Tampa Bay Lightning netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy has captured his second Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s premier goaltender.
The league announced Saturday that Vasilevskiy earned the 2025-26 award, which recognizes “the goaltender adjudged to be the best at his position,” through voting by NHL general managers.
The 31-year-old dominated the voting process, collecting 17 first-place votes and accumulating 114 total points. This put him well ahead of New York Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin, who garnered eight first-place votes and 51 points, and Boston Bruins netminder Jeremy Swayman, who received two first-place votes and 46 points.
Vasilevskiy topped all NHL goaltenders with 39 victories this season, while his 2.31 goals-against average ranked second-best across the league. The six-time award finalist earned his first Vezina Trophy during the 2018-19 campaign, when he compiled a 39-10-4 record alongside a 2.40 GAA and .925 save percentage.
Sorokin, age 30, finished the season with a 29-24-2 record while leading the NHL with seven shutouts. He also posted a 2.68 GAA and .906 save percentage. His victory would have marked the first Islanders goalie to claim the honor since Hall of Famer Billy Smith accomplished the feat in 1981-82.
The 27-year-old Swayman recorded a 31-18-4 mark with a 2.71 GAA and .908 save percentage during his first season as a Vezina finalist. He paced the league with 38 starts while maintaining at least a .900 save percentage throughout the campaign.
Last season, Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck captured both the Vezina Trophy and Hart Trophy as the league’s most valuable player.
