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F 98 Connor Bedard, CHI (1st)
* Bedard (18 years, 201 days on Feb. 3, 2024) is set to become the youngest player in League history to play for an NHL All-Star team and the second youngest ever to play in the event behind Fleming MacKell (18 years, 166 days) who skated with the reigning Stanley Cup champion Maple Leafs at the inaugural showcase in 1947.
* Bedard can become the first 18-year-old to score a goal and fourth to record a point in an NHL All-Star Game. The 18-year-olds with a point: Aaron Ekblad (0-4—4; 18 years, 352 days in 2015), Jeff Skinner (0-1—1; 18 years, 259 days in 2011) and Steve Yzerman (0-1—1; 18 years, 267 days in 1984).
* Bedard (18 years, 201 days on Feb. 3, 2024) is set to become the first teenager to represent the Blackhawks in the NHL All-Star Game. To date, the two youngest to do so were Patrick Kane (20 years, 67 days) and Jonathan Toews (20 years, 271 days) in 2009.
* Bedard is set to become the second rookie to represent the Blackhawks on an NHL All-Star team – and first in more than 50 years; he will follow Tony Esposito who, at age 26, stopped all nine shots he faced for the All-Stars East in 1970. In addition, two rookies played for Chicago in the event when the reigning Stanley Cup champions took part: Murray Hall and Chico Maki both were held off the score sheet while playing for the Blackhawks in the NHL All-Star Game ahead of the 1961-62 season, after the club won the championship the spring prior.
* Entering 2024, a total of 14 active players skated in the NHL All-Star Game as a rookie, including six as teenagers and three as 18-year-olds. Only two rookie forwards have appeared in the five NHL All-Star Games contested since 2018: Vancouver’s Brock Boeser, who won MVP in 2018, and his teammate, Elias Pettersson,in 2019.
* Overall, 55 rookies have represented an NHL All-Star team in the event (42 skaters and 13 goaltenders).
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F 87 Sidney Crosby, PIT (6th)
* Sidney Crosby can become the fourth Penguins player to skate in the NHL All-Star Game at least six times; only Mario Lemieux (10x), Jaromir Jagr (6x) and Kris Letang (6x) have done so.
* Crosby was named NHL All-Star Game MVP in 2019, after compiling 4-4—8 across the two games – including multiple goals in each outing – to lead the Metropolitan Division to its second NHL All-Star title under the 3-on-3 format.
* Crosby (8-7—15 in 6 GP) is tied with Johnny Gaudreau (8-7—15 in 9 GP) for the most points in the 3-on-3 All-star Game format.
* Crosby (2-3—5) and Islanders forward Mathew Barzal (2-3—5) each recorded five points in the 2019 Final, which is tied with Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk (3-2—5 in 2023 SF) for the highest single-game total recorded under the 3-on-3 format.
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D 26 Ramus Dahlin, BUF (3rd)
* Dahlin (2022 & 2023) is set to become the first defenseman in Sabres history to represent the club in three straight NHL All-Star Games. He will be the third Buffalo blueliner to play in the event at least three times overall, following Mike Ramsey (4x) and Phil Housley (3x).
* At age 23, Dahlin already ranks among the top six in franchise history for career goals, assists and points among defensemen.
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F 93 Alex DeBrincat, DET (2nd)
* DeBrincat is set to become the fifth Red Wings player in the past 30 years to represent the club in an NHL All-Star Game during his first campaign with the franchise. He will join Brendan Shanahan (1996-97), Dominik Hasek (2001-02), Dylan Larkin (2015-16) and Frans Nielsen (2016-17).
* DeBrincat (Farmington Hills, Mich.) can join Larkin (Waterford, Mich.; 3x) as the second Michigan-born player to represent the Red Wings on an NHL All-Star team.
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F 9 Filip Forsberg, NSH (2nd)
* Forsberg is set to play in the NHL All-Star Game for the first time since 2014-15 when he skated for Team Toews at the event in Columbus – the last time the Player Draft occurred. Forsberg, a rookie at the time, was selected with the 35th and final pick that year after being named as an injury replacement.
* It has been nine seasons since Forsberg’s first NHL All-Star Game appearance. He can become the 10th player in League history to go at least that long from their first appearance to their next, and third active to do so after Jordan Eberle (10 seasons; 1st in 2011-12, 2nd in 2021-22) and Sidney Crosby (10; 1st in 2006-07, 2nd in 2016-17).
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G 37 Connor Hellebuyck, WPG (4th)
* Hellebuyck (2018, 2020 & 2023) is expected to set a new franchise benchmark for All-Star appearances among Jets/Thrashers players – he is currently tied with Ilya Kovalchuk (3, all w/ ATL) and Dustin Byfuglien (3; 1 w/ ATL, 2 w/ WPG).
* Hellebuyck (4th in 2024) is set to become the third goaltender to play at least four years under the 3-on-3 All-Star format, following Andrei Vasilevskiy (5) and Braden Holtby (5).
* Hellebuyck is the Jets/Thrashers franchise leader in games played by a goaltender and has contested nearly half of the club’s regular-season games since they relocated to Winnipeg in 2011-12 (49.7%). He also tops the franchise list for career wins and shutouts.
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F 86 Jack Hughes, NJD (3rd)
* Hughes, 22, can become the second player in Devils franchise history to make three NHL All-Star Game appearances before his 23rd birthday – he would join Kirk Muller (1985, 1986 & 1988).
* Hughes (2022 & 2023) can join Auston Matthews (2017, 2018 & 2019) as the second U.S.-born player in NHL history to make three All-Star appearances before age 23.
* Hughes and his brother, Quinn Hughes, can play in the NHL All-Star Game together for the first time. They are already among 21 sets of brothers in NHL history to play in the event at any point in their career, with Quinn debuting in 2020 and Jack playing in 2022 and 2023. Should their younger brother, Luke Hughes, be voted in by fans, they would become the first family in NHL history to have three siblings play in the NHL All-Star Game during the same year and second to do so at any point in their careers (following Andre, Jean and Marcel Pronovost who all skated in the event but never all three together).
* To date, 15 sets of brothers have played in the NHL All-Star Game during the same year including three born in the United States: Brady and Matthew Tkachuk (2020 & 2023); Derian and Kevin Hatcher (1997); and Brian and Joe Mullen (1989). The Tkachuks (2023 w/ Atlantic Division) are the only U.S.-born brothers to play in an All-Star Game as teammates.
* Should the Hughes’ end up on the same team via the Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Player Draft, it would mark the second straight year that brothers from any country play on the same team during an NHL All-Star Game. Brady and Matthew Tkachuk did so in 2023, which was the first instance since 2012 when Daniel and Henrik Sedin both skated for Team Alfredsson (after being selected 18th and 26th overall in the Player Draft). Overall, 11 sets of brothers have played on the same team at an NHL All-Star Game.
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D 43 Quinn Hughes, VAN (2nd)
* Hughesis set to make his second All-Star appearance following an appearance in 2020 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis where he tied the 3-on-3 record for points in a game by a defenseman (1-3—4 in SF). That year also saw Hughes become the second rookie defenseman ever to score a goal in an NHL All-Star Game, following Islanders legend Denis Potvin (1974 All-Star Game).
* Hughes and his brother, Jack Hughes, can play in the All-Star Game together for the first time. They already are among 21 sets of brothers in NHL history to play in the event at any point in their career, with Quinn debuting in 2020 and Jack playing in 2022 and 2023. Should their younger brother, Luke Hughes, be voted in by fans, they would become the first family in NHL history to have three siblings play in the NHL All-Star Game during the same year and second to do so at any point in their careers (following Andre, Jean and Marcel Pronovost who all skated in the event but never together).
* To date, 15 sets of brothers have played in the NHL All-Star Game during the same year including three born in the United States: Brady and Matthew Tkachuk (2020 & 2023); Derian and Kevin Hatcher (1997); and Brian and Joe Mullen (1989). The Tkachuks (2023 w/ Atlantic Division) are the only U.S.-born brothers to play in an NHL All-Star Game as teammates.
* Should the Hughes’ end up on the same team via the Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Player Draft, it would mark the second straight year that brothers from any country play on the same team during an NHL All-Star Game. Brady and Matthew Tkachuk did so in 2023, which was the first instance since 2012 when Daniel and Henrik Sedin both skated for Team Alfredsson (after being selected 18th and 26th overall in the Player Draft). Overall, 11 sets of brothers have played on the same team at an All-Star Game.
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F 86 Nikita Kucherov, TBL (5th)
* Kucherov is set to tie teammate Andrei Vasilevskiy (5) for the third-most NHL All-Star Game appearances by a Lightning player, behind Steven Stamkos (7) and Martin St. Louis (6).
* Kucherov scored the first hat trick ever recorded under the 3-on-3 All-Star format, in front of his home fans in Tampa during the 2018 semifinal.
* Kucherov has seven career All-Star goals, all since 2016-17, which is the second most under the 3-on-3 format, and trails only six active players for the most under any format (Patrick Kane w/ 9; Sidney Crosby, John Tavares, Claude Giroux, Johnny Gaudreau & Alex Ovechkin all w/ 8).
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F 29 Nathan MacKinnon, COL (5th)
* MacKinnon is set to play in his fifth career NHL All-Star Game, following appearances in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2023. He also attended the 2019 event in San Jose but did not participate in Skills or play in the 3-on-3 games due to injury. MacKinnon’s absence from Skills led to one of the most memorable moments in the history of the Fastest Skater competition as he was replaced by Kendall Coyne Schofield who became the first woman to participate in the event.
* MacKinnon can become the sixth player in franchise history to play in five or more career NHL All-Star Games, following Joe Sakic (12), Peter Stastny (6), Patrick Roy (5), Michel Goulet (5) and Peter Forsberg (5). Sakic made seven of his 12 appearances from 1995-96 onward, the most by an Avalanche player (each of the five by Roy and Forsberg were since the club began play in Colorado).
* So far this season, MacKinnon has posted the third-longest point streak in franchise history (19 GP; tied) and become the first player since Wayne Gretzky (35 years ago) to record a home point streak of 20 or more games.
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F 34 Auston Matthews, TOR (5th)
* Matthews (2017, 2018, 2019 & 2022) is set to play in his fifth career NHL All-Star Game, tied with Frank Mahovlich (5) for the third-most appearances on an NHL All-Star team in franchise history behind Mats Sundin (8) and Sid Smith (6). Matthews also attended the 2020 event in St. Louis, but did not play due to injury.
* Matthews made his All-Star debut in 2016-17 when he became the second Maple Leafs rookie to represent an NHL All-Star team in the event, following Wendel Clark in 1986.
* Matthews is set to join Curtis Joseph, Mats Sundin and Dmitry Yushkevich as the only Maple Leafs in the past 55 years to play in the NHL All Star Game in Toronto. In 2000, Sundin and Yushkevich helped the World All-Stars defeat Joseph and the North American All-Stars.
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F 97 Connor McDavid, EDM (7th)
* McDavid is set to make his seventh NHL All-Star Game appearance, the second most in franchise history behind eight by both Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier.
* McDavid has six 100-point seasons and is tracking toward a seventh – a feat achieved by only five players in League history (all long-retired members of the Hockey Hall of Fame).
* McDavid’s trophy case includes five Art Ross Trophies, four Ted Lindsay Awards, three Hart Trophy wins and a Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy. The only player to win all those awards and an All-Star Game MVP is Sidney Crosby.
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F 88 David Pastrnak, BOS (4th)
* In 2020, Pastrnak became the first player from Czechia to be named All-Star MVP. Additionally, he became the fourth Bruins player awarded the honor, following Bobby Orr (1972), Ray Bourque (1996) and Bill Guerin (2001).
* Pastrnak is responsible for one of the nine hat tricks under the 3-on-3 format (4-2—6 in 2020 SF). One year prior, in 2019, Pastrnak became the first Bruins player to win the Shot Accuracy event at Skills since Ray Bourque claimed the title in 2000 (in Toronto). Bourque is the NHL record holder with eight wins in the Shot Accuracy competition, but that was the last time he won as a Bruin.
* Pastrnak is set to surpass Milan Hejduk (3) and Roman Hamrlik (3) to become the fifth Czechia-born player to skate in the NHL All-Star Game at least four times; only Jaromir Jagr (10), Dominik Hasek (6), Patrik Elias (4) and Tomas Kaberle (4) have done so.
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F 13 Sam Reinhart, FLA (1st)
* His father, Paul Reinhart, played in two NHL All-Star Games, representing the Campbell Conference All-Stars in 1985 and 1989. They will become the 10th family in NHL history to have a father-son combination each play in the NHL All-Star Game at some point in their careers, following the Tkachuks, Stastnys, Parises, Hulls, Howes, Fogolins, Dineens and Apps’.
* Reinhart is on pace to shatter his career high for goals in a season (currently 33 in 2021-22) and can become the second 50-goal scorer in Panthers history. Pavel Bure is responsible for the only two 50-goal seasons in franchise history, the first of which he recorded in 1999-00 – the same season he was named NHL All-Star Game MVP and the last time the event was held in Toronto.
* Bure and Matthew Tkachuk (2023) are the only Panthers to be named NHL All-Star Game MVP. The last team to have a representative claim the award in consecutive years was the Rangers: Mike Gartner (1993) and Mike Richter (1994).
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F 18 Robert Thomas, STL (1st)
* Thomas is on pace to set career highs for goals and points in a season (he set his current highs with 20-57—77 in 2021-22; 72 GP).
* Thomas is set to make his NHL All-Star Game debut. He grew up in Aurora, Ont., approximately one hour outside Toronto, and played his minor hockey with the York Simcoe Express.
* The Blues had four players skate in the 2000 NHL All-Star Game in Toronto, tied for the most among all clubs (w/ DET, NJD & PHI). Pavol Demitra (2-0—2) and Roman Turek (11 saves) helped the World All-Stars defeat Chris Pronger, Al MacInnis and the North American All-Stars that year. The club went on to win its first Presidents’ Trophy that season.
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F 77 Frank Vatrano, ANA (1st)
* Vatrano is set to become the fourth active skater to play for at least four different teams before making his first NHL All-Star Game appearance. The former Bruins, Panthers and Rangers forward is set to follow Jonathan Marchessault (4; CBJ, TBL, FLA & VGK before 2022), David Perron (5; STL, EDM, PIT, ANA & VGK before 2020) and Anthony Duclair (5; NYR, ARI, CHI, OTT & CBJ before 2020). Fellow 2024 All-Star Cam Talbot also did so, tending goal for the Rangers, Oilers, Flyers, Flames and Wild before his first appearance in 2022.
* Vatrano is on pace to set single-season career highs in goals, assists and points, thanks in part to a hot start to 2023-24 when he tallied two hat tricks in his first eight contests. Vatrano became the second player in franchise history to score multiple hat tricks that early in a season.
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F 9 Clayton Keller, ARI (4th)
* Keller (Chesterfield, Mo.) is one of two Missouri-born players to skate in an NHL All-Star Game, after five-time All-Star forward Pat LaFontaine (St. Louis, Mo.).
* Keller (2019, 2022 & 2023) is set to surpass Keith Tkachuk (3x) and Teppo Numminen (3x) for the most All-Star appearances by a Coyotes player (since 1996-97). He will tie Dale Hawerchuk (4x) for the most NHL All-Star Game appearances in Coyotes/Jets franchise history.
* Keller leads the Coyotes in scoring after pacing the club in each of the past two seasons and in four of the past six. The only players to lead the Coyotes/Jets in points in three or more consecutive seasons are Dale Hawerchuk (9 from 1981-82 to 1989-90), Keith Tkachuk (3 from 1995-96 to 1997-98), Jeremy Roenick (3 from 1998-99 to 2000-01) and Shane Doan (7 from 2003-04 to 2010-11).
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F 28 Elias Lindholm, CGY (1st)
* Lindholm is set to become the second Swedish player to represent the Flames in the NHL All-Star Game, following Kent Nilsson in 1980 (while the franchise was based in Atlanta) and 1981.
* Lindholm has the most goals, points and game-winning goals among Flames player since 2018-19, his first campaign with the club. He can become the 15th player to record five 20-goal seasons with the franchise.
* Entering play Jan. 4, Lindholm ranked second on the Flames with 10 overtime points since joining the club in 2018-19 – one back of Johnny Gaudreau.
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F 20 Sebastian Aho, CAR (3rd)
* Aho (also 2019 & 2022) is set to join Eric Staal (4x), Ron Francis (3x) and Justin Faulk (3x) as the fourth three-time All-Star in Hurricanes/Whalers franchise history.
* In 2022, Aho won the NHL Accuracy Shooting event, marking the second consecutive time a Carolina skater won the event after Jaccob Slavin in 2020.
* Aho recently became the first player in franchise history with four-plus points on consecutive days (Dec. 27-28, 2023) – and the first player to accomplish the feat League-wide since Jeremy Roenick from Nov. 25-26, 1999 (6-2—8 w/ PHX). He then became the fourth in Hurricanes/Whalers history to post three-plus points in three straight games.
* Aho ranks among the top five in franchise history for career goals, assists and points (hitting the 500-point mark earlier this season) and is on the verge of his eighth straight 20-goal campaign. He already is one of two players in franchise history to begin his NHL career with seven consecutive 20-goal seasons, following Ron Francis who did so with the Whalers (10 from 1981-82 to 1990-91).
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F 38 Boone Jenner, CBJ (1st)
* Led the Blue Jackets with 13 goals (29 GP) before being injured Dec. 8 – halfway to his 68-game total from 2022-23 (26). He led Columbus in goals last season, the first time he has done so.
* Jenner is in his 11th season with the Blue Jackets – the most in franchise history – and on Nov. 18 became the all-time leader in games played for Columbus. He also ranks among the top three in franchise history for career goals and points.
* Jenner is in his third season as Blue Jackets captain, the seventh to wear the “C” in franchise history.
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G 29 Jake Oettinger, DAL (1st)
* Oettinger is set to become the fourth goaltender to represent the Stars in an NHL All-Star Game and first since Marty Turco made his third straight appearance in 2007 (also 2003 & 2004). The others since the club relocated to Texas in 1993-94: Ed Belfour (1998 & 1999) and Andy Moog (1997).
* Oettinger, 25, is set to become the second-youngest goaltender in franchise history to represent the club in an NHL All-Star Game, behind Don Beaupre who at age 19 was one of the North Stars’ selections for the Wales Conference All-Stars in 1981.
* Oettinger is within reach of becoming the fastest goaltender to record 100 career wins with the Stars/North Stars franchise – Belfour (174 GP) holds the current benchmark. Turco (192 GP) was the fastest to do so from the start of his NHL career.
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G 39 Cam Talbot, LAK (2nd)
* Talbot is set to become the fifth goaltender to represent the Kings in an NHL All-Star Game and first since Jonathan Quick made his second appearance in 2016. Quick’s first trip to All-Star was in 2012 when he was selected sixth overall by Team Alfredsson in the Player Draft (the second netminder picked behind Tim Thomas, 3rd overall). The other Kings goaltenders to appear in the event did so more than 40 years ago: Rogie Vachon (3x; 1973, 1975 & 1978), Mario Lessard (1981) and Terry Sawchuk (1968).
* Talbot is set to join Sawchuk (1967-68) as the second goaltender to represent the club in an NHL All-Star Game during his first campaign with the club. Skaters Kevin Fiala (2022-23), Wayne Gretzky (1988-89), Marcel Dionne (1975-76) and Terry Harper (1972-73) also were All-Stars in their first season with Los Angeles.
* Talbot, who hails from Caledonia, Ont. (approximately 100 kilometers from Toronto), made his All-Star debut in 2022 at age 34. In doing so, he became the sixth goaltender in League history to appear in the event for the first time at age 34 or older, following Johnny Bower (age 36 in 1961), Manny Legace (age 34 in 2008), Mike Smith (age 34 in 2017), Dwayne Roloson (age 34 in 2004) and Rejean Lemelin (age 34 in 1989).
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F 97 Kirill Kaprizov, MIN (3rd)
* Kaprizov can become the first player in Wild history to skate in three consecutive NHL All-Star Games and the second to appear in the event at least three times at any point, following goaltender Devan Dubnyk (3x; 2016, 2017 & 2019).
* Kaprizov is the only player in Wild history to record consecutive 40-goal seasons and in 2023-24 can match the club record for consecutive 30-goal campaigns.
* In his fourth NHL season, Kaprizov already ranks among the top five in Wild history for career goals and in the top 10 for career points. He also holds single-season franchise records for goals, assists and points (all set in 2021-22) and is the only Wild player to win the Calder Memorial Trophy (in 2020-21 after franchise rookie records in each of the aforementioned categories despite it being an abbreviated campaign).
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F 14 Nick Suzuki, MTL (3rd)
* Suzuki (also 2022 & 2023), 24, is set to become the third Canadiens player to represent the club on an NHL All-Star team at least three times before his 25th birthday; he will join goaltender Carey Price (2009, 2011 & 2012) and Bernie Geoffrion (1953, 1955 & 1956).
* Suzuki can become the first Canadiens skater to appear in three consecutive NHL All-Star Games since Mark Recchi from 1997 to 1999. Price is the only Montreal player to do so since then, tending goal in four straight events from 2009 to 2015 (participating in all three previous Player Drafts in the process).
* Suzuki became the youngest captain in Canadiens history when he was given the “C” ahead of the 2022-23 season at age 23. The distinction was previously held by Sylvio Mantha who was named captain at age 24 ahead of the 1926-27 campaign.
* Suzuki is tracking toward his third consecutive 20-goal season, a feat achieved by only two Canadiens players in the past dozen years: Brendan Gallagher and Max Pacioretty.
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F 13 Mathew Barzal, NYI (3rd)
* Barzal is set to become the seventh three-time All-Star in franchise history and first since John Tavares (5x). The others: Denis Potvin (9x), Bryan Trottier (7x), Mike Bossy (7x), Pat LaFontaine (4x) and Ed Westfall (3x).
* Barzal (2-3—5) and Penguins forward Sidney Crosby (2-3—5) each recorded five points in the 2019 final, which is tied with Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk (3-2—5 in 2023 SF) for the highest single-game total recorded under the 3-on-3 format.
* Barzal (0:22 in 2019 F) and Crosby (0:15 in 2019 SF) each scored in the opening 22 seconds of the 2019 All-Star final and semifinals, respectively, which still rank among the top 10 fastest goals from the start of an NHL All-Star Game under any format.
* Barzal won the Fastest Skater event in 2020, clocking a time of 13.175 seconds for his full lap around the rink to edge runner-up and then-two-time reigning champion Connor McDavid (13.215 sec.).
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G 31 Igor Shesterkin, NYR (2nd)
* Shesterkin is set to follow Mike Richter (2000), Ed Giacomin (1968), Gump Worsley (1963) and Chuck Rayner (1949 & 1951) as the fifth Rangers goaltender to play in an NHL All-Star Game in Toronto.
* In the Rangers’ season opener, Shesterkin (159 GP) became the seventh-fastest goaltender in NHL history to reach 100 career wins and fastest since Chris Osgood in 1997-98.
* Shesterkin (2021-22) is one of three Rangers to win the Vezina Trophy under the current selection criteria (since 1981-82), alongside Henrik Lundqvist (2011-12) and John Vanbiesbrouck (1985-86).
* A Rangers goaltender was part of each of the first two Player Drafts in NHL All-Star history. Lundqvist was selected 11th overall in 2011, the third netminder selected that year behind Cam Ward (1st) and Tim Thomas (10th). One year later, Lundqvist made selections in the Player Draft alongside team captain Daniel Alfredsson and chose Jonathan Quick, now with the Rangers, as the first netminder picked by Team Alfredsson.
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F 7 Brady Tkachuk, OTT (4th)
* This is Tkachuk’s fourth consecutive NHL All-Star Game – a first in Senators history and in the Tkachuk family. Overall, Tkachuk is set to become the third Senators player to make at least four NHL All-Star Game appearances at any point, following Daniel Alfredsson (6x) and Erik Karlsson (5x).
* Tkachuk played at the 2020 event in his hometown of St. Louis – where he joined his brother, Matthew (currently a 2x NHL All-Star), and father, Keith (a 5x NHL All-Star), on stage for the first Gatorade NHL Shooting Stars – and took part in 2022 and 2023.
* The Tkachuks are among a group of four father-son combos who each skated in multiple NHL All-Star Games; Gordie (23x) and Mark Howe (4x), Bobby (12x) and Brett Hull (8x), and Bill (2x) and Kevin Dineen (2x) are the others. In 2023, the Tkachuks became the first family to have a father and multiple sons each with more than one NHL All-Star Game appearance.
* Tkachuk scored 12 goals through his first 20 games this season, the most by a Senators player at that stage of a season since Mark Stone had 13 in 2017-18. In 2021-22, Tkachuk became the youngest captain in franchise history.
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F 11 Travis Konecny, PHI (2nd)
* Konecny notched three assists in his lone NHL All-Star appearance, factoring on three of five goals for the Metropolitan Division in a semifinal loss to the Atlantic Division in 2020. He is set to join Claude Giroux (7x) as the only Flyers players to skate in multiple NHL All-Star Games since the club’s last trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 2010.
* Konecny leads the Flyers in scoring after pacing the club in each of the past two seasons and in three of the past four. The only players in franchise history to top the club in points in three or more consecutive seasons are Bobby Clarke (6; 1970-71 to 1975-76) and Giroux (4; 2010-11 to 2013-14).
* Konecny is on pace to set career highs for goals and points in a season. He can become the first 40-goal scorer for the Flyers since Jeff Carter in 2008-09.
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F 48 Tomas Hertl, SJS (2nd)
* Hertl owns the record for most goals in one game under the 3-on-3 format, setting the benchmark with 4-0—4 for the Pacific Division during the second semifinal in 2020. He also shares the record for most goals in one year under the 3-on-3 format (5-0—5 in 2020; tied with Dylan Larkin in 2023).
* During his first appearance at All-Star, Hertl donned a Justin Bieber mask for his shootout attempt on Jordan Binnington after the pop superstar accepted an offer from the Blues netminder for a breakaway challenge just a few weeks before the event.
* Hertl is the third-longest serving current Sharks player behind Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Logan Couture and ranks among the top seven in franchise history for career goals, assists and points.
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F 22 Oliver Bjorkstrand, SEA (1st)
* Bjorkstrand is set to become the second Kraken player to represent the club in an NHL All-Star Game, following Jordan Eberle in 2022. Matty Beniers was named to the Pacific Division team last year – part of his Calder Memorial Trophy-winning campaign – but missed the game due to injury.
* Bjorkstrand is set to become the third Danish-born player to appear in an NHL All-Star Game, following Frans Nielsen (2017) and Frederik Andersen (2020 & 2022). All three hail from Herning, Denmark.
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F 9 Jack Eichel, VGK (4th)
* Eichel is set to play in the NHL All-Star Game for the first time since 2020 when he skated in the event for a third straight year. He participated in the Fastest Skater event in all three years from 2018 to 2020, finishing among the top three twice (2018: 3rd; 2019: 2nd; 2020: 4th).
* Eichel had a 12-game point streak from Nov. 28 to Dec. 21, 2023, establishing a new benchmark for the Golden Knights franchise. During that run, Eichel played in his 500th NHL game – his 470 career points through the milestone contest rank fifth among active U.S.-born players behind Auston Matthews (563), Patrick Kane (483), Matthew Tkachuk (479) and Johnny Gaudreau (471).
* In 2023, Eichel had 6-20—26 to help the Golden Knights win their first Stanley Cup. In the process, he became the third player in the NHL’s modern era (since 1943-44) to lead the League in points during his first trip to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, joining Eric Staal (2006) and Bill Goldsworthy (1968).
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F 43 Tom Wilson, WSH (2nd)
* Wilson scored 13 seconds into his first NHL All-Star Game in 2022, the fastest goal to start a game under the 3-on-3 format (besting the previous mark of 15 seconds set by Sidney Crosby in the 2019 semifinal) and one second shy of the fastest to start any NHL All-Star Game (0:12 by Rick Nash in 2008).
* A top-20 pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, Wilson is on pace for his fourth career 20-goal season in 2023-24. He has played each of his 11 NHL seasons with the Capitals and was part of their Stanley Cup-winning team six years ago.
* Wilson ranks in the 90th percentile or higher in every NHL EDGE skating speed category so far in 2023-24: top speed (93rd percentile), 22+ mph bursts (94th percentile), 20-22 mph bursts (93rd percentile) and 18-20 mph bursts (90th percentile).
