2020 NHL All-Star Game: Rosters announced for all four divisional teams

The game will be held on Jan. 25 in St. Louis

By Pete Blackburn

Dec 30, 2019 at 4:16 pm ET • 2 min read

The NHL released rosters for the 2020 NHL All-Star Game on Monday afternoon, providing fans a first look at the players that will be representing the league's four divisions during the event in St. Louis next month. Three Blues players will be among the chosen to help provide hometown representation in the host city.

The roster unveil comes after the four team captains were announced last week. Boston Bruins winger David Pastrnak will captain the Atlantic Division squad, Nathan MacKinnon will captain the Central and Connor McDavid will lead the Pacific. Alex Ovechkin was voted captain of the Metropolitan Division but will elect to skip the game in favor of rest.

A fan vote chooses the four captains while the league's hockey operations department selects the majority of the remaining 40 players (10 from each division) for the game. However, fans will also get to vote the Last Men In on each team.

Once again this year, the All-Star Game will consist of a three-game tournament featuring one team representing each of the league's divisions. Those teams will play in a 3-on-3 format, the winners of the first round going on to play each other in the final.

Here's a look at the initial rosters:

Atlantic Division

Forwards

David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins
Jack Eichel, Buffalo Sabres
Tyler Bertuzzi, Detroit Red Wings
Jonathan Huberdeau, Florida Panthers
Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
Anthony Duclair, Ottawa Senators

Defense
Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning
Shea Weber, Montreal Canadiens

Goaltenders
Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins
Frederik Andersen, Toronto Maple Leafs

Last Man In candidates:

Boston Bruins: Patrice Bergeron
Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Dahlin
Detroit Red Wings: Dylan Larkin
Florida Panthers: Aleksander Barkov
Montreal Canadiens: Max Domi
Ottawa Senators: Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Tampa Bay Lightning: Steven Stamkos
Toronto Maple Leafs: Mitch Marner

Metropolian Division

Forwards

Kyle Palmieri, New Jersey Devils
Mathew Barzal, New York Islanders
Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers
Travis Konecny, Philadelphia Flyers
Jake Guentzel, Pittsburgh Penguins

Defense
John Carlson, Washington Capitals
Dougie Hamilton, Carolina Hurricanes
Seth Jones, Columbus Blue Jackets

Goaltenders
Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals
Joonas Korpisalo, Columbus Blue Jackets

Last Man In candidates:

Carolina Hurricanes: Teuvo Teravainen
Columbus Blue Jackets: Nick Foligno
New Jersey Devils: Nico Hischier
New York Islanders: Brock Nelson
New York Rangers: Mika Zibanejad
Philadelphia Flyers: Claude Giroux
Pittsburgh Penguins: Kris Letang
Washington Capitals: T.J. Oshie

Central Division

Forwards

Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks
Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars
Eric Staal, Minnesota Wild
Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets
Ryan O'Reilly, St. Louis Blues

Defense
Roman Josi, Nashville Predators
Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis Blues

Goaltenders
Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues
Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets

Last Man in candidates:

Chicago Blackhawks: Jonathan Toews
Colorado Avalanche: Cale Makar
Dallas Stars: Jamie Benn
Minnesota Wild: Ryan Suter
Nashville Predators: Matt Duchene
St. Louis Blues: David Perron
Winnipeg Jets: Patrik Laine