Senators' Karlsson wins second Norris Trophy

Wednesday, 06.24.2015 / 7:22 PM / 2015 NHL Awards

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Senators' Karlsson wins second Norris Trophy
Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators has won his second James Norris Memorial Trophy.

Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators has won his second James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the defenseman demonstrating "the greatest all-around ability in the position," as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.

Karlsson was named on 146 of 157 ballots in accumulating 964 voting points, winning a tight three-way race over Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings (889) and P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadiens (801). Karlsson, who previously won the award in 2012, joins Chicago's Duncan Keith as the only active defenseman with multiple Norris Trophy wins.

Karlsson (21-45—66) led all defensemen in points for the third time in the past four seasons, including a career-high 21 goals (second only to Oliver Ekman-Larsson: 23). He appeared in all 82 games for the second consecutive campaign, ranking third in the NHL in total time on ice (2,234:55) and average time on ice (27:15) to carry the Senators to a 23-4-4 record down the stretch en route to their 15th playoff berth in franchise history. Karlsson also shared first among defensemen in power-play points (30), highlighted by a career-high six power-play goals.

2014-2015 Norris Trophy Voting

Pts. 1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th

1. Erik Karlsson, OTT 964 (44-42-33-19-8)

2. Drew Doughty, LAK 889 (53-30-20-13-10)

3. P.K. Subban, MTL 801 (24-36-38-37-8)

4. Shea Weber, NSH 614 (26-19-28-20-21)

5. Roman Josi, NSH 222 (3-9-11-17-23)

6. Mark Giordano, CGY 177 (1-6-11-15-25)

7. Duncan Keith, CHI 134 (1-7-4-12-19)

8. Kris Letang, PIT 80 (1-2-6-6-8)

9. Ryan Suter, MIN 43 (2-0-0-4-11)

10. John Carlson, WSH 31 (0-1-1-6-1)

11. Ryan McDonagh, NYR 27 (0-3-0-2-0)

12. Dustin Byfuglien, WPG 21 (1-0-1-1-3)

13. Anton Stralman, TBL 19 (0-1-1-1-4)

14. Niklas Kronwall, DET 10 (1-0-0-0-0)

15. Kevin Shattenkirk, STL 10 (0-0-1-1-2)

16. Nick Leddy, NYI 9 (0-1-0-0-2)

17. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, ARI 9 (0-0-0-2-3)

18. TJ Brodie, CGY 5 (0-0-1-0-0)

Jonas Brodin, MIN 5 (0-0-1-0-0)

20. Dennis Wideman, CGY 4 (0-0-0-0-4)

21. Brent Burns, SJS 3 (0-0-0-1-0)

22. Brian Campbell, FLA 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

Aaron Ekblad, FLA 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

Justin Faulk, CAR 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

Andrei Markov, MTL 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

Alex Pietrangelo, STL 1 (0-0-0-0-1)