Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov, teammate Sam Reinhart and Anthony Cirelli of the Tampa Bay Lightning were named the finalists for the Frank J. Selke Trophy on Friday.The award is presented annually to the NHL's top defensive forward as voted by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Barkov left after he was hit away from the puck by Tampa Bay forward Brandon Hagel at 9:51 of the third. Hagel was assessed a major penalty for the hit, which caused Barkov to stay down on the ice for a bit before being attended to by Florida's medical staff.

Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart were named finalists for the award on Friday, becoming the first teammates to be voted Selke finalists since Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg in 2007-08.