Datysuk, Staal, and Kesler named finalists for the award.
Some important stats for consideration
Total FO
Dats: 55.1%
Kes: 55.1%
Staal: 48.3
x: 57.3
y: 52.9
FO won vs lost while being Shorthanded
Dats: 48.2
Kes: 48.9
Staal: 44.3
x: 47.6
y: 48.8
Total Take Aways
Dats: 132
Kes: 83
Staal: 41
x: 69
y: 51
Penalty Minutes (because a good defensive player won't put his team at situation where they can get scored on)
Dats: 18
Kes: 104
Staal: 57
x: 47
y: 24
Plus minus
Dats: 17
Kes: 1
Staal: 19
x: 22
y: 22
This was in the NHL section of espn.com, I added the relevant stats for player x and y. Many will probably be able to figure out who they are. I have thought all year that player y should be in the running for the Selke this year and as I was doing some research, player x kind of jumped off the page as well.