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The 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend will take place Feb. 1-3, hosted by the Maple Leafs in Toronto.

The All-Star draft returned and took place on Thursday, with NHL stars as captains along with a celebrity co-captain. The four teams are: Team Matthews (Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly, Justin Bieber); Team McDavid (Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Will Arnett); Team MacKinnon (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Tate McRae); and Team Hughes (Quinn Hughes, Jack Hughes, Michael Bublé).

The All-Star skills competition will have a revamped format and will take place Friday, Feb. 2 (7 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN+). The All-Star Game will finish off the festivities on Saturday, Feb. 3 (3 p.m. ET, ABC and ESPN+).

The initial list of 32 All-Stars (one per team) was revealed on Jan. 4. An additional 12 players (eight skaters and four goalies) were voted in by fans at NHL.com/vote, and revealed on Jan. 13.

Note: Stats are through the games of Jan. 31.

2024 All-Stars Teams

Team Matthews

Celebrity captain Justin Bieber

Age: 26
GP: 46 | G: 40 | A: 18


Age: 29
GP: 47 | G: 7 | A: 33


Age: 27
GP: 47 | G: 23 | A: 38


Age: 26
GP: 47 | G: 20 | A: 33


Age: 25
Rec: 16-9-2 | GAA: 3.04 | SV%: .900


Age: 25
GP: 48 | G: 20 | A: 25


Age: 26
GP: 48 | G: 13 | A: 38


Age: 28
Rec: 19-12-1 | GAA: 2.86 | SV%: .899


Age: 29
GP: 51 | G: 24 | A: 27


Age: 26
GP: 50 | G: 18 | A: 25


Age: 30
GP: 49 | G: 15 | A: 31

Team McDavid

Celebrity captain Will Arnett

Age: 27
GP: 43 | G: 20 | A: 47


Age: 28
GP: 45 | G: 23 | A: 34


Age: 30
Rec: 23-9-3 | GAA: 2.20 | SV%: .924


Age: 27
GP: 49 | G: 33 | A: 39


Age: 23
GP: 48 | G: 13 | A: 25


Age: 24
GP: 49 | G: 17 | A: 35


Age: 28
GP: 49 | G: 37 | A: 25


Age: 35
Rec: 23-10-2 | GAA: 2.51 | SV%: .910


Age: 30
GP: 35 | G: 13 | A: 5


Age: 24
GP: 49 | G: 13 | A: 29


Age: 30
GP: 48 | G: 15 | A: 19

Team MacKinnon

Celebrity captain Tate McRae

Age: 28
GP: 49 | G: 31 | A: 53


Age: 25
GP: 44 | G: 12 | A: 46


Age: 36
GP: 46 | G: 27 | A: 23


Age: 27
Rec: 27-11-2 | GAA: 2.91 | SV%: .898


Age: 26
GP: 42 | G: 19 | A: 26


Age: 26
GP: 45 | G: 17 | A: 37


Age: 29
GP: 46 | G: 12 | A: 9


Age: 25
Rec: 16-3-7 | GAA: 2.30 | SV%: .924


Age: 26
GP: 50 | G: 22 | A: 20


Age: 29
GP: 49 | G: 9 | A: 23


Age: 28
GP: 50 | G: 13 | A: 27

Team Hughes

Celebrity captain Michael Bublé

Age: 24
GP: 49 | G: 12 | A: 50


Age: 22
GP: 32 | G: 15 | A: 30

Note: Jack Hughes will not play due to injury.


Age: 25
GP: 49 | G: 27 | A: 37


Age: 30
GP: 49 | G: 32 | A: 53


Age: 28
Rec: 26-8-1 | GAA: 2.44 | SV%: .920


Age: 27
GP: 31 | G: 18 | A: 11


Age: 24
GP: 47 | G: 22 | A: 19


Age: 25
GP: 47 | G: 19 | A: 31


Age: 36
Rec: 14-13-5 | GAA: 2.59 | SV%: .911


Age: 26
GP: 49 | G: 30 | A: 22


Age: 30
GP: 49 | G: 21 | A: 46


Age: 29
GP: 50 | G: 22 | A: 14

Injured players who will not participate

Age: 18
GP: 39 | G: 15 | A: 18


Age: 27
GP: 42 | G: 19 | A: 25

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Get ready for the all new NHL All-Star Skills challenge

Get a sneak peek at what the format of the new-look NHL All-Star Skills challenge looks like.

Unlike in years past, where every All-Star would compete in at least one event, the new format will see just 12 All-Stars duking it out in a series of eight events, with points earned for placement in each. The player who has the most points at the end will receive $1 million.

The participants this year are: David Pastrnak, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid, Mathew Barzal, Nikita Kucherov, Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller.

The events (and competitors) for the 2024 All-Star skills competition are:

  • Fastest skater (Nylander, Hughes, Makar, Barzal, McDavid)

  • Hardest shot (Matthews, Makar, Pastrnak, Miller, Pettersson)

  • Stickhandling (Hughes, McDavid, Pettersson, Kucherov, Draisaitl, MacKinnon, Pastrnak, Barzal, Nylander)

  • One-timers (Pettersson, MacKinnon, Draisaitl, Kucherov, Miller, Matthews, Barzal, Pastrnak)

  • Passing challenge (MacKinnon, Nylander, Makar, Barzal, Miller, Kucherov, Hughes, McDavid, Pettersson, Matthews, Draisaitl)

  • Accuracy shooting (Kucherov, Makar, McDavid, Hughes, Miller, Pastrnak, MacKinnon, Nylander, Draisaitl, Matthews)

  • The NHL shootout (top eight)

  • The NHL obstacle course (top six)

Each player chose four of the first six events in which to compete; the four lowest scoring players after those first six will be eliminated. For the shootout, the remaining eight players get to select which goalie they will shoot against (with the lowest score choosing first). The top six scores after that event move on to the final stage, the obstacle course, where point totals are doubled.

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For the first time since the turn of the century, MLB’s All-Star Game will be held in Atlanta — the first ever at Truist Park since its opening in 2017.

All-Star festivities begin July 11 and culminate in the Midsummer Classic on July 15, as the National League looks to gain just its second win since 2013 while the American League aims to extend its dominance.

Following the first phase of All-Star voting, we know the top overall vote-getters in each league — Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani — automatically earned the starting spot at their positions, outfield and designated hitter, respectively. Now, the starting lineups have been revealed, with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers leading the way each with three starters, followed by the Chicago Cubs with two. Four players named as starters — Cal Raleigh, Jacob Wilson, Ryan O’Hearn and Pete Crow-Armstrong — are first-time All-Stars.

Stay tuned, as we’ll have everything you need to navigate All-Star Week — from event schedules and full rosters to All-Star Game analysis.

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All-Star schedule

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July 2: MLB All-Star starters reveal at 7 p.m. on ESPN

July 6: MLB All-Star full rosters announced at 5 p.m. on ESPN

July 11: HBCU Swingman Classic at 8 p.m. on MLB Network

July 13: MLB Draft at 6 p.m. on ESPN and MLB Network

July 14: MLB All-Star Celebrity Softball Game at 1 p.m. on MLB Network

July 14: MLB Home Run Derby at 8 p.m. on ESPN

July 15: All-Star Red Carpet Show at 2 p.m. on MLB Network

July 15: MLB All-Star Game at 7 p.m. on FOX

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Rangers activate Burger from IL, demote Jung

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The Texas Rangers reinstated first baseman Jake Burger from the 10-day injured list before Wednesday night’s series finale against the visiting Baltimore Orioles.

Burger, 29, missed the Rangers’ past 10 games with a left oblique strain. He is batting .220 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs in 65 games this season, his first with Texas.

Burger is a career .246 hitter with 82 home runs and 214 RBIs in 409 games with the Chicago White Sox (2021-23), Miami Marlins (2023-24) and Rangers.

The Rangers optioned All-Star third baseman Josh Jung to Triple-A Round Rock in a corresponding move. Jung, 27, is batting .237 with eight homers and 35 RBIs in 75 games this season.

Jung is hitting .152 with one homer, eight RBIs and 13 strikeouts in his last 11 games.

Drafted No. 8 overall by Texas in 2019, Jung made the American League All-Star team in 2023 and is a career .252 hitter with 43 home runs and 135 RBIs in 269 games.

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Outfielder Pillar retires after 13-year career

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Outfielder Pillar retires after 13-year career

Kevin Pillar, an outfielder who spent the majority of his 13-year major league career with the Toronto Blue Jays, announced his retirement on Wednesday.

Pillar confirmed his decision during an appearance on the Foul Territory podcast, about a month after he was released by the Texas Rangers. After rehabilitating from offseason thumb surgery, Pillar played in 20 games for the Rangers – his 10th major league team – with nine hits in 43 at-bats.

Pillar, 36, was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 32nd round in 2011 and made his debut in 2013. He was traded to the San Francisco Giants early in the 2019 season, which was his best in the big leagues. He batted .264 with 21 home runs, 87 RBI and 14 steals for the Giants that year, before signing with the Boston Red Sox in 2020.

“You will always be our Superman,” the Blue Jays said in a congratulatory social media post.

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