Here’s the latest I can provide based on recent reporting.
- Macklin Celebrini was named a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award for the 2025-26 season. This aligns with ongoing coverage highlighting Celebrini, Connor McDavid, and Nikita Kucherov as the three nominees.[1][4]
- The Ted Lindsay Award is decided by members of the NHL Players’ Association and honors the league’s most outstanding player as voted by peers, a status it has held since its inception in various forms.[2][5]
- The award finalists were publicly announced by the NHLPA, with Celebrini’s nomination noted alongside McDavid and Kucherov for the season in question.[4]
If you’d like, I can pull additional details on:
- Each finalist’s season stats and achievements that supported their nomination.
- The historical context of the Ted Lindsay Award (past winners, how often it coincides with the Hart Trophy, etc.).
- Any updates or winners from the 2025-26 awards ceremony once available.
Would you like me to fetch more in-depth stats for Celebrini, McDavid, and Kucherov, or summarize the historical winners of the Ted Lindsay Award?
Citations:
- Latest finalist news and context.[1][4]
- Award definition and voting by the NHLPA.[5][2]
Sources
You can watch it on ESPN or Sportsnet at 7pm ET. I will be recapping the show when completed in the comment section.
kuklaskorner.comIt appears that Macklin Celebrini's breakout performance for the San Jose Sharks this season has not gone unrecognized by his peers.
thehockeynews.comAuston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov were named finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award on Wednesday. Voted on by fellow members of the NHL Players' Association, it is presented annually to the most outstanding player in the NHL. Matthews won the trophy in 2021-22 and Kucherov claimed it in 2018-19, while MacKinnon is looking for his first Ted Lindsay Award.
abcnews.comTed Lindsay Award - most outstanding player in the regular season as judged by the NHLPA. Its history & fun facts are here at HockeyPedia.
thehockeywriters.comTed Lindsay Award videos and latest news articles
globalnews.caSharks center Macklin Celebrini, Lightning right winger Nikita Kucherov and Oilers center Connor McDavid are the NHL Players' Association's Ted Lindsay Award finalists in 2025-26.
thehockeynews.comRed Wings legend, who died in March, recognized before presentation of annual honor named for him
www.nhl.comThere have been 27 different recipients in the first 46 years of the award. Wayne Gretzky was voted the “most outstanding player” by fellow NHLPA members a record five times, Bobby Orr (1974-75) remains the sole defenceman to receive the award, and Patrick Kane (2015-16) was the first U.S.-born player to take home the Ted Lindsay Award.
www.nhlpa.com