NHL All-Star Rosters Announced

The NHL has announced the 44 players that will be playing in the 2017 Honda NHL All-Star Game in Los Angeles. The teams were once again broken down by divisions. The teams are as follows:

Atlantic

Forwards:

Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning

Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins

Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs

Frans Nielson, Detroit Red Wings

Kyle Okposo, Buffalo Sabres

Vincent Trocheck, Florida Panthers

Defensemen:

Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning

Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators

Shea Weber, Montreal Canadiens

Goalies:

Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens (Captain)

Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins

Metropolitan

Forwards:

Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (Captain)

Taylor Hall, New Jersey Devils

Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins

John Tavares, New York Islanders

Wayne Simmonds, Philadelphia Flyers

Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitols

Defensemen:

Ryan McDonagh, New York Rangers

Seth Jones, Columbus Blue Jackets

Justin Faulk, Carolina Hurricanes

Goalies:

Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets

Braden Holtby, Washington Capitols

Central

Forwards:

Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks

Patrik Laine, Winnipeg Jets

Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues

Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars

Johnathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks

Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche

Defensemen:

P.K. Subban, Nashville Predators (Captain)

Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks

Ryan Suter, Minnesota Wild

Goalies:

Corey Crawford, Chicago Blackhawks

Devan Dubnyk, Minnesota Wild

Pacific

Forwards:

Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers (Captain)

Jeff Carter, Los Angeles Kings

Bo Horvat, Vancouver Canucks

Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames

Ryan Kesler, Anaheim Ducks

Joe Pavelski, San Jose Sharks

Defensemen:

Brett Burns, San Jose Sharks

Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings

Cam Fowler, Anaheim Ducks

Goalies:

Martin Jones, San Jose Sharks

Mike Smith, Arizona Coyotes

The game is slated for January 29th at the Staples Center with the 2017 Coors Light NHL All-Star Skills Competition the night prior.