Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers received three first-place votes and finished third in the preseason poll. The 22-year-old was the youngest goalie in the NHL to start at least 20 games last season and went 24-13-3 with a 2.42 GAA and .914 save percentage in 43 games (40 starts).
Voting totals (points awarded on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis): Andrei Vasilevskiy, Lightning, 79 points (nine first-place votes); Connor Hellebuyck, Jets, 56 points (two first-place votes); Carter Hart, Flyers, 40 points (three first-place votes); Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens, 32 points (two first-place votes); Robin Lehner, Vegas Golden Knights, 29 points (two first-place votes); Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins, 20 points (one first-place vote); Jacob Markstrom, Calgary Flames, 8 points; Ben Bishop, Dallas Stars, 7 points; Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers, 3 points; Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues, 3 points; Ilya Samsonov, Washington Capitals, 3 points; Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers, 2 points; Semyon Varlamov, New York Islanders, 2 points; Thatcher Demko, Vancouver Canucks, 1 point