NHL Player of the Month

A November 1984 award from Wayne Gretzky hangs in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto

The NHL Player of the Month award has been presented since the 1987/88 season.

The first winner was in October 1987 with Alain Chevrier , the goalkeeper of the New Jersey Devils , a rather unknown, but the month after that a superstar was awarded with Wayne Gretzky . Two players shared this award three times.

In the seasons 2003/04 and 2005/06 one offensive and one defensive player were awarded. With 13 awards, Mario Lemieux is the most successful player ever. He is followed by his former teammate Jaromír Jágr , who has won nine times. Alexander Ovetschkin can look back on eight awards. In March 1990 Vyacheslav Fetisov was the first European to receive this award.

Since 1991, the best young player has also been named NHL Rookie of the Month .

Award winner

year	October	November	December	January	February	March	April
2019/20	John Carlson	Connor McDavid	Jonathan Huberdeau	Alexander Ovechkin	Leon Draisaitl	-	-
2018/19	Mikko Rantanen	Patrik Laine	Nikita Kucherov	Johnny Gaudreau	Nikita Kucherov	Connor McDavid	-
2017/18	Steven Stamkos	Nathan MacKinnon	Tuukka Rask	Yevgeny Malkin	Eric Staal	Connor McDavid	-
2016/17	Connor McDavid	Pekka gutter	Sergei Bobrovsky	Yevgeny Kuznetsov	Jonathan Toews	Nikita Kucherov	-
2015/16	Jamie Benn	Patrick Kane	Johnny Gaudreau	Yevgeny Kuznetsov	Ryan Getzlaf	Sidney Crosby	-
2014/15	Corey Perry	Mark Giordano	Ryan Getzlaf	Alexander Ovechkin	Devan Dubnyk	Andrew Hammond	-
2013/14	Alexander Steen	Patrick Kane	Patrick Kane	Anton Chudobin	- 1	Jarome Iginla	-
2012/13	no award because of the lockout			Craig Anderson	Steven Stamkos	Sidney Crosby	Alexander Ovechkin
2011/12	Phil Kessel	Tim Thomas	Yevgeny Malkin	John Tavares	Mike Smith	Ilya Brysgalov	-
2010/11	Steven Stamkos	Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby	Patrice Bergeron	Jonathan Toews	Corey Perry	-
2009/10	Craig Anderson	Jarome Iginla	Henrik Sedin	Alexander Ovechkin	- 1	Lee Stempniak	-
2008/09	Alexander Syomin	Alexander Ovechkin	Tim Thomas Manny Fernandez	Jamie Langenbrunner	Ilya Kovalchuk	Cam Ward	-
2007/08	Henrik Zetterberg	Ilya Kovalchuk	Jason Spezza	Alexander Ovechkin	Yevgeny Malkin	Alexander Ovechkin	-
2006/07	Ryan Miller	Teemu Selänne	Jarome Iginla	Dany Heatley	Henrik Zetterberg	Peter Budaj	-
2005/06	Manny Legace Eric Staal	Marty Turco Daniel Alfredsson	Mathieu Garon Jaromír Jágr	Martin Brodeur Alexander Ovetschkin	- 1	Ray Emery Jaromír Jágr	-
2004/05	no award because of the lockout
2003/04	Nikolai Chabibulin Ilya Kovalchuk	Martin Brodeur Robert Lang	Miikka Kiprusoff Pawel Datsjuk	Wade Redden Martin St. Louis	Yevgeny Nabokov Martin St. Louis	Chris Osgood Scott Gomez	-
2002/03	Mario Lemieux	Dan Cloutier	Todd White	Marty Turco	Peter Forsberg	Nikolai Chabibulin	-
2001/02	Chris Osgood	Jarome Iginla	Steve Sullivan	Markus Näslund	Yevgeny Nabokov	Sean Burke	-
2000/01	Sean Burke	Joe Sakic	Donald Audette	Mario Lemieux	Alexei Kovalev	Jaromír Jágr	-
1999/00	Mikhail Shtalenkov	Jaromír Jágr	Pavel Bure	Olaf Koelzig	Jarome Iginla	Joe Sakic	-
1998/99	Artūrs Irbe	Eric Lindros	Dominik Hašek	Patrick Roy	Teemu Selänne	Jaromír Jágr	Byron Dafoe
1997/98	Mike Modano	Martin Brodeur	Dominik Hašek	Paul Kariya	Dominik Hašek	Jaromír Jágr	Joe Nieuwendyk
1996/97	John Vanbiesbrouck	Jaromír Jágr	Mike Richter	Mario Lemieux	Brendan Shanahan	Mike Modano	Ron Tugnutt
1995/96	Eric Lindros	Mario Lemieux	Mark Messier	Theors Fleury	Peter Forsberg	Jim Carey	Paul Kariya
1994/95	no award because of the lockout				Jaromír Jágr	Jim Carey	Paul Coffey
1993/94	Félix Potvin	Mike Richter	Sergei Fyodorov	Cam Neely	Patrick Roy	Pavel Bure	Brendan Shanahan
1992/93	Mario Lemieux	Jari Kurri	Mario Lemieux Ed Belfour	Alexander Mogilny Teemu Selänne	Steve Yzerman	Mario Lemieux	-
1991/92	Kirk McLean	Kevin Stevens	Mario Lemieux	Andy Moog Pat LaFontaine	Luc Robitaille	Mario Lemieux	-
1990/91	John Vanbiesbrouck	Pete Peeters	Tom Barrasso	Wayne Gretzky	Brett Hull	Kelly Hrudey	-
1989/90	Wayne Gretzky	Andy Moog	Bill Ranford	Brett Hull	Paul Coffey	Vyacheslav Fetisov	-
1988/89	Mario Lemieux	Steve Yzerman	Mario Lemieux	Mike Vernon	Patrick Roy	Mario Lemieux	-
1987/88	Alain Chevrier	Wayne Gretzky	Steve Yzerman	Tom Barrasso	Mark Messier	Mario Lemieux	-

¹ no award due to the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi (2014), Vancouver (2010) and Turin (2006)