The voting for the 2018 NHL All-Star Game has begun! For the third consecutive year, fans will have the opportunity to name one captain for each division of the league; Metropolitan and Atlantic, making up the Eastern Conference, and the Western Conference being made up of Pacific and Central. They can do this by visiting NHL.com/vote and selecting one of the provided players for each division. There is also a write-in option, known for making goon John Scott the captain of the Pacific Division and an all-star back in January 2016. This year, the game will take place in Tampa Bay, home of the Lightning, who are celebrating their 25th anniversary as a franchise. The player with the most votes in each division will be chosen as the captain of each division. The rest of the selections for who will be going to the All-Star Game will be chosen by the NHL. Here are the players nominated for each team, by conference and division:
Eastern Conference
Metropolitan Division
Carolina Hurricanes
Justin Faulk, Jeff Skinner
Columbus Blue Jackets
Sergei Bobrovsky, Nick Foligno, Seth Jones
New Jersey Devils
Taylor Hall, Nico Hischier, Cory Schneider
New York Islanders
Jordan Eberle, Jaroslav Halak, John Tavares
New York Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist, Rick Nash, Kevin Shattenkirk, Mika Zibanejad
Philadelphia Flyers
Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakub Voracek
Pittsburgh Penguins
Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel, Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin, Matt Murray
Washington Capitals
Nicklas Backstrom, Braden Holtby, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin
Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins
Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, Tuukka Rask
Buffalo Sabres
Jack Eichel, Ryan O’Reilly, Rasmus Ristolainen
Detroit Red Wings
Mike Green, Dylan Larkin, Henrik Zetterberg
Florida Panthers
Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau, Roberto Luongo
Montreal Canadiens
Jonathan Drouin, Max Pacioretty, Carey Price, Shea Weber
Ottawa Senators
Craig Anderson, Matt Duchene, Erik Karlsson, Mark Stone
Tampa Bay Lightning
Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos, Andrei Vasilevskiy
Toronto Maple Leafs
Patrick Marleau, Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Morgan Rielly
Western Conference
Pacific Division
Anaheim Ducks
Cam Fowler, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Rickard Rakell
Arizona Coyotes
Max Domi, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Clayton Keller
Calgary Flames
Johnny Gaudreau, Mark Giordano, Sean Monahan, Mike Smith
Edmonton Oilers
Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid, Cam Talbot
Los Angeles Kings
Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar, Jonathan Quick
San Jose Sharks
Brent Burns, Logan Couture, Martin Jones, Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton
Vancouver Canucks
Sven Baertschi, Bo Horvat
Vegas Golden Knights
Marc Andre Fleury, James Neal
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks
Corey Crawford, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith
Colorado Avalanche
Tyson Barrie, Nathan MacKinnon, Semyon Varlamov
Dallas Stars
Jamie Benn, John Klingberg, Tyler Seguin
Minnesota Wild
Devan Dubnyk, Eric Staal, Ryan Suter
Nashville Predators
Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi, Pekka Rinne, P.K. Subban
St. Louis Blues
Alex Pietrangelo, Jaden Schwartz, Vladimir Tarasenko
Winnipeg Jets
Dustin Byfuglien, Patrik Laine, Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler
Who will you be voting for to become a captain at the 2018 NHL All-Star Game? Who do you think got snubbed? Let us know by sending us a tweet @PuckItUpBlog!
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