McDavid Dominates NHL Awards with Third Hart Trophy Win
Via ESPN
Summary
Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player for the third time at the 2023 NHL Awards ceremony in Nashville. McDavid received 195 of a possible 196 first-place votes, a near-unanimous result that reflected his dominant 153-point season — the highest single-season point total in the league since Mario Lemieux's 161 in 1995–96.
The win placed McDavid in rare company: only Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Clarke, Bobby Orr, and Alex Ovechkin had previously won the award at least three times within their first eight NHL seasons. McDavid also claimed the Ted Lindsay Award for the fourth time that evening, further cementing his status as the premier player of his generation.
