FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 12, 2021

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS MARC-ANDRE FLEURY AND ROBIN LEHNER COMBINE TO WIN WILLIAM M. JENNINGS TROPHY

NEW YORK (May 12, 2021) – The tandem of Marc-Andre Fleury and Robin Lehner have won the William M. Jennings Trophy as the goaltenders who played for the team allowing the fewest goals. Vegas allowed a League-low 124 goals in 56 games, four fewer than its closest competitor (NYI: 128 GA).

The minimum games played requirement of 25 games was prorated to 17 appearances due to the 56-game schedule, making both Fleury (26-10-0, 1.98 GAA, .928 SV%, 6 SO) and Lehner (13-4-2, 2.29 GAA, .913 SV%, 1 SO) eligible for the award – a first for the Golden Knights.

Fleury, who climbed two spots into third place on the NHL’s all-time wins list in 2020-21, ranks among the League leaders in wins (3rd; 26), (3rd; 6), goals-against average (4th; 1.98) and save percentage (5th; .928). Fleury is the first in League history to claim his first individual NHL Award in his 17th season or later.

Lehner, who won the award with the in 2018-19, is the seventh goaltender to claim the honor with multiple clubs (also , Jaroslav Halak, Dominik Hasek, Manny Fernandez, and ).

This is the sixth NHL Award collected by the Golden Knights, adding to the five earned in their inaugural season, 2017-18: Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (William Karlsson), NHL Leadership Award (Deryk Engelland), (Gerard Gallant), Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award (George McPhee) and the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl as Western Conference champions.

Vegas (40-14-2, 82 points), the current No. 1 seed in the NHL standings, is one of two teams still in contention for the 2020-21 Presidents’ Trophy – the Honda West Division rival (38-13-4, 80 points) sit two points back with one game remaining (May 13 vs. ). The Avalanche (34) hold the Regulation Wins tiebreaker against the Golden Knights (30).

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