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Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning has been selected as a Vezina Trophy finalist for the third consecutive season, with a shot at becoming the first back-to-back winner of the NHL's top goalie award in 12 years.

Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyk and Boston's Tuukka Rask rounded out the list of finalists released on Friday following a vote by the league's general managers.

Vasilevskiy finished with an NHL-leading 35 wins, which included a 21-game stretch in which he went 19-0-2, and closed the season going 21-5-1 over his final 27 starts. He was a first-time Vezina winner last year, and finished third in the vote in 2018.

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