Even if Anze Kopitar didn’t come away with the Hart Trophy and Drew Doughty missed out on his second career Norris, it was still a pretty good haul for the LA Kings at the NHL Awards as Kopitar claimed his second Selke Trophy and Doughty, revealed upon the conclusion of the presentation, was voted as a postseason First Team NHL All-Star.
Doughty was previously a First-Team All-Star honor in 2016, the same year he won the Norris. He also has two Second Team All-Star nods.
At center, Anze Kopitar finished in third place in postseason All-Star voting, garnering 149 points (11 first place, 17 second place, 43 third place) to Connor McDavid’s 638 (110-26-10) and Nathan MacKinnon’s 419 (27-85-29). Kopitar also interestingly earned a third place vote at left-wing, while Dustin Brown earned a third place vote at right wing and Jonathan Quick earned seven third place votes at goaltender.
More impressions of Doughty – from players such as Victor Hedman, P.K. Subban and Clayton Keller – straight from the NHL Awards’ red carpet can be found here.
Your First All-Star Team@cmcdavid97 @86Kucherov @hallsy09 @dewyy8 @heds77
Pekka Rinne#NHLAwards pic.twitter.com/2UwT83pOlS— NHL (@NHL) June 21, 2018
Your Second All-Star Team@Mackinnon9 @BiggieFunke @28CGiroux @seth_jones3 @PKSubban1
Connor Hellebuyck#NHLAwards pic.twitter.com/QSJnyh3RqK— NHL (@NHL) June 21, 2018
The NHL’s All-Rookie team was comprised of Juuse Saros in goal, Will Butcher and Charlie McAvoy on defense and forwards Matthew Barzal, Brock Boeser and Clayton Keller.
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-Lead photo via Juan Ocampo/NHLI
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