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Here's everything else you need to know about this season's NHL All-Star Game.

NHL All-Star Weekend Schedule
NHL Skills Competition (Friday, 8 p.m. ET, NBCSN)
NHL All-Star Game (Saturday, 8 p.m. ET, NBC)

All-Star Game Format
For the fifth straight year, the NHL All-Star Game will be a three-on-three tournament consisting of four teams, each representing one of the NHL's four divisions.
The two Eastern Conference divisions (Atlantic and Metropolitan) will face off in one semifinal matchup, while the two Western Conference divisions (Pacific and Central) will play in the other. The winners will advance to a final to decide the champion.
Each of the three games will be 20-minute contests.
All 31 of the NHL's teams had to be represented in the All-Star Game.

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Three of the NHL's four divisions have seen players drop out due to injury or personal reasons, with the Metropolitan Division being hit the hardest. Here's who was named to an initial roster but won't be taking part in the on-ice events:

METROPOLITAN DIVISION
Jake Guentzel (shoulder surgery)
Kyle Palmieri (foot injury)
Dougie Hamilton (surgery for broken fibula)
Joonas Korpisalo (knee surgery)
Artemi Panarin (upper-body injury)
Alex Ovechkin (chosen not to attend)
Filling in for the Metropolitan Division are Kris Letang, New Jersey's Nico Hischier, New York's Chris Kreider, Carolina's Jaccob Slavin, and Tristan Jarry.
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Tuukka Rask (chosen not to attend)
Auston Matthews (wrist condition, will still attend off-ice events)
Filling in for the Atlantic Division are Ottawa's Brady Tkachuk and Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy.
PACIFIC DIVISION
Jakob Silfverberg (personal reasons)
Logan Couture (fractured ankle)
Darcy Kuemper (lower-body injury)
Marc-Andre Fleury (chosen not to attend)
Filling in for the Pacific Division are San Jose's Tomas Hertl, Vegas' Max Pacioretty, and Calgary's David Rittich. Additionally, Pacific Division head coach Gerard Gallant was replaced by Arizona's Rick Tocchet after Gallant was fired by Vegas.