- Jack and Quinn Hughes plus Connor Hellebuyck headline NHL.com’s first projected Team USA All-Star roster
- Eight of the nine skaters won gold with the U.S. at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- Read below for the full roster and how the fan vote will work
Team USA’s first projected roster for the 2027 All-Star Game reads like an Olympic reunion.
Brothers Jack and Quinn Hughes and goalie Connor Hellebuyck lead the group NHL.com put together on Wednesday, the same day the league unveiled the logo for the event at UBS Arena on Feb. 5-6.
The format is new this time around. Five teams, Canada, Finland, Sweden, the United States and a World squad, will play a 3-on-3 round-robin tournament. Each roster carries 11 players, nine skaters and two goalies.
Senior writer Dan Rosen, senior draft writer Mike G. Morreale and deputy managing editor Adam Kimelman took the first swing at the U.S. skater group: Matt Boldy, Jack Eichel, Jack Hughes, Quinn Hughes, Auston Matthews, Jason Robertson, Tage Thompson, Matthew Tkachuk and Zach Werenski.
Eight of those nine won gold in Milan. Jack Hughes buried the overtime winner against Canada in the gold medal game, and Quinn led the Americans with eight points in six contests.
Here’s Jack Hughes ending it in overtime:
Quinn Hughes and Werenski were the only two defensemen chosen, and both earned it. They finished first and second in the league in average ice time last season, and Werenski took home the Norris Trophy. Hughes, meanwhile, is closing in on a record extension in Minnesota.
Robertson was the lone non-Olympian to make the projection. He led all U.S.-born players with 96 points in 82 games for Dallas, so leaving him off would have been tough.
Hellebuyck and Jeremy Swayman got the goalie spots. Hellebuyck wasn’t a unanimous pick after a rough regular season, going 23-23-11 with a 2.86 goals-against average and a .895 save percentage. His work in Milan carried plenty of weight anyway.
None of this is set. The fan vote opens in December, when supporters pick eight players per team. The NHL and NHLPA fill the last three spots, one forward, one defenseman and one goalie. Expect these names to shuffle a few times before the puck drops on Long Island.
