Vezina Trophy winner to be announced Tuesday

Winners of the five remaining NHL awards will be announced at the 2022 NHL Awards in Tampa on June 21 (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS).

One of the five awards presented that night will be the Vezina Trophy, which is given annually to the goalie voted the best at his position by NHL general managers.
Here is a look at the three finalists, Jacob Markstrom, Juuse Saros and Igor Shesterkin:
Markstrom went 37-15-9 in 63 games with the Calgary Flames this season and led the NHL with nine shutouts. He also was third in goals-against average (2.22), tied for third in save percentage (.922), and tied for fourth in wins among goalies to play at least 20 games.
He set NHL career bests in wins, games played, starts (63), GAA, save percentage (minimum 10 games) and shutouts.
"The nomination, it's deserving, 100 percent," Flames coach Darryl Sutter said. "He was in the top five of every major category. We talked about it at the start of the year, what some of our goals were, and that was make sure to get the goals against to be in the top five in the League. That would give us an opportunity to be a playoff team and 'Marky's' certainly carried the flag there."
Markstrom, who helped Calgary (50-21-11) finish as the No. 1 seed in the Pacific Division, would be the second Flames goalie to win the award, joining Miikka Kiprusoff, who won it in 2005-06.
Saros led the NHL in games played (67) and starts (67), and went 38-25-3 for the Nashville Predators. He finished third in wins, tied for sixth in shutouts (four), and among goalies to play at least 20 games he was eighth in save percentage (.918) and tied for 15th in GAA (2.64). Saros also faced the second-most shots (2,107), made the second-most saves (1,934) and led the position in time on ice time (3,931:23).
Saros, who helped Nashville (45-30-7) qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the second wild card from the Western Conference, would be the second Predators goalie to win the award, joining Pekka Rinne, who won it in 2017-18.

Shesterkin was 36-13-4 in 53 games (52 starts) for the New York Rangers, leading the NHL in GAA (2.07) and save percentage (.935; minimum 20 games). He was third in shutouts (six), sixth in wins, and had a save percentage of at least .940 in 26 starts.
His .929 save percentage against opposing power plays was second in the NHL, a big reason the Rangers were second in goals against per game (2.49) and seventh on the penalty kill (82.3 percent).
"That's awesome," Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said. "I think we all knew that was going to happen with the year he had. It's outstanding for him and we're happy for him. Obviously he had an outstanding year and I fully expect him to win it."
Shesterkin, who helped New York (52-24-6) finish as the No. 2 seed from the Metropolitan Division, would be the third Rangers goalie to win the award since GMs began voting on it in 1981-82, along with John Vanbiesbrouck (1985-86) and Henrik Lundqvist (2011-12). Prior to 1981 the Vezina was given to the goalie or goalies of the team that allowed the fewest goals.
"I think he'll for sure be the winner of it," Rangers defenseman Adam Fox said. "We've seen it all year. We've talked about it all year. He's kept us in games early in the year we weren't supposed to win. You have a lot more confidence when he's in the net that if a mistake happens, he'll have your back."
Each of the three goaltenders is a first-time finalist. Marc-Andre Fleury of the Minnesota Wild won the Vezina Trophy last season when he played for the Vegas Golden Knights.
NHL.com staff writers Tracey Myers and Jon Lane contributed to this report