page_title: NHL All-Star team
section_title: 2000s
hierarchical_section_title: NHL All-Star team / Teams / 2000s
caption_attribution_description: English: Nicklas Lidstrom warms up before a January 31, 2010 game between the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, PA.
context_page_description: The NHL All-Star teams were first named at the end of the 1930–31 NHL season, to honor the best performers over the season at each position.
  Representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association vote for the all-star team at the end of the regular season.
  The career leaders in selections are Gordie Howe, named to a total of 21 all-star teams, all with the Detroit Red Wings, and Ray Bourque, named to a total of 19 all-star teams over the course of his 21-season career with the Boston Bruins and Colorado Avalanche. Alexander Ovechkin is the only player in history to be named to both all-star teams in the same season because of a voting error.
caption: Nicklas Lidström appeared on eight all-star teams in the 2000s, the most of any player during the decade.
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