SUNRISE (June 24, 2024) – Edmonton Oilers forward, and captain, Connor McDavid was named the 2024 Conn Smythe Trophy winner. The Conn Smythe Trophy is awarded to “the most valuable player to his team in the playoffs,” and McDavid was selected the winner in a vote by a panel of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

McDavid set an NHL record for most assists in a single postseason, with 34, and added eight goals in 25 games, before the Oilers fell to the Florida Panthers in seven games in the Stanley Cup Final. His total of 42 playoff points is the fourth-most in a single playoff year in NHL history, and only Wayne Gretzky (twice) and Mario Lemieux have ever scored more. McDavid had three goals and eight assists for 11 points in the Final, only two points short of the NHL record, including a pair of four-point games with the Oilers facing elimination – a first by any player at any stage of a Stanley Cup Final.

McDavid becomes only the sixth Conn Smythe Trophy-winner from a team that did not win the Stanley Cup in the award’s 59-year history. In that category, he joins Roger Crozier (Detroit, 1966), Glenn Hall (St. Louis, 1968), Reggie Leach (Philadelphia, 1976), Ron Hextall (Philadelphia, 1987) and Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Anaheim, 2003).

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All-Time Conn Smythe Trophy Winners