NHL announces roster for 2018 NHL All-Star Game

ST. LOUIS - The National Hockey League announced today that Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo and forward Brayden Schenn have been named to the 2018 NHL All-Star Game.
The 2018 Honda NHL All-Star weekend will take place Saturday, Jan. 27 and Sunday, Jan. 28, in Tampa, Florida.
The 2018 NHL All-Star Skills Competition will be held on Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. CT, while the game will be held on Jan. 28 at 2:30 p.m. CT.

Pietrangelo, 27, will be making his first All-Star Game appearance. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound defenseman was named a Second-Team NHL All-Star following both the 2011-12 and 2013-14 seasons. This season, Pietrangelo has collected 29 points (seven goals, 22 assists) and a plus-15 rating through 41 games. Among all defensemen, the King City, Ontario native ranks 10th in points, second in even-strength points (21), eighth in goals, 12th in assists, ninth in plus/minus and ninth in ice-time per game (25:36). Pietrangelo is also one of just seven defensemen averaging more than three-and-a-half minutes of power-play time and two minutes of shorthanded time per game. Overall, Pietrangelo has accumulated 332 points (72 goals, 260 assists) and a plus-71 rating in 580 career regular season games.

Schenn, 26, will also be making his first All-Star Game appearance. This season, the 6-foot-1, 200-pound forward has posted 43 points (17 goals, 26 assists) and a plus-19 rating through 45 games. Overall, the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan native ranks 14th in points, 20th in goals and assists, second in game-winning goals (6) and ninth in even-strength points (31) and plus/minus. Schenn is also the only player in the NHL that has been perfect on shootouts this season (3-for-3). Overall, Schenn has tallied 291 points (126 goals, 165 assists) in 478 career regular season games.
For the third straight season, the All-Star Game will feature a three-game tournament, played in a 3-on-3 format, showcasing teams from each division competing for a $1 million winner-take-all prize pool.

Western Conference All-Stars

| Central Division | Pacific Division | | --- | --- | | Alex Pietrangelo (STL) | Brock Boeser (VAN) | | Brayden Schenn (STL) | Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) | | Patrick Kane (CHI) | Anze Kopitar (LAK) | | Nathan MacKinnon (COL) | Connor McDavid (EDM) | | Tyler Seguin (DAL) | James Neal (VGK) | | Eric Staal (MIN) | Rickard Rakell (ANA) | | Blake Wheeler (WPG) | Brent Burns (SJS) | | John Klingberg (DAL) | Drew Doughty (LAK) | | P.K. Subban (NSH) | Oliver Ekman-Larsson (ARI) | | Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) | Mac-Andre Fleury (VGK) | | Pekka Rinne (NSH) | Jonathan Quick (LAK) |

Eastern Conference All-Stars

| Atlantic Division | Metropolitan Division | | --- | --- | | Aleksander Barkov (FLA) | Josh Bailey (NYI) | | Jack Eichel (BUF) | Sidney Crosby (PIT) | | Nikita Kucherov (TBL) | Claude Giroux (PHI) | | Brad Marchand (BOS) | Taylor Hall (NJD) | | Auston Matthews (TOR) | Alex Ovechkin (WSH) | | Steven Stamkos (TBL) | John Tavares (NYI) | | Mike Green (DET) | Noah Hanifin (CAR) | | Victor Hedman (TBL) | Seth Jones (CBJ) | | Erik Karlsson (OTT) | Kris Letang (PIT) | | Carey Price (MTL) | Braden Holtby (WSH) | | Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) | Henrik Lundqvist (NYR) |