Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin earned consideration for the Hart Memorial Teophy.

Ovechkin finished eighth in voting, earning one first-place vote, one second-place vote, two fourth-place votes and 15 fifth-place votes.

Despite missing 16 games with a broken leg, the 39-year-old finished third in the NHL in scoring with 44 goals to overtake Wayne Gretzky as the league’s all-time goals leader.

Connor Hellebuyck won the award.

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Meanwhile, Logan Thompson placed fourth in Vezina votes for the NHL’s goaltender of the year, which also went to Hellebuyck. Thompson earned one second-place vote and four third-place votes from N