The NHL announced Wednesday evening that Sidney Crosby has been chosen to play in the 2019 NHL All-Star Game. This will be his third year in a row and overall eighth time he has made the All-Star team.
Crosby has contributed a goal and an assist in each of the last two All-Star Games, played in Tampa Bay and Los Angeles. He was the Metropolitan Division captain in 2017 in Los Angeles, when he was selected one of the NHL's 100 Greatest Players.
The 2019 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend will be held January 25-26 at the SAP Center at San Jose. The last All Star Game to be held in San Jose was in 1997.
Read More of the Penguins press release on Penguins.com.
See the video below for the full list of players.
Atlantic Division
F Jack Eichel, BUFF
Nikita Kucherov, TBL
F * Auston Matthews, TOR
F David Pastrnak, BOS
F Steven Stamkos, TBL
F John Tavares, TOR
D Thomas Chabot, OTT
D Keith Yandle, FLA
G Jimmy Howard, DET
G Carey Price, MTL
Metropolitan Division
F Sebastian Aho, CAR
F Cam Atkinson, CBJ
F Mathew Barzal, NYI
F Sidney Crosby, PIT
F Claude Giroux, PHI
F Taylor Hall, NJD
D John Carlson, WSH
D Seth Jones, CBJ
G Braden Holtby, WSH
G Henrik Lundqvist, NYR
Central Division
F Patrick Kane, CHI
F * Nathan MacKinnon, COL
F Ryan O'Reilly, STL
F Mikko Rantanen, COL
F Mark Scheifele, WPG
F Blake Wheeler, WPG
D Miro Heiskanen, DAL
D Roman Josi, NSH
G Devan Dubnyk, MIN
G Pekka Rinne, NSH
Pacific Division
F Johnny Gaudreau, CGY
F Clayton Keller, ARI
F * Connor McDavid, EDM
F Joe Pavelski, SJS
F Elias Pettersson, VAN
D Brent Burns, SJS
D Drew Doughty, LAK
D Erik Karlsson, SJS
G Marc-Andre Fleury, VGK
G John Gibson, ANA
* Fan-elected captain