25% w/ CHI).
For more on the Hart Trophy, including a list of past winners, click
here
.
2022 Hart Trophy voting
Points (1st-5th)
1.
Auston Matthews
, TOR 1630 (119-49-15-6-4)
2.
Connor McDavid
, EDM 1111 (29-66-56-20-19)
3.
Igor Shesterkin
, NYR 738 (24-26-41-29-24)
4.
Johnny Gaudreau
, CGY 617 (3-19-44-66-36)
5.
Jonathan Huberdeau
, FLA 506 (13-21-21-31-31)
6.
Roman Josi
, NSH 241 (5-8-10-19-28)
7.
Kirill Kaprizov
, MIN 126 (2-4-4-13-19)
8.
Cale Makar
, COL 48 (0-1-3-5-11)
9.
Leon Draisaitl
, EDM 28 (0-1-1-3-7)
10.
Alex Ovechkin
, WSH 10 (0-0-0-2-4)
11.
Steven Stamkos
, TBL 6 (0-0-0-0-6)
12.
Aleksander Barkov
, FLA 4 (0-0-0-1-1)
13.
Jason Robertson
, DAL 3 (0-0-0-0-3)
14.
J.T. Miller
, VAN 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
14.
Matthew Tkachuk
, CGY 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Points allocation: 10-7-5-3-1 (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)