Most of the top stars in the NHL will converge on south Florida for the 2023 NHL All-Star Game on Saturday.

David Pastrnak and two players from the hosting Florida Panthers headline the Atlantic Division roster. Elsewhere, Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin are once again partnering on the Metropolitan Division roster, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl headline the Pacific Division roster and the Colorado Avalanche have a dominant presence on the Central Division squad.

The Metropolitan and Pacific Divisions have three victories each in the four-team, three-on-three tournament format that was introduced in 2016. The two divisions have alternated victories in the event.

Metropolitan comes into FLA Live Arena as the reigning champion, but it will face a tough matchup from Atlantic, which could be in its best position to win thanks to its depth at each position.

Pacific has been to four of the six championship games, but Central has been in two of the last three finals. Central, like Atlantic, is looking for its first All-Star win in seven tries.

The full rosters for each team can be found here.

Atlantic Division

The Atlantic Division will be without two of its biggest stars for its home All-Star Game in Florida.

Auston Matthews and Tage Thompson were both ruled out with injuries. Thompson was replaced by his Buffalo Sabres teammate Rasmus Dahlin. Aleksander Barkov of the host Florida Panthers took Matthews' spot.

Matthews is a perennial All-Star, and Thompson is one of the most dynamic scorers in the sport. Thompson has 34 goals at the All-Star break. Both players will be missed, but Atlantic still has plenty of goal-scoring talent on its roster to claim its first title in the three-on-three format.

David Pastrnak, who sits one spot ahead of Thompson on the NHL scoring leaderboard, should be at the center of every move in the attacking zone when he is on the ice.

There will be no shortage of top passers to Pastrnak and others, as the Atlantic roster possesses four of the top nine players on the assist leaderboard.

League assist leader Nikita Kucherov has 12 more helpers than the trio of Matthew Tkachuk, Mitchell Marner and Dahlin, who all have 41 assists.

The Atlantic roster also boasts the best goalie in the league, Boston's Linus Ullmark. The 29-year-old Swede has 26 wins, a 1.90 goals-against average and a .937 save percentage, all of which are league-best totals.

Ullmark could be the biggest difference-maker for Atlantic if he keeps any opponent to a low goal total. That has been the problem in Atlantic's three first-round losses in 2017, 2019 and 2022—the team gave up 25 goals in those three defeats.

If Ullmark, and his goaltending partner Andrei Vasilevskiy, are strong in net, the offensive stars on the Atlantic roster could create a multi-goal gap against any of the three divisions.

Metropolitan Division

The Metropolitan Division enters Florida as the reigning All-Star champion and winner in two of the last three All-Star events.

Household names Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin once again headline the Metropolitan roster. Ovechkin will be playing in his 13th All-Star Game, while Crosby will participate in his ninth. Neither player participated in last year's event.

Ovechkin could have an extra motivating factor behind him because he has never won the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player. Crosby earned that honor in 2019. That might be something Ovechkin attempts to chase since he does not have many attempts left at earning it.

Johnny Gaudreau is a welcome addition to Metropolitan's roster this year. The Columbus Blue Jackets star was a six-time All-Star with the Calgary Flames in the Pacific Division.

Crosby, Ovechkin and Gaudreau will be expected to score most of Metropolitan's goals. After all, this is an All-Star game, and you want to see the biggest stars shine brightest.

While Crosby and Ovechkin were gone last year, Jack Hughes of the New Jersey Devils scored a goal in each of the two rounds to help Metropolitan win the event.

Hughes, who sits in a tie for fifth on the league scoring chart, could emerge as an MVP candidate if he gets on the scoresheet again.

The New York Rangers pair of Artemi Panarin and Adam Fox, who are tied for 11th in assists with 38, will be vital in setting up chances for the long list of scorers on the Metropolitan roster.

The New York-based duo of Igor Shesterkin and Ilya Sorokin both rank in the top 10 in goals allowed per game. They are the only All-Star goalie pair with top 10 GAAs.

Shesterkin and Sorokin's shot-stopping ability could be the difference in a matchup of Eastern Conference divisions with loaded forward lineups.

Central Division

The Central Division team might as well compete in Colorado Avalanche jerseys.

Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen headline the Central roster that only has one other set of teammates.

The Colorado trio will try to lead the Central Division back to the final for the second straight year. It used an eight-goal eruption to beat the Atlantic in the opening round last year.

Central scored 23 goals in the last three opening rounds, with 15 of them coming against the Pacific Division in 2019 and 2020. Pacific limited Central to five goals in two opening-round matchups in 2017 and 2018.

Scoring should not be a problem for Central, as its roster possesses three of the top 15 scorers in the NHL. Rantanen is tied for third with 34 tallies, Jason Robertson of the Dallas Stars is locked in a tie for fifth with 33 and Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov is 14th with 27 goals.

Makar, MacKinnon and Winnipeg Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey, who has the second-most assists among defenseman, should create plenty of scoring opportunities.

The problem lies in net with Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck and Juuse Saros of the Nashville Predators. Both goalies rank in the top 10 of goals conceded. They have the two highest concession rates of the eight All-Star goalies.

Central may have to score closer to 10 goals in order to get out of the first round and into a third final in four years.

Pacific Division

The Edmonton Oilers pair of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have been the anchors of the Pacific Division lineup for the last four All-Star Games.

McDavid is appearing in his sixth straight All-Star Game, while Draisaitl's streak is up to four consecutive appearances.

McDavid and Draisaitl lead the NHL in points. McDavid is first with 92 points, and Draisaitl is second with 78.

The pair will be expected to create plenty of scoring chances on Saturday, but they can't be the only attacking stars for the Pacific Division.

The biggest help could come from a player who does not even reside in the division anymore. Bo Horvat, a 30-goal scorer, was traded from the Vancouver Canucks to the New York Islanders this week. Horvat will still play for the Pacific, but he will be dressed in Islanders gear.

San Jose's Erik Karlsson, who is third in the NHL in assists, should provide a boost to the attack from the point. Karlsson is the only defenseman on the Pacific roster. Three of the four divisions have just one defenseman.

The lack of balance on the roster may hurt each of the four teams, but it could hit the Pacific roster hard. Four of the top 15 defensemen in assists reside in the Pacific Division, including Vancouver's Quinn Hughes.

The Pacific roster is loaded with goal-scoring quality, but it may lack passing from the point.

Pacific could be at a disadvantage in net, as both Logan Thompson and Stuart Skinner are making their first All-Star appearances. That could be the team's downfall against Central since Hellebuyck and Saros have both played in the event before.