NEW YORK – Grammy-award winning artists Vince Gill and Jennifer Nettles, CMA and ACM winning artist Lee Brice, and Lennon & Maisy, music duo and real-life sisters from the television series, "Nashville," will lead the entertainment for the 2016 Honda NHL® All-Star Game at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Sunday, Jan. 31, the National Hockey League announced today. The 2016 Honda NHL® All-Star Game will broadcast live at 5 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. CT on NBCSN, CBC and TVA Sports.

Gill, a country music legend and longtime Nashville Predators season-ticket holder, will perform the U.S. national anthem while Canadian-born duo, Lennon & Maisy, will perform the Canadian national anthem. Brice will give a pre-game performance, including during player introductions. Nettles will take the stage during the second intermission.

Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Duchene is looking forward to taking part in the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game, set for Jan. 31 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, as well as the new 3-on-3 divisional format.

Just don't expect him to worry too much about the psyches of the goaltenders on his Central Division team, Pekka Rinne of the host Nashville Predators and Devan Dubnyk of the Minnesota Wild.

"I think it's going to be a good time," Duchene said. "It's none of our goalies, so if they get peppered, it's OK. It's our division, so they're teammates for a little bit, but if they get peppered I won't shed any tears for them."

FRISCO, Texas -- At the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game on Jan. 31 in Nashville, Tenn., the Dallas Stars will be well represented with captain Jamie Benn and center Tyler Seguin selected to play for the Central Division team, which will be coached by Stars coach Lindy Ruff.

Benn, an All-Star for the second time, leads the NHL with 24 goals and is second in the League with 52 points. The reigning Art Ross Trophy winner previously appeared in the 2012 All-Star Game, where he won the Accuracy Shooting portion of the All-Star Skills Competition.

“Obviously, to represent Dallas in the All-Star Game, it’s going to be pretty cool and to do it alongside [Seguin] and obviously [Ruff], is going to be pretty good,” Benn said.

Goaltender Cory Schneider won't admit he's been the engine driving the New Jersey Devils to greater heights this season, his second as the unquestioned starter.

The numbers speak for themselves, however, and are the reason Schneider was named to represent the Devils in the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Jan. 31.

It will be the first All-Star appearance for Schneider, 29, who will participate in the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Jan. 30 (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVA Sports) and play for the Metropolitan Division in the 3-on-3 tournament the following day (5 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVA Sports).

"There are a couple of guys on this team who could have been considered and selected, so the fact that I've been chosen, it's exciting and it's a great honor," Schneider said. "It's a privilege, I think, so a lot of credit to my teammates and coaches. Everyone's committed to defense all year long, and I think I've been the beneficiary of that, but at the same time it's a fun time right now."

The NHL announced the remaining players for the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game, and several familiar and high-scoring stars will descend upon Bridgestone Arena in Nashville for All-Star Weekend.

The host Nashville Predators have three players among the 40 named Wednesday by the NHL's Hockey Operations Department: goalie Pekka Rinne and defensemen Shea Weber and Roman Josi will play for the Central Division All-Stars. Joining them are a number of all-too-familiar rivals of the Predators who will now become fan favorites in the new 3-on-3 divisional format instituted this season.

Chicago Blackhawks forwards Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane are on the Central Division roster, as are Dallas Stars forwards Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin, St. Louis Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko and Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Duchene.

NEW YORK – The National Hockey League announced today the full roster of players as well as the head coaches for the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star celebration, which will be held Jan. 30-31 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

Forty players were selected by the NHL, joining the four division captains elected by fans in the 2016 NHL All-Star Fan Vote: Jaromir Jagr of the Florida Panthers (Atlantic), Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks (Central), Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals (Metropolitan) and John Scott of the Arizona Coyotes (Pacific).

Below are the complete rosters for each division, comprised of six forwards, three defensemen and two goaltenders per team:

NEW YORK – The National Hockey League (NHL) today unveiled the jerseys that will be worn by the League's All-Stars during the 2016 Honda NHL® All-Star Game at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on January 31. Both All-Star team jerseys are available for purchase starting today at shop.NHL.com and Nashville Predators team store, and at select local retailers beginning tomorrow.

Each All-Star jersey features the official NHL Shield infused with the Predators' gold in the crest. For the on-ice version of the All-Star jersey, the crest has been constructed with reflective material which glimmers in certain light as a salute to Nashville's vibrant night-life scene. The black and white color scheme in each jersey shares the colors of the keys on a piano to celebrate the city of Nashville's "Music City" nickname.

The full rosters for the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game will be revealed by the NHL on Wednesday.

But NHL.com is a bit ahead of the game, enlisting four experts -- Mike Morreale (Metropolitan), Arpon Basu (Atlantic Division), Dan Rosen (Central Division) and Kevin Woodley (Pacific Division) -- to put together their version of the 11-man roster for each division.

Each division's roster will have six forwards, three defensemen and two goalies. One player from each division was voted onto the team by the fans and will serve as that team's captain. The other 40 players will be selected by the League's Hockey Operations Department. Each All-Star team will have at least one player from every team in its division.

The game, to be played Sunday, Jan. 31, will be a 3-on-3 tournament pitting the four divisions against one another in a winner-take-all format. The Atlantic Division will face the Metropolitan Division in one semifinal and the Central Division will face the Pacific Division in the other semifinal. The winners play in the championship game.

Florida Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr continues to have a sense of humor about his selection by the fans to serve as one of four captains at the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game on Jan. 31 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

"I asked the fans don't vote for me; they didn't listen,'' Jagr said, smiling, on Sunday after scoring twice in the Panthers' ninth straight win, a 2-1 victory against the Minnesota Wild at BB&T Center. “I think they don't like me much. They want to see me dead."

From Dec. 1 through Jan. 1, fans around the world were able to cast their votes at NHL.com/vote and via a mobile ballot for one player from each of the four divisions, with the top vote-getter for each division earning an All-Star berth as division captain.

Alex Ovechkin already this season became the top Russian goal-scorer in NHL history and is about to reach 500 in his career.

Saturday, the Washington Capitals forward added a captain's role at this month's 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game.

Ovechkin, who has 21 goals and 13 assists in 36 games this season, was thankful for the selection, voted by fans.

"It's a huge honor," said Ovechkin, who will play in his sixth All-Star Game. "It's always nice to see when people are voting for you."