Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer on Tuesday was named one of three finalists for the Vezina Trophy, which is awarded “to the goaltender adjudged to be the best at his position.”
The Vezina Trophy is voted on by the league’s general managers at the end of the regular season with the three top vote-getters being named finalists. The winners of the 2021 NHL awards will be announced at a date still to be determined.
Vegas’ Marc-Andre Fleury and Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy are the other two finalists.
Grubauer, 29, was tied for first in the NHL in shutouts (7) and was second in wins (30) and goals-against average (1.