Patrice Bergeron– C, BOS
A player that is synonymous with this award, Bergeron is making his 8th consecutive appearance as a finalist. He has cemented his Hall of Fame candidacy with this award alone. He has a career faceoff percentage of 58.3 in the regular season and a career 57.6 Fenwick with a 6.8 Fenwick For. Those career lines are unfathomable in the parody driven NHL of today’s game. He finished the season with 4 Shorthanded goals.
Ryan O’Reilly– C, STL
O’Reilly had over 1000 faceoff wins and 121 wins in shorthanded situations, both of which led the league.