A breakdown of the final NHL All-Star Game rosters
Last night the NHL announced the full All Star Game rosters for each division. For the Washington Capitals, Alex Ovechkin will be the lone representative.
Here is the complete roster breakdown of each player by division and team:
Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins: Linus Ullmark (G), David Pastrnak (F)
Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson (F)
Detroit Red Wings: Dylan Larkin (F)
Montreal Canadiens: Nick Suzuki (F)
Ottawa Senators: Brady Tkacuk (F)
Tampa Bay Lightning: Nikita Kucherov (F), Andrei Vasilevskiy (G)
Toronto Maple Leafs: Mitchell Marner (F), Auston Matthews (F)
Metropolitan Division
Carolina Hurricanes: Andrei Svechnikov (F)
Columbus Blue Jackets: Johnny Gaudreau (F)
New Jersey Devils: Jack Hughes (F)
New York Islanders: Brock Nelson (F), Ilya Sorokin (G)
New York Rangers: Igor Shesterkin (G), Artemi Panarin (F), Adam Fox (D)
Philadelphia Flyers: Kevin Hayes (F)
Pittsburgh Penguins: Sidney Crosby (F)
Washington Capitals: Alex Ovechkin (F)
Central Division
Arizona Coyotes: Clayton Keller (F)
Chicago Blackhawks: Seth Jones (D)
Colorado Avalanche: Cale Makar (D), Mikko Rantanen (F), Nathan MacKinnon (F)
Dallas Stars: Jason Robertson (F)
Minnesota Wild: Kirill Kaprizov (F)
Nashville Predators: Juuse Saros (G)
St. Louis Blues: Vladimir Tarasenko (F)
Winnipeg Jets: Josh Morrissey (D), Connor Hellebuyck (G)
Pacific Division
Anaheim Ducks: Troy Terry (F)
Calgary Flames: Nazem Kadri (F)
Edmonton Oilers: Connor McDavid (F), Leon Draisaitl (F), Stuart Skinner (G)
Los Angeles Kings: Kevin Fiala
San Jose Sharks: Erik Karlsson (D)
Seattle Kraken: Matty Beniers (F)
For the Metropolitan Division the fan voted players were Artemi Panarin of the New York Rangers and New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin. Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dylan Strome, and Darcy Kuemper were on the ballot for the Capitals.
Ovechkin heads to his franchise record 13th All Star Game. The festivities will take place on Feb. 3-4 at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida.
He participated in seven career All Star Games and we hope this will be the eighth.