Starting lineups for the 2018 All-Star Game have been decided according to votes given by hockey fans around the world. The fans voted the starting lineup consisting of 1 goaltender, 2 defenseman, 1 left wing, 1 center and 1 right wing for both North America All-Stars and World All-Stars. Here are the final results of the voting:
North America World
R Wayne Simmonds R Alex Ovechkin
C Steven Stamkos C Evgeni Malkin
L James Neal L Nikita Kucherov
D Thomas Hickey D Roman Josi
D P.K. Subban D John Klingberg
G Braden Holtby G Sergei Bobrovsky
Traditionally, the coaching staff of the two All-Star teams will selected rest of the players to participate in this most profilic annual sports event. The following players have been selected to the All-Star teams by the coaching staff.
North America World
Right wings Right wings
R Patrick Kane
R Milan Lucic
R Zach Parise
R Alexander Nylander
R Filip Forsberg
R Vladimir Tarasenko
Centers Centers
C Jack Eichel
C Jamie Benn
C Connor McDavid
C Tomas Hertl
C Henrik Sedin
C Nicklas Backstrom
Left wings Left wings
L Kyle Connor
L Johnny Gaudreau
L Matt Duchene
L Henrik Zetterberg
L Jesse Puljujarvi
L Evgeny Kuznetsov
Defensemen Defensemen
D Mark Giordano
D Duncan Keith
D Kristopher Letang
D Brent Burns
D Sami Vatanen
D Zdeno Chara
D Olivier Ekman-Larsson
D Victor Hedman
Goalies Goalies
G Corey Crawford
G Carey Price
G Tuukka Rask
G Pekka Rinne
This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 14 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 15 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.