NHL unveils initial 2023 All-Star Game rosters
The NHL announced the initial rosters for the 2023 All-Star Game on Thursday.
The league's department of hockey operations chose one player from each team to send to the event in Florida next month, totaling eight players on each division's roster.
The three remaining players (featuring two skaters and one goalie) on every lineup will be decided by an online fan vote that will open Thursday at 9 p.m. ET and run through Jan. 17.
For now, let's take a look at the first 32 players to make the cut.
Atlantic Division
| Position | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| F | Nikita Kucherov | TBL |
| F | Dylan Larkin | DET |
| F | Mitch Marner | TOR |
| F | Nick Suzuki | MTL |
| F | Tage Thompson | BUF |
| F | Brady Tkachuk | OTT |
| F | Matthew Tkachuk | FLA |
| G | Linus Ullmark | BOS |
Metropolitan Division
| Position | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| F | Sidney Crosby | PIT |
| F | Johnny Gaudreau | CBJ |
| F | Kevin Hayes | PHI |
| F | Jack Hughes | NJD |
| F | Brock Nelson | NYI |
| F | Alex Ovechkin | WSH |
| F | Andrei Svechnikov | CAR |
| G | Igor Shesterkin | NYR |
Central Division
| Position | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| F | Kirill Kaprizov | MIN |
| F | Clayton Keller | ARI |
| F | Jason Robertson | DAL |
| F | Vladimir Tarasenko | STL |
| D | Seth Jones | CHI |
| D | Cale Makar | COL |
| D | Josh Morrissey | WPG |
| G | Juuse Saros | NSH |
Pacific Division
| Position | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| F | Matty Beniers | SEA |
| F | Kevin Fiala | LAK |
| F | Nazem Kadri | CGY |
| F | Connor McDavid | EDM |
| F | Elias Pettersson | VAN |
| F | Troy Terry | ANA |
| D | Erik Karlsson | SJS |
| G | Logan Thompson | VGK |
Each roster will include nine skaters and two goalies.
The fan-driven selection process for the last 12 players will also include a Twitter vote, which will begin Jan. 12 and end on Jan. 14.
For votes on Twitter to count, tweets must include the hashtag "#NHLAllStarVote" followed by the player's full name or Twitter handle. Tweets referring to players by their last names only won't be valid.
The final additions to each roster will be announced Jan. 19.
Sunrise, Florida, will host the festivities beginning with the skills competition on Feb. 3 and wrapping up with the All-Star Game on Feb. 4.
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