Mathew Barzal became the fifth Islander to win the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie at the league’s Award Show on Wednesday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Barzal, 21, the 16th overall pick in 2015, had 22 goals and tied Bryan Trottier’s rookie club record with 63 assists while playing all 82 games.
The center was the first rookie to have at least 20 goals and 60 assists since the Penguins’ Sidney Crosby in 2005-06 and Barzal was just the second rookie in NHL history with three five-point games after the Canadiens’ Joe Malone did so in 1917-18, the league’s first season.