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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHL ANNOUNCES 2012-13 ALL-STAR TEAMS Ovechkin Voted To First Team Berth at RW; Previously a Five-Time Selection at LW Ovechkin, Crosby Joined By Four Players Making First Team Debut NEW YORK (July 3, 2013) -- Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals, a previous five-time selection to the NHL First All-Star Team at left wing, has been voted to the First Team at right wing in 2012-13 to become just the second player in League history to receive the honor at multiple positions. Ovechkin joins four-time First Team selection Mark Messier, who was named to the squad twice as a left wing (1980-81, 1981-82) and twice as a center (1989-90, 1991-92). Ovechkin tallied 32 goals in 48 games, including 23 in his final 23 contests, to become a three-time winner of the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP and the Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy as the League's goal-scoring leader. He finished third in the League in points (56), leading the Capitals to an 11-1-1 record in April and their fifth Southeast Division title in the last six years. Joining Ovechkin on the First Team is center Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who garnered his second career First Team berth, and four newcomers to the First Team -Penguins left wing Chris Kunitz, Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban and Minnesota Wild defenseman Ryan Suter. Among those named to the Second Team are goaltender Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers, who collected his first Second Team berth to go along with his First Team nomination last season; defensemen Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Francois Beauchemin of the Anaheim Ducks, both first-time selections; center Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks, also a first-time selection; and right wing Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning, voted to the Second Team for the fourth time. Rounding out the Second Team, at left wing, is Ovechkin. While most voters selected Ovechkin at right wing to make him a decisive winner at that position, the 27-year-old Moscow native received enough votes from other voters as a left wing -- the position he played for each of his seven prior NHL seasons and for a handful of games in 2012-13 -- to place second overall behind Kunitz. Voting for the All-Star Team is conducted among representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association at the end of the regular season. - more JULY 3, 2013

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2012-2013 NHL First All-Star Team G D D C RW LW Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets P.K. Subban, Montreal Canadiens Ryan Suter, Minnesota Wild Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals Chris Kunitz, Pittsburgh Penguins GP 38 GP 42 48 36 48 48 GP 43 GP 48 35 47 48 48 W 21 L 11 OT 6 G 11 4 15 32 22 OT 3 G 6 5 23 17 32 GAA SV% SO 2.00 .932 4 A Pts 27 38 28 32 41 56 24 56 30 52 GAA SV% SO 2.05 .926 2 A Pts 18 24 33 38 25 48 43 60 24 56

Mins. 23:14 27:16 21:06 20:53 18:01 W 24 L 16

2012-2013 NHL Second All-Star Team G D D C RW LW Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers Francois Beauchemin, Anaheim Ducks Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals

Mins. 23:27 25:38 19:20 21:59 20:53

2012-2013 NHL ALL-STAR TEAM VOTING RESULTS GOALTENDER

Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

SERGEI BOBROVSKY, CBJ Henrik Lundqvist, NYR Antti Niemi, S.J. Tuukka Rask, BOS Craig Anderson, OTT Corey Crawford, CHI James Reimer, TOR Evgeni Nabokov, NYI Jimmy Howard, DET Ray Emery, CHI Carey Price, MTL Cory Schneider, VAN Niklas Backstrom, MIN Viktor Fasth, ANA Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT Braden Holtby, WSH

728 220 219 174 157 32 10 8 7 6 5 4 2 1 1 1

(129-24-11) (12-40-40) (9-43-45) (9-33-30) (14-23-18) (1-6-9) (0-2-4) (1-1-0) (0-1-4) (0-1-3) (0-1-2) (0-0-4) (0-0-2) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1)

1 First Team, 0 Second Team 1 First Team, 1 Second Team

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DEFENSE
Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

P.K. SUBBAN, MTL RYAN SUTER, MIN Kris Letang, PIT Francois Beauchemin, ANA Duncan Keith, CHI Zdeno Chara, BOS Shea Weber, NSH Oliver Ekman-Larsson, PHX Drew Doughty, L.A. Keith Yandle, PHX Niklas Kronwall, DET Alex Pietrangelo, STL Dion Phaneuf, TOR Andrei Markov, MTL Dustin Byfuglien, WPG Dan Hamhuis, VAN Mike Green, WSH Kimmo Timonen, PHI Dan Girardi, NYR Dennis Seidenberg, BOS Erik Karlsson, OTT Sheldon Souray, ANA 23. Slava Voynov, L.A. 24. Jason Garrison, VAN Sergei Gonchar, OTT Nick Leddy, CHI Paul Martin, PIT 28. Kevin Bieksa, VAN Brian Campbell, FLA Christian Ehrhoff, BUF Cody Franson, TOR Ryan McDonagh, NYR Lubomir Visnovsky, NYI Marek Zidlicky, N.J.

756 713 618 256 249 214 68 65 48 40 35 25 25 23 12 10 10 10 7 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

(121-47-10) (112-46-15) (71-82-17) (11-47-60) (10-48-55) (20-24-42) (1-14-21) (4-11-12) (1-9-16) (1-5-20) (2-3-16) (2-2-9) (0-6-7) (1-2-12) (0-3-3) (0-3-1) (0-2-4) (0-1-7) (1-0-2) (0-1-2) (0-1-1) (0-1-1) (0-0-3) (0-0-2) (0-0-2) (0-0-2) (0-0-2) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) CENTER

1 First Team, 0 Second Team 1 First Team, 0 Second Team 0 First Team, 1 Second Team 0 First Team, 1 Second Team

Pts.

(1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

SIDNEY CROSBY, PIT Jonathan Toews, CHI Steven Stamkos, T.B. John Tavares, NYI Pavel Datsyuk, DET Ryan Getzlaf, ANA Eric Staal, CAR Claude Giroux, PHI Henrik Sedin, VAN Henrik Zetterberg, DET Patrice Bergeron, BOS Matt Duchene, COL Anze Kopitar, L.A.

725 404 235 193 22 12 6 5 4 2 1 1 1

(115-44-18) 2 First Team, 1 Second Team (36-60-44) 0 First Team, 1 Second Team (14-41-42) (13-29-41) (0-3-13) (0-0-12) (0-1-3) (1-0-0) (0-1-1) (0-0-2) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1)

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RIGHT WING
Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

ALEX OVECHKIN, WSH Martin St. Louis, T.B. Patrick Kane, CHI Phil Kessel, TOR Pascal Dupuis, PIT Steven Stamkos, T.B. Jakub Voracek, PHI James Neal, PIT Ryan Callahan, NYR Alexander Semin, CAR Jeff Carter, L.A. Rick Nash, NYR 13. Corey Perry, ANA 14. Chris Stewart, STL 15. Daniel Alfredsson, OTT Ryan Getzlaf, ANA Claude Giroux, PHI Marian Hossa, CHI Ilya Kovalchuk, N.J. P.A. Parenteau, COL Blake Wheeler, WPG

591 440 437 68 22 10 8 6 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

(103-23-7) (36-74-38) (36-63-68) (2-10-28) (0-4-10) (2-0-0) (0-1-5) (0-0-6) (0-1-1) (0-0-4) (0-1-0) (0-1-0) (0-0-3) (0-0-2) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1)

6 First Team, 2 Second Team 1 First Team, 4 Second Team

LEFT WING
Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

CHRIS KUNITZ, PIT Alex Ovechkin, WSH Taylor Hall, EDM Henrik Zetterberg, DET Andrew Ladd, WPG Rick Nash, NYR Daniel Sedin, VAN Thomas Vanek, BUF Matt Moulson, NYI Zach Parise, MIN Brad Marchand, BOS Patrick Kane, CHI Martin St. Louis, T.B. 14. Pascal Dupuis, PIT Patrick Marleau, S.J. 16. James Neal, PIT Brandon Saad, CHI Jakub Voracek, PHI

519 217 205 179 169 154 38 36 24 23 19 5 5 3 3 1 1 1

(70-47-28) (41-4-0) (18-28-31) (17-22-28) (11-28-30) (10-27-23) (4-4-6) (2-6-8) (0-5-9) (1-3-9) (2-2-3) (1-0-0) (1-0-0) (0-1-0) (0-1-0) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) (0-0-1) ###

1 First Team, 0 Second Team 6 First Team, 2 Second Team

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