NHL's First And Second All-Star Teams Feature Familiar Faces, Pending RFA And More
All six players named to the NHL's first all-star team in 2025-26 have received the honor before.
The first all-star team was announced Friday, featuring Dallas Stars left winger Jason Robertson, Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid, Tampa Bay Lightning right winger Nikita Kucherov, Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski, Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar and Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy.
McDavid earned his sixth berth on the first all-star team, the most among active NHL centers and tied for the second-most all-time with Jean Beliveau, Phil Esposito and Stan Mikita. Wayne Gretzky is first, with eight berths at center.
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There was a wide margin in votes between the players who made the NHL's all-rookie team and those who just missed the cut.
Members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association submitted their top three players per position. First-place votes were worth five voting points, while second-place votes were worth three points, and third-place votes were worth one point.
If there were a third all-star team featuring the players who finished next in the order, they would be Minnesota Wild left winger Kirill Kaprizov (185 voting points behind Caufield), San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini (516 points behind MacKinnon), Avalanche right winger Martin Necas (362 points behind Pastrnak), Canadiens D-man Lane Hutson (136 points behind Dahlin), Wild D-man Quinn Hughes (185 points behind Dahlin) and New York Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin (53 points behind Thompson).
Earlier on Friday, the NHL announced the all-rookie team. That list included Ivan Demidov, Beckett Sennecke, Jimmy Snuggerud, Matthew Schaefer, Alexander Nikishin and Jakub Dobes.
Of the all-rookie players, only Schaefer received votes for the first and second all-star teams. He finished ninth among defensemen with five second-place votes and 13 third-place votes.
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This story was originally published June 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM.