2023 NHL Awards Odds, Predictions & How to Watch
A busy week in the NHL begins on Monday, June 26th when hockey goes country with the NHL Awards taking place at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Coverage for the event begins at 8:00 pm ET and can be seen on TNT in the U.S. and Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.
Country music superstar, Dierks Bentley hosts the celebration of the league’s best regular season performances along with a number of other artists participating, including Trisha Yearwood and Jesse James Decker. WWE Superstar Sheamus and a list of others are scheduled to be presenters including Willie O’Ree and Mark Messier.
Below, we provide you with the NHL Awards odds the last time sportsbooks made them available to the public. We’re looking at the odds for four of the major pieces of hardware to be handed out on Monday night. We’ll also provide some analysis leading to our picks to take home each specific trophy.
McDavid Heavily Expected to Win 3rd Hart Trophy
No other award is as much of a slam dunk than who will be awarded regular season MVP and the Hart Trophy odds last posted by FanDuel on April 1st of this year reflect that.
Hart Trophy Odds
Odds as of April 1st at FanDuel. Click here to unlock this FanDuel promo code before the NHL Awards begin.
The Oilers captain has already captured league MVP honors twice, but this season he took his game to another level. Hitting the 150-point mark, he joined a unique club becoming just the 6th player to reach that plateau and first since Mario Lemieux in 1995-96.
In spite of David Pastrnak scoring over 60 goals and Matthew Tkachuk leading the Panthers to a playoff spot with his late-season scoring exploits, there is no doubt, that McDavid will win the Hart and it would be a shock if the voting wasn’t unanimous.
- Pick: Connor McDavid (-9000)
Linus Ullmark Favorite in Vezina Trophy Odds Following Historic Season
Part of the reason the Bruins set an NHL record for most points in a season was due to the terrific play of their goaltender, Linus Ullmark. In just his second season with the squad, Ullmark led NHL netminders in wins, goals-against average and save percentage, giving him the edge in the Vezina Trophy odds.
Vezina Trophy Odds
Odds as of March 31st at DraftKings Sportsbook, see the latest DraftKings promo code.
Unlike the three other awards we’re breaking down here, the voting for the winner of this trophy is done by the 32 NHL General Managers, not the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
While Hellebuyck’s numbers don’t compare to Ullmark, and aren’t quite at Sorokin’s level either, he accounted for over 80% of the Jets victories, more than the other two candidates. Without Hellebuyck, the Jets likely wouldn’t have even made the playoffs and as the biggest underdog for this award, he’s worth taking a flier on.
- Pick: Connor Hellebuyck (+1500)
Rejuvenated Karlsson Has Upper Hand in Norris Trophy Odds
Although his team was basically competing in the Connor Bedard sweepstakes all year, Erik Karlsson delivered a historic 100-point season, garnering him chalk status in the Norris Trophy odds. For the first time in over 30 years, a blueliner hit the century mark and that can’t be dismissed.
Norris Trophy Odds
Odds as of April 13th at DraftKings Sportsbook.
Last year’s winner, Cale Makar, missed over 20 games, so it’s a bit of a surprise he’s even up for this trophy.
That only leaves Adam Fox as Karlsson’s competition. Ironically, in 2021, Fox became the first Norris Trophy winner on a non-playoff team since the award’s inception in 1954. While he was outstanding this past campaign, and is much better in his own end than Karlsson, the Swede’s incredible offensive output is just too hard to ignore.
"The Norris Trophy is an annual award given to the defenseman who demonstrates the greatest ALL-AROUND ABILITY" pic.twitter.com/Fu3FqWlK7g
— RangersMuse (@nyrangersmuse) April 13, 2023
