Artemiy Panarin Finishes 3rd in 2019-20 Hart Trophy Voting
The NHL just announced winners of its major awards, and Artemiy Panarin did not win the Hart Trophy. Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers captured the trophy while The Blueshirts’ winger finished 3rd in Hart Trophy voting for the 2019-20 season. Draisaitl also won the Ted Lindsay Award.
2020 Hart Trophy for #NHL's most valuable player is Leon Draisaitl (EDM), as voted by @ThePHWA. #Oilers
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) September 21, 2020
Here is how the voting broke down:
Artemiy Panarin finished third in Hart Trophy voting. #NYR pic.twitter.com/QombKN0saV
— Tom Urtz Jr. (@TomUrtzJr) September 21, 2020
Draisaitl and MacKinnon were in the top five on 168 ballots, whereas Panarin was only in the top five on 161.
The 2019-20 season was an astounding one for the New York Rangers’ star left winger, who was among the league leaders in many categories.
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Panarin’s first regular season on Broadway closed with an impressive stat line both by the metrics you can find at NHL dot com, and on your favorite fancy stats site of choice. Using the traditional numbers, Panarin finished first in even strength points (71), third in points (95), assists (63), points per game (1.38), and 4th in average ice-time (20:36) at his position of left wing. And for those who care about plus-minus (you shouldn’t), his rating of +36 was first among forwards and second in the league to some Colorado Avalanche defender by the name of Ryan Graves.
If we get fancier, he also was worth a league leading 24.9 goals above replacement according to Evolving-Hockey, a league leading 4.4 wins above replacement, and a league leading 8.5 standings points above replacement. Elias Petterson finished second to Panarin in each of the above categories, and it is a shame he hasn’t received the love he deserves when it comes to Hart Trophy buzz.
Although he finished 3rd, Panarin should take pride in his 2019-20 campaign, as he brought an element of overall ability and contribution that the franchise hasn’t seen in quite sometime.
With the regular season over, Panarin's final line is 32-63-95 in 69 games. His 1.38 P/GP is the fourth highest in team history among players who appeared in at least 41 games. I also included Zibanejad, as he finished 11th. 41-34-75 in 57 games. Data via @hockey_ref pic.twitter.com/8oJyfkyC5t
— Tom Urtz Jr. (@TomUrtzJr) May 26, 2020
There’s more numbers which should have tipped the scales in Panarin’s favor, but alas it didn’t happen. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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That said, congratulations to Panarin on an amazing 2019-20 season, and here’s to an even better 2020-21 campaign.
