NHL Vezina Trophy Odds: Vasilevskiy Still The Man To Beat

When it comes to odds on which netminder will win the Vezina Trophy as the top goaltender in the NHL for the 2021-22 season, sportsbooks are united in crowning one man as the favorite to secure the hardware.

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In NHL Vezina Trophy odds, online sportsbook Bovada has Andrei Vasilevskiy as the current leader at +500. He’s followed by Igor Shesterkin (+750), Frederik Andersen (+1000), Jacob Markstrom (+1000) and Sergei Bobrovsky (+1000) to round out the top five. 

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NHL Vezina Trophy Odds

Odds as of December 6 at Bovada

Why Is Vasilevskiy The Favorite?

Vasilevskiy, the 2019 Vezina Trophy winner, added a Conn Smythe to his trophy case as the most valuable player in the 2020-21 Stanley Cup playoffs, but finished second in Vezina voting, just behind Marc-Andre Fleury.

The Russian could easily have won the award after posting a .925 save percentage and leading the league in wins last season.

This season, Vasilevskiy is off to a hot start once again. He’s got a 12-4-3 record with a 2.13 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage that is good for seventh in the league among goalies who have made 10 or more starts. 

His numbers aren’t tops in the league right now, but there’s a pretty good chance they will be by spring. 

Vasy is simply the best goalie in the league, and while it doesn’t guarantee he’ll win the Vezina, he’ll be in the conversation all year. 

There are some other players with more attractive odds, however.

NHL Vezina Trophy Odds: Top Contenders

Jack Campbell (+1200)

In his first season as an unquestioned starter in the NHL, Jack Campbell is more than making the most of his opportunity.

Among goalies who have played 10 or more games, Campbell leads the league with a 1.78 GAA and a .942 save percentage. Add to that a 13-4-2 mark and a team that has one of the best records in the league and you get a goalie poised for a Vezina nomination.

It’s not hard to make a case that Campbell has been the best goalie in the league this season, or at the very least one of the two or three best. We’ll take that at +1200 odds all day.

Sergei Bobrovsky (+1000)

Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky has been both Jekyll and Hyde through his career, winning more Vezina trophies than Vasilevskiy, Fleury, Carey Price, Henrik Lundqvist and many other top goalies of this era. 

But Bobrovsky’s down moments have been WAY down, often costing his team and throwing his bloated contract into question. Both of Bobrovsky’s seasons in Florida have been poor as the Russian vet posted save percentages of .900 and .906. 

But the Panthers are one of the league’s top teams this season and Bobrovsky has had a great start to the year.

Bob has a .920 save percentage and an 11-1-2 record so far for the top team in Stanley Cup odds. That means a lot.

The value isn’t the same today as it was a few weeks ago at +2000, but +1000 is nothing to sneeze at considering how good the Panthers are. 

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Best Bet: Tristan Jarry (+5000)

This feels like a number that is bound to adjust any day, but Tristan Jarry at +5000 in Vezina Trophy odds, 31st in the league, seems like an error.

Jarry has been arguably a top-three or top-four goalie in the league this season and one of the only reasons the Penguins have a respectable record with all the injuries they’ve been dealing with.

Jarry is behind players like Carey Price and Petr Mrazek on this oddsboard who have played very few games or none at all.

This is a slam dunk at +5000 considering Jarry is easily Pittsburgh’s early-season MVP and is fourth in the league in save percentage. Jump on this before it’s gone.