NHL reveals initial 32 players selected for the 2023 All-Star Game with last 12 being picked by fans

The NHL has released its list of the starting 32 names that will be selected for the 2023 All-Star Game to be held in South Florida.

One player from each team has been selected to participate in this year’s festivities, which have historically included a competition of skills and inter-division games.

This season, the NHL also announced that three additional players (two skaters and one goaltender) will be decided via fan voting over the course of the next twelve days.

A portion of the fan vote will be decided on Twitter over a two-day period between January 12-14.

The initial rosters were announced during the first and second intermissions of the game between the Washington Capitals and the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Atlantic Division:

Boston Bruins: Linus Ullmark, G

Buffalo Sabers: Tage Thompson, C

Detroit Red Wings: Dylan Larkin, C

Florida Panthers: Matthew Tkachuk, RW

Montreal Canadians: Nick Suzuki, C

Ottawa Senators: Brady Tkachuk, LW

Tampa Bay Lightning: Nikita Kucherov, RW

Toronto Maple Leafs: Mitch Marner, RW

Notable absences: BOS – Patrice Bergeron, Hampus Lindholm, Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak; BUF – Rasmus Dahlin; FLA – Aleksandar Barkov; MTL-Cole Caufield; OTT – Drake Batherson, Alex DeBrincat, Claude Giroux; TBL – Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos, Andrei Vasilievskiy; TOR – Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Ilya Samsonov

Metropolitan Division:

Carolina Hurricanes: Andrei Svechnikov, RW

Columbus Blue Jackets: Johnny Gaudreau, RW

New Jersey Devils: Jack Hughes, C

New York Islanders: Brock Nelson, RW

New York Rangers: Igor Shesterkin, G

Philadelphia Flyers: Kevin Hayes, C

Pittsburgh Penguins: Sidney Crosby, C

Washington Capitals: Alex Ovechkin, LW

Notable absences: CAR – Sebastián Aho, Martín Necas; NJD – Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier, Vitek Vanecek; JNI – Mathew Barzal, Ilya Sorokin; NYR – Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad; PHI – Travis Konecny; PIT – Tristan Jarry, Evgeni Malkin; WSH – Darcy Kuemper, Evgeny Kuznetsov

Central Division:

Arizona Coyotes: Clayton Keller, LW

Chicago Blackhawks: Seth Jones, D

Colorado Avalanche: Cale Makar, D

Dallas Stars: Jason Robertson, LW

Minnesota Wild: Kirill Kaprizov, RW

Nashville Predators: Juuse Saros, G

St. Louis Blues: Vladimir Tarasenko, RW

Winnipeg Jets: Josh Morrissey, D

Notable Absences: CHI – Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane; COL – Nathan McKinnon, Mikko Rantanen; DAL-Roope Hintz, Jake Oettinger; MIN – Zuccarello Mats; NSH-Filip Forsberg; STL – Jordan Kyrou, Robert Thomas; WPG – Kyle Connor, Connor Hellebuyck

Pacific Division:

Anaheim Ducks: Troy Terry, RW

Calgary Flames: Nazem Kadri, C

Edmonton Oilers: Connor McDavid, C

Los Angeles Kings: Kevin Fiala, LW

San Jose Sharks: Erik Karlsson, D

Seattle Kraken: Matty Beniers, C

Vancouver Canucks: Elias Pettersson, C

Vegas Golden Knights: Logan Thompson, G

Notable Absences: ANA – Trevor Zegras; CGY – Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Elias Lindholm; EDM – Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman; LAK-Drew Doughty; SJS-Thyme Meier; VAN-Bo Horvat; VGK – Jack Eichel, Chandler Stephenson, Alex Pietrangelo, Mark Stone