We’re just past the halfway mark in the 2025-26 NHL season and there’s heavy chalk in all of the player awards markets, except for the Vezina. The Jets’ sudden plummet from perennial league royalty to 11 straight losses has opened the race after Connor Hellebuyck’s back-to-back claim of the hardware.

Anthony Duclair scored a power-play goal with 6:18 left in the third period and Ilya Sorokin was key in snapping Connor McDavid's point streak at 20 games.