{"id":39696,"date":"2019-01-02T20:50:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T01:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=39696"},"modified":"2019-01-02T20:50:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T01:50:43","slug":"nhl-all-star-game-rosters-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/01\/02\/nhl-all-star-game-rosters-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL All-Star Game Rosters Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NHL All-Star\u00a0Game roster will see three players from the host team suit up for the game set to take place on January 26th in San Jose. Joe Pavelski<\/a><\/strong>, Brent Burns<\/a><\/strong>, and Erik Karlsson<\/a><\/strong> were all selected as members of the Pacific Division All-Star Team.<\/p>\n

NHL All-Star Roster Released<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Pacific Division<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The San Jose Sharks<\/a> are the only team with three players selected. Those three will team up with Johnny Gaudreau<\/a><\/strong> (Calgary Flames<\/a>),\u00a0Clayton Keller<\/a><\/strong> (Arizona Coyotes<\/a>),\u00a0Connor McDavid<\/a><\/strong> (Edmonton Oilers<\/a>), and\u00a0Elias Pettersson<\/a><\/strong> (Vancouver Canucks<\/a>) at forward.\u00a0Drew Doughty<\/a><\/strong> (Los Angeles Kings<\/a>) will join the Sharks other blueliners.\u00a0Marc-Andre Fleury<\/a><\/strong> (Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>) and John Gibson<\/a> <\/strong>(Anaheim\u00a0Ducks<\/a>) are the two goaltenders.<\/p>\n

Fans voted McDavis in as team captain. Pettersson, who leads all rookies with 39 points so far this season, and Keller will be attending their first All-Star Games.<\/p>\n

Central Division<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Central Division is captained by\u00a0Nathan MacKinnon<\/a><\/strong> (Colorado Avalanche<\/a>). Three players from this division are appearing in their first All-Star Game. Those players are\u00a0Mikko Rantanen<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Colorado Avalanche),\u00a0Mark Scheifele<\/a> <\/strong>(Winnipeg Jets<\/a>), and\u00a0Miro Heiskanen<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Dallas Stars<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The rest of the roster includes\u00a0Patrick Kane<\/a><\/strong> (Chicago Blackhawks)<\/a>,\u00a0Ryan O’Reilly<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(St. Louis Blues<\/a>),\u00a0Blake Wheeler<\/a><\/strong> (Winnipeg Jets), and Roman Josi<\/a><\/strong> (Nashville Predators<\/a>). The goaltenders are\u00a0Devan Dubnyk<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Minnesota Wild<\/a>) and\u00a0Pekka Rinne<\/a><\/strong> (Nashville Predators).<\/p>\n

The Central Division has two of the top three scorers in the NHL this season in Colorado’s MacKinnon and Rantanen.<\/p>\n

Atlantic Division<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Auston Matthews<\/a><\/strong> (Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>) was selected as captain of the Atlantic Division Team. He’ll attend with teammate John Tavares<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Nikita Kucherov<\/a><\/strong> (Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>),\u00a0Jack Eichel<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Buffalo Sabres<\/a>),\u00a0David Pastrnak<\/a><\/strong> (Boston Bruins<\/a>), and\u00a0Steven Stamkos<\/a> <\/strong>(Tampa Bay Lightning) are the forwards.\u00a0Thomas Chabot<\/a><\/strong> (Ottawa Senators<\/a>), and Keith Yandle<\/a><\/strong> (Florida Panthers<\/a>) fill out the defense.\u00a0Jimmy Howard<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Detroit Red Wings<\/a>) and\u00a0Carey Price<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Montreal Canadiens<\/a>) will attend as the Atlantic Division netminders.<\/p>\n

Despite an average season with a .904 save percentage and a 15-10-4 record, it’s Price’s seventh All-Star Game. Only Patrick Kane<\/a> (eight All-Star appearances) has more All-Star Games under his belt.<\/p>\n

Pastrnak and Chabot are attending their first All-Star games.<\/p>\n

Metropolitan Division<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Metropolitan Division is currently without a captain, though, after Alex Ovechkin<\/a><\/strong> decided to skip the All-Star Game<\/a> in favor of taking the time off to rest. But there will be no shortage of players from the nation’s capital as\u00a0John Carlson<\/a><\/strong> (Washington Capitals<\/a>) and goaltender Braden Holtby<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Washington Capitals) will be attending the game.<\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Division will also ice\u00a0Sebastian Aho<\/a><\/strong> (Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>),\u00a0\u00a0Cam Atkinson<\/a> <\/strong>(Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>),\u00a0Mathew Barzal<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(New York Islanders<\/a>),\u00a0Sidney Crosby<\/a> (Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>),\u00a0Claude Giroux<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>) and\u00a0Taylor Hall<\/a><\/strong> (New Jersey Devils<\/a>) at forward.\u00a0Seth Jones<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Columbus Blue Jackets) joins Carlson on defense.\u00a0Henrik Lundqvist<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(New York Rangers<\/a>) is the second goaltender.<\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Division has three players making their debut All-Star Game appearance in Aho, Barzal, and Carlson.<\/p>\n

All-Star Last Men In<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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In addition to the players already announced, fans can vote for the final member of each roster during the 2019 NHL All-Star Last Men In presented by adidas. Voting at https:\/\/t.co\/7Xc2Y3vPfN<\/a> opens Jan. 3 at 12 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

More info: https:\/\/t.co\/Ugb75dcKAU<\/a> #NHLAllStar<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3monfIfQnj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n