Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar were named to the NHL’s postseason all-star team on Thursday.
MacKinnon and Makar were both selected to the 2024-25 First All-Star team, which is voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. It’s the first time two members of the Avs have been named to the first team together since Patrick Roy and Joe Sakic in 2001-02.
It was the second first-team nod in MacKinnon’s career, along with 2024, and his fourth all-star team overall. That’s now three first-team selections for Makar, along with 2021 and 2022, and five overall.
Makar was named to the first team on 189 of 190 ballots, while the vote for first-team center between MacKinnon and Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl was close.
MacKinnon finished fourth in the Hart Trophy voting, which was also revealed Thursday night. Makar was sixth. Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck was the winner, officially ending MacKinnon’s run as the reigning league MVP.
