Slavin became just the fourth defenseman in NHL history to win the Lady Byng Trophy in 2020-21, and he has now joined four-time winner Red Kelly (1950-51, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1960-61) as the second ...

Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar is the winner of the 2025 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player who best combines sportsmanship, gentlemanly conduct, and high playing ability, as ...

Kopitar, 37, also won the Lady Byng in the 2015-16 and 2022-23 seasons to become the 10th player to win it at least three times.

Kopitar hopes to win his third Lady Byng, and his first since 2022-23. The 37-year-old center scored 21 goals and 67 points in 81 games this year while only registering four penalty minutes.

This was Kopitar’s fourth Lady Byng nomination (2016, 2018, 2023 and 2025), with the Kings having lost in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in each of those four campaigns.

The 30-year-old Denver, Colo., native is a Lady Byng Trophy winner for the second time in his three years as a finalist, after finishing first in voting in 2020-21 and second in 2021-22.

May 2 - Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar will vie for his third Lady Byng Trophy after being named a finalist for the award on Friday. Kopitar, who won the award in 2016 and 2023, was joined ...

Four different players have won the Lady Byng while playing for the Flames franchise: Johnny Gaudreau (2017), Jiri Hudler (2015), Joe Mullen (1987 and 1989), and Bob MacMillan (1979).

He set the NHL record with 1,274 faceoff wins. O'Reilly won the Lady Byng with Colorado in 2013-14. The only Sabres player to win the award was Gilbert Perreault in 1972-73.