The minimum games played requirement of 25 games was prorated to 17 appearances due to the 56-game schedule, making both Fleury (26-10-0, 1.98 GAA, .928 SV%, 6 SO) and Lehner (13-4-2, 2.29 GAA, .913 SV%, 1 SO) eligible for the award - a first for the Golden Knights.
Fleury, who climbed two spots into third place on the
NHL's all-time wins list
in 2020-21, ranks among the League leaders in wins (3rd; 26), shutouts (3rd; 6), goals-against average (4th; 1.98) and save percentage (5th; .928). Fleury is the first goaltender in League history to claim his first individual NHL Award in his 17th season or later.
Lehner, who won the award with the New York Islanders in 2018-19, is the seventh goaltender to claim the honor with multiple clubs (also Ed Belfour, Jaroslav Halak, Dominik Hasek, Manny Fernandez, Patrick Roy and Roman Turek).
This is the sixth NHL Award collected by the Golden Knights, adding to the five earned in their inaugural season, 2017-18:
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
(William Karlsson),
Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award
(Deryk Engelland),
Jack Adams Award
(Gerard Gallant),
Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award
(George McPhee) and the
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
as Western Conference champions.
Vegas (40-14-2, 82 points), the current No. 1 seed in the NHL standings, is one of two teams still in contention for the 2020-21 Presidents' Trophy - the Honda West Division rival Colorado Avalanche (38-13-4, 80 points) sit two points back with one game remaining (May 13 vs. Los Angeles Kings). The Avalanche (34) hold the Regulation Wins tiebreaker against the Golden Knights (30).
