Tampa Bay Lightning blue-liner Victor Hedman earned the first Norris Trophy of his career Wednesday night at the NHL Awards, beating out Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings and P.K. Subban of the Nashville Predators as the league's top defenseman for 2018.

Hedman tied the league lead among rearguards with 17 goals and ranked fourth with a career-high 63 points for the first-place Lightning.

The towering Swedish defenseman is one of several Lightning in the spotlight at the NHL Awards, as goaltender Andrei Vasilievskiy is up for the Vezina Trophy, while Steve Yzerman is a finalist for General Manager of the Year.

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