All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2018 All-Star Game have been decided according to votes given by hockey fans around the world. The fans voted the starting lineup consisting of 1 goaltender, 2 defenseman, 1 left wing, 1 center and 1 right wing for both North America All-Stars and World All-Stars. Here are the final results of the voting:
North America World
R Corey Perry R Alex Ovechkin
C Steven Stamkos C Nicklas Bäckström
L Jamie Benn L Ondrej Palat
D Duncan Keith D Victor Hedman
D Ryan Suter D Erik Karlsson
G Louis Domingue G Ondrej Pavelec
Traditionally, the coaching staff of the two All-Star teams will selected rest of the players to participate in this most profilic annual sports event. The following players have been selected to the All-Star teams by the coaching staff.
North America World
Right wings Right wings
R Patrick Kane
R Milan Lucic
R Mitch Marner
R Viktor Arvidsson
R Vladimir Tarasenko
R Nikita Kucherov
Centers Centers
C Connor McDavid
C Sidney Crosby
C Auston Matthews
C Mikko Koivu
C Mikael Granlund
C Evgeni Malkin
Left wings Left wings
L Johnny Gaudreau
L Matt Duchene
L Max Pacioretty
L Rickard Rakell
L Gabriel Landeskog
L Filip Forsberg
Defensemen Defensemen
D Shea Weber
D Kris Letang
D Brent Burns
D Dustin Byfuglien
D Sami Vatanen
D Rasmus Ristolainen
D Andrej Sekera
D Roman Josi
Goalies Goalies
G John Gibson
G Steve Mason
G Semyon Varlamov
G Jaroslav Halak
This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 9 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 10 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.