{"id":660049,"date":"2026-05-10T11:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/660049\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T11:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:08:03","slug":"connor-mcdavid-nathan-mackinnon-nikita-kucherov-named-finalists-for-hart-memorial-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/660049\/","title":{"rendered":"Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Nikita Kucherov named finalists for Hart Memorial Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The nominees for the 2025-26 Hart Memorial Trophy have been announced, as Edmonton Oilers<\/a> captain Connor McDavid<\/a>, Colorado Avalanche<\/a> star Nathan MacKinnon<\/a> and winger Nikita Kucherov<\/a> of the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> all have a chance to win the NHL\u2019s most valuable player award.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old McDavid has the opportunity to win his fourth career Hart Trophy after leading the NHL with 138 points, including 48 goals and a league-high 90 assists across 82 games.<\/p>\n

An 11-year veteran, McDavid also won the award in 2017, 2021 and 2023.<\/p>\n

McDavid, who played with a foot fracture in the playoffs, had one goal and five assists in six games during Edmonton\u2019s first-round exit against the Anaheim Ducks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MacKinnon led the NHL with 53 goals in 80 games, two better than Habs star Cole Caufield<\/a>. He added 53 assists for 127 points, the second-best total of his 13-year NHL career.<\/p>\n

MacKinnon hasn\u2019t slowed down this spring, netting seven goals and four assists over six games as the Avs are undefeated in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old won his first and only Hart Trophy in 2024.<\/p>\n

Kucherov tallied 44 goals and 86 assists over 76 games in the regular season, leading the Lightning to their ninth straight postseason appearance.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old won his lone Hart Trophy in 2019. This marks the third straight year Kucherov has been nominated.<\/p>\n

Kucherov tallied a goal and five assists in the playoffs as the Bolts were eliminated by the Montreal Canadiens<\/a> in seven games.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg Jets<\/a> goalie Connor Hellebuyck<\/a> beat out Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl<\/a> and Kucherov for the Hart Trophy last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The nominees for the 2025-26 Hart Memorial Trophy have been announced, as Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid, Colorado…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[712,49,48,80742,79553,23752,79560,87936,106193,95645],"class_list":["post-660049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-colorado-avalanche-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-21","tag-connor-mcdavid-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8478402","tag-edmonton","tag-edmonton-oilers-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-22","tag-nathan-mackinnon-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8477492","tag-nikita-kucherov-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8476453","tag-tampa-bay-lightning-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-14"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}