NHL reveals initial 32 players selected for the 2023 All-Star Game with last 12 being picked by fans

The NHL has released its list of the initial 32 names to be selected for the 2023 All-Star Game set to take place in South Florida.

One player from each team has been selected to take part in this year’s festivities, which have historically included a skills competition and games between divisions.

This season, the NHL also announced that three additional players (two skaters and a goalie) will be decided through a fan vote over the course of the next twelve days.

A portion of that fan vote will be decided on Twitter over a two-day period between January 12 and January 14.

Hockey fans are rejoicing at the news of the rosters for the 2023 NHL All-Star game in Florida

The initial rosters were announced during the first and second intermissions of the game between the Washington Capitals and the Columbus Blue Jackets. 

Atlantic Division:

Boston Bruins: Linus Ullmark, G

Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson, C

Detroit Red Wings: Dylan Larkin, C

Florida Panthers: Matthew Tkachuk, RW

Montreal Canadiens: Nick Suzuki, C

Ottawa Senators: Brady Tkachuk, LW

Tampa Bay Lightning: Nikita Kucherov, RW

Toronto Maple Leafs: Mitch Marner, RW

Notable absences:  BOS – Patrice Bergeron, Hampus Lindholm, Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak;  BUF – Rasmus Dahlin;  FLA – Aleksandar Barkov;  MTL – Cole Caufield;  OTT – Drake Batherson, Alex DeBrincat, Claude Giroux;  TBL – Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos, Andrei Vasilievskiy;  TOR – Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Ilya Samsonov

Buffalo’s Tage Thompson has been dazzling the league all year since singing a new contract

Metropolitan Division: 

Carolina Hurricanes: Andrei Svechnikov, RW

Columbus Blue Jackets: Johnny Gaudreau, RW

New Jersey Devils: Jack Hughes, C

New York Islanders: Brock Nelson, RW

New York Rangers: Igor Shesterkin, G

Philadelphia Flyers: Kevin Hayes, C

Pittsburgh Penguins: Sidney Crosby, C

Washington Capitals: Alex Ovechkin, LW 

Notable absences: CAR – Sebastian Aho, Martin Necas;  NJD – Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier, Vitek Vanecek;  NYI – Mathew Barzal, Ilya Sorokin;  NYR – Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad;  PHI – Travis Konecny;  PIT – Tristan Jarry, Evgeni Malkin; WSH – Darcy Kuemper, Evgeny Kuznetsov

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was named to his eighth All-Star game appearance

Central Division:

Arizona Coyotes: Clayton Keller, LW

Chicago Blackhawks: Seth Jones, D

Colorado Avalanche: Cale Makar, D

Dallas Stars: Jason Robertson, LW

Minnesota Wild: Kirill Kaprizov, RW

Nashville Predators: Juuse Saros, G

St. Louis Blues: Vladimir Tarasenko, RW

Winnipeg Jets: Josh Morrissey, D

Notable Absences: CHI – Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane; COL – Nathan McKinnon, Mikko Rantanen; DAL – Roope Hintz, Jake Oettinger; MIN – Mats Zuccarello; NSH – Filip Forsberg; STL – Jordan Kyrou, Robert Thomas; WPG – Kyle Connor, Connor Hellebuyck

Dallas Stars phenom Jason Robertson was named to his first ever All-Star team this season

Pacific Division:

Anaheim Ducks: Troy Terry, RW

Calgary Flames: Nazem Kadri, C

Edmonton Oilers: Connor McDavid, C

Los Angeles Kings: Kevin Fiala, LW

San Jose Sharks: Erik Karlsson, D 

Seattle Kraken: Matty Beniers, C

Vancouver Canucks: Elias Pettersson, C

Vegas Golden Knights: Logan Thompson, G

Notable Absences: ANA – Trevor Zegras; CGY – Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Elias Lindholm; EDM – Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman; LAK – Drew Doughty; SJS – Timo Meier; VAN – Bo Horvat; VGK – Jack Eichel, Chandler Stephenson, Alex Pietrangelo, Mark Stone

Edmonton Oilers star center Connor McDavid leads the league in goals and points so far