TAMPA, Fla. - Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews, who earlier today captured the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP and Ted Lindsay Award for most outstanding player as selected by the NHLPA at the 2022 NHL Awards, heads the list of players voted to the 2021-22 NHL First All-Star Team.
NHL announces 2021-22 First and Second All-Star Teams
Flanking Matthews on the First Team front line are Maple Leafs teammate Mitchell Marner on right wing and Johnny Gaudreau of the Calgary Flames on left wing. The defensemen are Norris Trophy recipient Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche and Roman Josi of the Nashville Predators. The goaltender is Vezina Trophy winner Igor Shesterkin of the New York Rangers.
Matthews has earned his first berth on the First Team, following his debut on the Second Team in in 2020-21. Gaudreau and Shesterkin also are making their inaugural First Team appearance, while Marner, Makar and Josi have been voted to the First Team for the second time.
Two of Gaudreau's Flames teammates have been voted to the Second Team, goaltender Jacob Markstrom and right wing Matthew Tkachuk, both making their postseason All-Star Team debut. Tkachuk's Second Team linemates are center Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers, receiving his first Second Team nod to go along with four previous First Team selections, and left wing Jonathan Huberdeau of the Florida Panthers, who has garnered his second consecutive Second Team berth.
Rounding out the Second Team is Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman, voted to his sixth career postseason All-Star Team (1 First Team, 5 Second Team), and Boston Bruins blueliner Charlie McAvoy, making his postseason All-Star Team debut.
Voting for the All-Star Team was conducted among representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers Association after the conclusion of the regular season.
The complete list of NHL First and Second All-Star Team rosters by season since their inception in 1930-31 is available at the NHL's official records site,
records.nhl.com
. The site also lists
all-time and active leaders voted to the First and Second Teams by position
.
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2021-22 NHL ALL-STAR TEAM VOTING RESULTS
CENTER
Points (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections
1. AUSTON MATTHEWS, TOR 805 (122-63-6) 1 First Team, 1 Second Team
2. Connor McDavid, EDM 709 (70-119-2) 4 First Team, 1 Second Team
3. Leon Draisaitl, EDM 130 (0-7-109)
4. Steven Stamkos, TBL 42 (0-2-36)
5. Aleksander Barkov, FLA 19 (0-1-16)
6. Nathan MacKinnon, COL 8 (0-0-8)
t-7. Patrice Bergeron, BOS 5 (0-0-5)
J.T. Miller, VAN 5 (0-0-5)
9. Sidney Crosby, PIT 4 (0-0-4)
10. Elias Lindholm, CGY 1 (0-0-1)
LEFT WING
Points (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections
1. JOHNNY GAUDREAU, CGY 779 (114-67-8) 1 First Team, 0 Second Team
2. Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA 584 (63-76-41) 0 First Team, 2 Second Team
3. Kirill Kaprizov, MIN 297 (12-42-111)
4. Alex Ovechkin, WSH 27 (1-1-19)
5. Chris Kreider, NYR 17 (2-1-4)
6. Jason Robertson, DAL 11 (0-3-2)
7. Artemi Panarin, NYR 6 (0-1-3)
8. Kyle Connor, WPG 5 (0-1-2)
t-9. Filip Forsberg, NSH 1 (0-0-1)
Matthew Tkachuk, CGY 1 (0-0-1)
RIGHT WING
Points (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections
1. MITCHELL MARNER, TOR 697 (88-79-20) 2 First Team, 0 Second Team
2. Matthew Tkachuk, CGY 543 (86-33-14) 0 First Team, 1 Second Team
3. Mikko Rantanen, COL 341 (14-60-91)
4. Patrick Kane, CHI 48 (0-6-30)
5. David Pastrnak, BOS 37 (0-7-16)
6. Vladimir Tarasenko, STL 25 (1-4-8)
7. Matt Duchene, NSH 15 (1-2-4)
8. Nikita Kucherov, TBL 14 (2-0-4)
9. Joe Pavelski, DAL 4 (0-1-1)
10. Timo Meier, SJS 2 (0-0-2)
t-11. Nathan MacKinnon, COL 1 (0-0-1)
Mats Zuccarello, MIN 1 (0-0-1)
GOALTENDER
Points (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections
1. IGOR SHESTERKIN, NYR 952 (188-4-0) 1 First Team, 0 Second Team
2. Jacob Markstrom, CGY 315 (1-87-49) 0 First Team, 1 Second Team
3. Frederik Andersen, CAR 185 (0-46-47)
4. Juuse Saros, NSH 107 (0-23-38)
5. Ilya Sorokin, NYI 72 (0-17-21)
6. Andrei Vasilevskiy, TBL 71 (3-12-20)
7. Darcy Kuemper, COL 9 (0-0-9)
8. Thatcher Demko, VAN 6 (0-1-3)
t-9. Sergei Bobrovsky, FLA 4 (0-1-1)
Ville Husso, STL 4 (0-1-1)
t-11. Tristan Jarry, PIT 1 (0-0-1)
Jonathan Quick, LAK 1 (0-0-1)
Tuukka Rask, BOS 1 (0-0-1)
DEFENSE
Points (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections
1. CALE MAKAR, COL 950 (187-5-0) 2 First Team, 0 Second Team
2. ROMAN JOSI, NSH 920 (173-18-1) 2 First Team, 0 Second Team
3. Victor Hedman, TBL 599 (17-171-1) 1 First Team, 5 Second Team
4. Charlie McAvoy, BOS 286 (7-73-32) 0 First Team, 1 Second Team
5. Adam Fox, NYR 276 (0-68-72)
6. Aaron Ekblad, FLA 96 (0-13-57)
7. Kris Letang, PIT 89 (0-16-41)
8. Devon Toews, COL 65 (0-5-50)
9. John Carlson, WSH 65 (0-4-53)
10. Jaccob Slavin, CAR 53 (0-4-41)
11. Quinn Hughes, VAN 20 (0-3-11)
12. Morgan Rielly, TOR 14 (0-1-11)
13. Miro Heiskanen, DAL 8 (0-2-2)
14. MacKenzie Weegar, FLA 5 (0-1-2)
15. Justin Faulk, STL 3 (0-0-3)
t-16. Brent Burns, SJS 1 (0-0-1)
Thomas Chabot, OTT 1 (0-0-1)
Ryan McDonagh, TBL 1 (0-0-1)
Alex Pietrangelo, VGK 1 (0-0-1)
Moritz Seider, DET 1 (0-0-1)
Jared Spurgeon, MIN 1 (0-0-1)
Chris Tanev, CGY 1 (0-0-1)
* Points allocation: 5-3-1 (1st-2nd-3rd)
