With increasing offensive production, the National Hockey League is allowing its star players to shine and, as a result, there are many talented players that are viable contenders to win the Hart Trophy as the Most Valuable Player. Here are our Hart Trophy odds, picks, and predictions for the 2022-23 NHL season.
Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs won last year's award after scoring 60 goals in 73 games. Though he is among the favorites again this year, Matthews is not the consensus favorite. That's Connor McDavid, a two-time Hart Trophy winner who won the award in 2020-2021 and has finished in the top five in Hart Trophy voting in each of the past six seasons.
While Matthews and McDavid are deserving favorites, there are plenty of other candidates who could challenge for the award.
Below is a look at Hart Trophy odds before NHL training camps get started.
2023 Hart Trophy Odds
| Player | DraftKings | FanDuel | Caesars | BetMGM | PointsBet |
| Connor McDavid | +250 | +260 | +300 | +300 | +225 |
| Auston Matthews | +400 | +420 | +400 | +450 | +390 |
| Leon Draisaitl | +800 | +600 | +800 | +650 | +900 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | +1000 | +1000 | +1500 | +1000 | +1200 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | +1200 | +1200 | +1500 | +1400 | +1400 |
| Cale Makar | +1500 | +1500 | +1500 | +1500 | +1400 |
| Nikita Kucherov | +2000 | +1500 | +2500 | +1400 | +2000 |
| Igor Shesterkin | +2000 | +2000 | +2500 | +1800 | +2000 |
| Aleksander Barkov | +3000 | +1600 | +1800 | +1600 | +3000 |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | +3000 | +3000 | +3000 | +3500 | +3500 |
| Sidney Crosby | +3000 | +3500 | +5000 | +3000 | +3500 |
| Johnny Gaudreau | +3000 | +4000 | +3000 | +4000 | +4000 |
Widely regarded as the best player in the world, McDavid has won the scoring title four times in seven NHL seasons but has managed just two Hart Trophy victories. The 25-year-old Oilers center plays the game with unprecedented speed and is a deserving favorite, but the prices (as short as +225 at PointsBet) are practically begging bettors to take anyone else.