NHL First, Second All-Star Teams for 2017-18

LAS VEGAS - NHL MVP Taylor Hall of the New Jersey Devils, voted to his first career berth on the First All-Star Team, heads the list of players on the 2017-18 National Hockey League postseason All-Star Teams. Hall, who received the Hart Trophy as the League's most valuable player at the 2018 NHL Awards, posted a career-high 93 points in propelling the Devils to a 27-point improvement in the standings and their first playoff appearance since 2011-12.

Joining Hall on the First Team are three other first-time members of the top echelon: defenseman Victor Hedman and right wing Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and goaltender Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators. The other two members of the 2017-18 squad are repeat selections: center Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers earns a place for the second consecutive season, while defenseman Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings returns to the First Team for the first time since 2015-16.
Among those voted to the Second Team is Nashville Predators defenseman P.K. Subban, who garnered his third postseason All-Star berth after capturing First Team honors in 2012-13 and 2014-15.
The other five players voted to the Second Team are making their first career appearance on an NHL postseason All-Star Team: right wing Blake Wheeler and goaltender Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets, left wing Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers, defenseman Seth Jones of the Columbus Blue Jackets, and center Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche.
Voting for the All-Star Team is conducted among representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers Association at the end of the regular season.

2017-2018 NHL ALL-STAR TEAM VOTING RESULTS

CENTER
Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections
1. CONNOR MCDAVID, EDM 638 (110-26-10) 2 First Team, 0 Second Team
2. Nathan MacKinnon, COL 419 (27-85-29)0 First Team, 1 Second Team
3. Anze Kopitar, LAK 149 (11-17-43)
4. Evgeni Malkin, PIT 137 (4-20-57)
5. Sidney Crosby, PIT 13 (0-3-4)
6. Claude Giroux, PHI 13 (0-2-7)
7. Taylor Hall, NJD 5 (1-0-0)
8. William Karlsson, VGK 3 (0-0-3)
LEFT WING
Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections
1. TAYLOR HALL, NJD 644 (105-36-11) 1 First Team, 0 Second Team
2. Claude Giroux, PHI 368 (28-66-30) 0 First Team, 1 Second Team
3. Alex Ovechkin, WSH 311 (18-50-71)
4. Brad Marchand, BOS 45 (2-1-32)
5. Artemi Panarin, CBJ 6 (0-0-6)
t-6. Jamie Benn, DAL 1 (0-0-1)
t-6. Johnny Gaudreau, CGY 1 (0-0-1)
t-6. Anze Kopitar, LAK 1 (0-0-1)
RIGHT WING
Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections
1. NIKITA KUCHEROV, TBL 722 (134-17-1) 1 First Team, 1 Second Team
2. Blake Wheeler, WPG 356 (16-79-39) 0 First Team, 1 Second Team
3. Phil Kessel, PIT 163 (1-29-71)
4. Patrik Laine, WPG 97 (1-23-23)
5. David Pastrnak, BOS 17 (1-2-6)
6. Claude Giroux, PHI 6 (0-2-0)
7. Mikko Rantanen, COL 5 (0-0-5)
8. Mark Stone, OTT 4 (0-1-1)
9. Jakub Voracek, PHI 4 (0-0-4)
t-10. Dustin Brown, LAK 1 (0-0-1)
t-10. Brendan Gallagher, MTL 1 (0-0-1)
t-10. Joe Pavelski, SJS 1 (0-0-1)
DEFENSE
Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections
1. VICTOR HEDMAN, TBL 726 (138-11-3) 1 First Team, 1 Second Team
2. DREW DOUGHTY, LAK 672 (113-34-5) 2 First Team, 2 Second Team
3. P.K. Subban, NSH 374 (24-75-29) 2 First Team, 1 Second Team
4. Seth Jones, CBJ 289 (9-66-46) 0 First Team, 1 Second Team
5. John Carlson, WSH 267 (10-54-55)
6. John Klingberg, DAL 157 (8-21-54)
7. Roman Josi, NSH 77 (0-16-29)
8. Brent Burns, SJS 46 (2-6-18)
9. Shayne Gostisbehere, PHI 43(0-6-25)
10. Alex Pietrangelo, STL 28 (0-6-10)
11. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJS 25 (0-6-7)
12. Erik Karlsson, OTT 22 (1-2-11)
13. Ryan Suter, MIN 14(0-2-8)
14. Dougie Hamilton, CGY 6(1-0-1)
15. Zdeno Chara, BOS 3(0-1-0)
16. Jaccob Slavin, CAR 2(0-0-2)
t-17. Aaron Ekblad, FLA 1 (0-0-1)
t-17. Mark Giordano, CGY 1 (0-0-1)
t-17. Torey Krug, BOS 1 (0-0-1)
GOALTENDER
Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections
1. PEKKA RINNE, NSH 646 (110-28-12) 1 First Team, 1 Second Team
2. Connor Hellebuyck, WPG 342 (19-71-34) 0 First Team, 1 Second Team
3. Andrei Vasilevskiy, TBL 171 (11-26-38)
4. Marc-Andre Fleury, VGK 76 (6-9-19)
5. Sergei Bobrovsky, CBJ 59 (4-8-15)
6. John Gibson, ANA 42 (0-8-18)
7. Antti Raanta, ARI 20 (2-2-4)
8. Tuukka Rask, BOS 8 (0-1-5)
9. Jonathan Quick, LAK 7 (0-0-7)
10. Roberto Luongo, FLA 5 (1-0-0)
11. Frederik Andersen, TOR 1 (0-0-1)