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Nathan MacKinnon Named Finalist For Ted Lindsay Award

July 14, 2020 / 3:20 PM MDT / CBS Colorado

(AP) — Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, NHL leading scorer Leon Draisaitl of the Oilers, and Rangers winger Artemi Panarin have been named finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award.

The trophy goes to the league's most outstanding player as voted by fellow players. None of them have won the award before.

Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche skates during training camp at the Pepsi Center on July 14, 2020 in Denver. (credit: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

MacKinnon helped injury-ravaged Colorado clinch a top four seed in the Western Conference. The 24-year-old Canadian had 43 more points than his next-closest Avalanche teammate.

Draisaitl, a big forward from Germany, finished first in points with 110 in 71 games before the season was halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He played with and apart from captain Connor McDavid in his career year.

Panarin, a 28-year-old Russian, had 95 points in his first season with New York, helping the Rangers speed up their rebuild. They qualified for the expanded 24-team playoffs as the 11th seed in the East.