Full Breakdown Of Voting As Spencer Carbery Wins Jack Adams As NHL's Coach Of The Year; His Impact On The Capitals

The Capitals second-year coach carried the team to the best record in the Eastern Conference.

The Washington Capitals got a great surprise on Saturday, as head coach Spencer Carbery was surprised as the winner of the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s coach of the year.

The NHL Broadcasters’ Association chooses the winner. Carbery ran away with the victory, earning 464 points thanks to 81 first-place votes, 19 second-place votes and two third-place votes out of 103 ballots cast. Scott Arniel, who led the Winnipeg Jets to the Presidents’ Trophy, finished second with 249 points.

Here is the full breakdown of voting by coach.

Carbery winning is no surprise given Washington’s improvement. Just one year after the team barely snuck into the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the second-year bench boss led the Capitals to a 51-22-9 record for 111 points and a first-place finish in the Eastern Conference.

Washington also had a 68-goal improvement in total offense, going from 28th place last season to second this season. The Capitals also led the NHL in comeback wins (25) and road points (53), and also had the third-best goal differential (plus-56) in the league.

Under Carbery’s leadership, nine players established or tied career-highs in points this past season, including three first-year players in D.C. in Pierre-Luc Dubois, Jakob Chychrun and Brandon Duhaime.

Carbery is the fourth head coach in franchise history to win the Jack Adams and is the first head coach ever to earn coach of the year honors at the NHL, AHL and ECHL levels.