Jets' Connor Hellebuyck named Vezina finalist yet again, despite playoff struggles

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 12:36 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is simply a measurement person to repeating arsenic NHL goaltender of the year.

The league announced its 3 finalists for this season's Vezina Trophy connected Monday. Darcy Kuemper of the Los Angeles Kings and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning are the others.

Hellebuyck won his 2nd vocation Vezina Trophy successful 2024 and followed that up with an outstanding 2024-25 campaign.

He posted vocation bests successful wins (47), shutouts (eight), goals-against mean (2) and prevention percent (.925) arsenic Winnipeg finished the regular play with the league's champion record.

Despite the regular-season success, the announcement comes arsenic Hellebuyck struggles with his signifier successful the playoffs.

He has been pulled successful Winnipeg's past 2 games against St. Louis, surrendering 11 goals connected 43 shots implicit that span, arsenic the Blues person travel backmost to necktie their first-round best-of-seven bid with the Presidents' Trophy winners astatine 2-2.

Kuemper, successful his 2nd stint with the Kings, posted a 31-11-7 record, a 2.02 goals-against average, a .922 prevention percent and 5 shutouts arsenic L.A. finished 2nd successful the Pacific Division.

The Kings are tied 2-2 successful their first-round bid with the Oilers aft losing 2 consecutive successful Edmonton.

Vasilevskiy posted a 38-20-5 grounds with a 2.18 GAA, .921 prevention percent and six shutouts arsenic the Lightning finished 2nd successful the Atlantic Division.

He won the grant successful 2018-19 and is simply a finalist for the 5th time.

The Lightning trailed the Florida Panthers 2-1 successful their first-round bid heading into Game 4 connected Monday nighttime successful Sunrise, Fla.