Zemgus Girgensons' All-Star vote domination grows
A week ago, it was a cute little story that Buffalo forward Zemgus Girgensons had all of Latvia voting for him for the NHL All-Star Game. He was the NHL's leading vote getter, but not by a lot 399,356 to P.K. Subban's 240,362. At that time it seemed like the law of averages would prevail and Girgensons would fall back to the pack.
Not the case, oh not at all. The league announced the newest totals with Girgensons holding a 803,805 to 375,758 advantage over Chicago's Patrick Kane after three weeks of voting.
If voting ended Tuesday, Girgensons, Kane, Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith, Subban and Corey Crawford would all hold guaranteed spots in the All-Star Game. The likes of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Tyler Seguin and Mark Giordano would not -- though all would probably still make it.
Still... yikes... in a totally awesome way of course.
The last time there was a fan vote, Erik Karlsson led all players with 939,591 total. So this basically means that Girgensons is pretty much assured of making the All-Star Game. Voting ends Jan. 1, and it appears there is no stopping the 'Zemgus Train.'
Sidenote: Since it was released Dec. 2 that he was the leading All-Star vote getter, Girgensons has 'shamed his homeland' with just one assist and is a minus-2 in three games.
At very least can we get a #zemgusgirgensonsfacts going out of this on Twitter?
Anyway, here are the totals...
Goaltenders
Corey Crawford Chicago 311,166
Carey Price Montreal 298,440
Henrik Lundqvist NY Rangers 161,171
Marc-Andre Fleury Pittsburgh 156,592
Pekka Rinne Nashville 138,757
Jonathan Quick Los Angeles 107,751
Jaroslav Halak NY Islanders 100,934
Sergei Bobrovsky Columbus 92,765
Jonas Hiller Calgary 89,288
Jhonas Enroth Buffalo 89,038
Defensemen
Duncan Keith Chicago 361,830
P.K. Subban Montreal 351,726
Brent Seabrook Chicago 275,990
Kris Letang Pittsburgh 228,964
Andrei Markov Montreal 181,220
Mark Giordano Calgary 172,449
Shea Weber Nashville 171,415
Erik Karlsson Ottawa 158,119
Zdeno Chara Boston 152,381
Drew Doughty Los Angeles 142,873
Olli Maatta Pittsburgh 114,267
Niklas Kronwall Detroit 113,968
TJ Brodie Calgary 102,987
Tyler Myers Buffalo 102,655
Roman Josi Nashville 83,155
Johnny Boychuk NY Islanders 69,043
Alex Pietrangelo St. Louis 68,415
Niklas Hjalmarsson Chicago 65,803
Ryan McDonagh NY Rangers 65,740
Jack Johnson Columbus 63,115
Rasmus Ristolainen Buffalo 60,981
Mark Streit Philadelphia 58,488
Ryan Suter Minnesota 57,802
Kevin Shattenkirk St. Louis 56,043
Victor Hedman Tampa Bay 53,649
Brent Burns San Jose 51,084
Dion Phaneuf Toronto 42,069
Sami Vatanen Anaheim 37,119
Cam Fowler Anaheim 33,281
Alexander Edler Vancouver 29,318
Forwards
Zemgus Girgensons Buffalo 803,805
Patrick Kane Chicago 375,758
Jonathan Toews Chicago 367,962
Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh 353,132
Evgeni Malkin Pittsburgh 222,791
Max Pacioretty Montreal 189,727
Patrick Sharp Chicago 186,198
Steven Stamkos Tampa Bay 160,376
Tyler Seguin Dallas 158,814
Pavel Datsyuk Detroit 134,276
Tomas Plekanec Montreal 133,068
Marian Hossa Chicago 114,473
Vladimir Tarasenko St. Louis 100,436
Jakub Voracek Philadelphia 89,178
Rick Nash NY Rangers 88,527
John Tavares NY Islanders 86,273
Alex Ovechkin Washington 83,706
Henrik Zetterberg Detroit 83,178
Tyler Ennis Buffalo 82,339
Martin St Louis NY Rangers 80,477
Alex Galchenyuk Montreal 79,890
Jamie Benn Dallas 79,731
Phil Kessel Toronto 74,150
Jaromir Jagr New Jersey 72,097
Claude Giroux Philadelphia 69,245
Gustav Nyquist Detroit 68,172
Chris Kunitz Pittsburgh 67,491
Patrice Bergeron Boston 65,824
James Neal Nashville 65,490
Filip Forsberg Nashville 62,621
Anze Kopitar Los Angeles 61,324
John Gaudreau Calgary 58,924
Marian Gaborik Los Angeles 56,979
Sean Monahan Calgary 56,373
Brian Gionta Buffalo 55,971
Corey Perry Anaheim 54,046
Ryan Getzlaf Anaheim 51,692
Zach Parise Minnesota 49,833
Ryan Johansen Columbus 48,102
TJ Oshie St. Louis 45,376
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