The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is awarded annually by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to ice hockey.
A player from each team is nominated by the local chapter. The list will be narrowed to three finalists and a winner named during the Stanley Cup Playoffs:
Full list of Masterton nominees:
Anaheim - D Urho Vaakanainen
Arizona - G Connor Ingram
Boston - F Danton Heinen
Buffalo - G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Calgary - D Oliver Kylington
Carolina - G Frederik Andersen
Chicago - F Colin Blackwell
Colorado - F Jonathan Drouin
Columbus - D Zach Werenski
Dallas - F Matt Duchene
Detroit - G Alex Lyon
Edmonton - D Vincent Desharnais
Florida - D Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Los Angeles - F Viktor Arvidsson
Minnesota - F Marco Rossi
Montreal - F Joel Armia
Nashville - F Michael McCarron
New Jersey - F Curtis Lazar
New York Islanders - F Cal Clutterbuck
New York Rangers - G Jonathan Quick
Ottawa - F Claude Giroux
Philadelphia - F Sean Couturier
Pittsburgh - F Sidney Crosby
San Jose - F Justin Bailey
Seattle - G Joey Daccord
St. Louis - F Nathan Walker
Tampa Bay - F Michael Eyssimont
Toronto - G Ilya Samsonov
Vancouver - D Noah Juulsen
Vegas - D Alex Pietrangelo
Washington - F T.J. Oshie
Winnipeg - G Laurent Brossoit
