2024/25 NHL Vezina Trophy: Odds, winners, trophy, when is it awarded?

A good goaltender is an integral part of any NHL team's success, and the best at the position in a single season will take home the Vezina Trophy.

Here are the current odds and a breakdown of the contenders for the Vezina Trophy, awarded to the league’s best regular season goaltender.

2024/25 NHL Vezina Trophy odds

Igor Shesterkin (NYR)	+550
Jeremy Swayman (BOS)	+600
Connor Hellebuyck (WPG)	+700
Ilya Sorokin (NYI)	+800
Thatcher Demko (VAN)	+800
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL)	+1200
Jacob Markstrom (NJD)	+1200
Jake Oettinger (DAL)	+1400
Juuse Saros (NSH)	+1400
Sergei Bobrovsky (FLA)	+1600
Linus Ullmark (OTT)	+1600

New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin leads a crowded group of players among the favourites to win the Vezina Trophy for the NHL's top goaltender in the 2024/25 season.

Shesterkin already has a Vezina to his name from the 2021/22 season in which he had a .935 save percentage and a 2.07 goals against average, both of which were the best in the league.

Jeremy Swayman, whose recent playoff performances caused the Boston Bruins to trade away his goaltender tandem partner and former Vezina winner Linus Ullmark, is second in the odds.

Third in the Vezina market is Connor Hellebuyck, who won the Vezina in the 2023/24 campaign. He will look to become the first back-to-back Vezina winner since Martin Brodeur in 2006/07 and 2007/08.

Ilya Sorokin of the New York Islanders and Thatcher Demko of the Vancouver Canucks have the joint-fourth-shortest odds in the market. Demko finished second in voting for the award this past season while Sorokin finished tied for eighth.

Further back in the market are 2018/19 Vezina winner Andrei Vasilevskiy, New Jersey Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom, Dallas Stars netminder Jake Oettinger, Juuse Saros of the Nashville Predators, Sergei Bobrovsky of the Florida Panthers, and the Ottawa Senators newly-acquired goaltender Linus Ullmark, who won the Vezina in 2022/23.

NHL Vezina Trophy past winners

Before the 1981/82 season, the Vezina Trophy was automatically awarded to the goalie to start the most games for the team that allowed the fewest goals. From '81/82 on, the award has been voted upon by NHL general managers.

The following list only includes winners from '81/82 and beyond, since the award for the goalie to start the most games for the team with the fewest goals allowed now gets awarded the William M. Jennings Trophy.

Year	Player	Team
2023/24	Connor Hellebuyck	Winnipeg Jets
2022/23	Linus Ullmark	Boston Bruins
2021/22	Igor Shesterkin	New York Rangers
2020/21	Marc-Andre Fleury	Vegas Golden Knights
2019/20	Connor Hellebuyck	Winnipeg Jets
2018/19	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Tampa Bay Lightning
2017/18	Pekka Rinne	Nashville Predators
2016/17	Sergei Bobrovsky	Columbus Blue Jackets
2015/16	Braden Holtby	Washington Capitals
2014/15	Carey Price	Montreal Canadiens
2013/14	Tuukka Rask	Boston Bruins
2012/13	Sergei Bobrovsky	Columbus Blue Jackets
2011/12	Henrik Lundqvist	New York Rangers
2010/11	Tim Thomas	Boston Bruins
2009/10	Ryan Miller	Buffalo Sabres
2008/09	Tim Thomas	Boston Bruins
2007/08	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils
2006/07	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils
2005/06	Miikka Kiprusoff	Calgary Flames
2004/05	Season canceled - lockout
2003/04	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils
2002/03	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils
2001/02	Jose Theodore	Montreal Canadiens
2000/01	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres
1999/00	Olaf Kolzig	Washington Capitals
1998/99	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres
1997/98	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres
1996/97	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres
1995/96	Jim Carey	Washington Capitals
1994/95	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres
1993/94	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres
1992/93	Ed Belfour	Chicago Blackhawks
1991/92	Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens
1990/91	Ed Belfour	Chicago Blackhawks
1989/90	Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens
1988/89	Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens
1987/88	Grant Fuhr	Edmonton Oilers
1986/87	Ron Hextall	Philadelphia Flyers
1985/86	John Vanbiesbrouck	New York Rangers
1984/85	Pelle Lindbergh	Philadelphia Flyers
1983/84	Tom Barrasso	Buffalo Sabres
1982/83	Pete Peeters	Boston Bruins
1981/82	Billy Smith	New York Islanders

NHL Vezina Trophy information

The Vezina Trophy features a wooden pedestal with a silver trophy featuring crossed goaltender sticks on top of the pedestal. The pedestal features metal pieces with names of past winners on them.

NHL Vezina Trophy announcement

The Vezina Trophy is one of the individual awards - along with the Hart Trophy, Norris Trophy and Calder Trophy - announced at the NHL Awards ceremony. Connor Hellebuyck was announced as the Vezina winner at the 2024 NHL Awards on Thursday, July 27.

Odds mentioned in this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.