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Matthews, MacKinnon, McDavid, Ovechkin voted 2019 NHL All-Star Game captains

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Connor McDavid is looking forward to a fun weekend in San Jose for the All-Star Game after being named as team captain of the Pacific squad for the third year in a row.

Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche, Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers, and Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals have been voted captains of the 2019 NHL All-Star Game.

Matthews (Atlantic), Ovechkin (Metropolitan), MacKinnon (Central), and McDavid (Pacific) will represent their divisions during the annual three-game, 3-on-3 tournament to be held at SAP Center in San Jose, Jan. 25-26. This will be the second All-Star Game appearance for Matthews, the third for both MacKinnon and McDavid, and the seventh for Ovechkin.

The four teams will be comprised of 11 players -- six forwards, three defensemen and two goalies. The NHL’s Hockey Operations Department will fill out the rest of the rosters at a later date, which will likely then be followed the injury replacement announcements.

Fans elected the four players in during the Dec. 1-23 voting period. How many votes did each earn? Who else was in the running? We don’t know as the NHL did not release totals or a weekly leaderboard as they have in previous years.

The head coach with the highest points percentage in each division at the halfway point of the NHL regular season will get to work the bench in San Jose.

The 2019 NHL All-Star Skills Competition will take place on Friday, Jan. 25 (9 p.m. ET, NBCSN) and the 2019 NHL All-Star Game will be on Saturday, Jan. 26 (8 p.m. ET, NBC).

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Sean Leahy is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @Sean_Leahy.