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 MacKinnon, the first overall pick in the 2013 draft, topped all
first-year players in points with 63 and tied for the lead in goals
with 24.
He also had five game-winning goals and had at least one point in 13
consecutive games to break Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky's record for
the longest single-season point streak by a player aged 18 or
younger.
Signed as a free agent, Johnson set a Lightning rookie record with
24 goals and is the first undrafted Calder finalist since 1991.
Joining Johnson on the ballot was teammate Palat, marking the first
time that one club has had multiple Calder finalists since the
Chicago Blackhawks in 2008.
Palat, a 23-year-old winger from the Czech Republic, ranked second
among rookie scorers with 59 points, three points shy of Brad
Richards's Lightning rookie record set during the 2000-01 season.
The award winner will be named June 24 at the National Hockey League
awards ceremony in Las Vegas.
(Reporting by Steve Keating in Toronto;
editing by Frank Pingue)
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