NEW YORK -- The full rosters for the 2016 NHL all-star teams were announced Wednesday, and conspicuous by his absence was Sidney Crosby.

The Pittsburgh star forward wasn't included in the Metropolitan Division's lineup. Veteran centre Evgeni Malkin and defenceman Kris Letang will represent the Penguins in Nashville on Jan. 30-31.

The selection was Malkin's sixth, leaving him behind only Mario Lemieux (13) and Jaromir Jagr (nine) among Penguins players with the most all-star appearances.

Crosby has only appeared in one all-star game (2007), missing three due to Olympic commitments and five because of injury.

Through 38 games this season, Crosby has 12 goals and 19 assists to trail Malkin (18 goals, 19 assists) in scoring for Pittsburgh, but he has five goals and seven points in his last four contests.

As part of the new format for the 2016 all-star game, players will take part in a three-game tournament, played in a 3-on-3 format, and featuring teams representing each NHL division.

The Calgary Flames placed forward Johnny Gaudreau and defenceman Mark Giordano on the Pacific Division squad. Also named were forwards Taylor Hall of the Edmonton Oilers and Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks.

Forward Leo Komarov of the Toronto Maple Leafs and defencemen Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators and P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadiens were named to the Atlantic Division team. Winnipeg defencemen Dustin Byfuglien was named to the Central Division squad.

Earlier, fans voted Jagr, now with Florida (Atlantic), Chicago's Patrick Kane (Central), Washington's Alex Ovechkin (Metropolitan) and Arizona's John Scott (Pacific) as the division captains.

The four head coaches will be Gerard Gallant of the Florida Panthers (Atlantic), Lindy Ruff of the Dallas Stars (Central), Darryl Sutter of the Los Angeles Kings (Pacific) and Barry Trotz of the Washington Capitals (Metropolitan). The coaches of the teams with the highest points percentage (points earned divided by total possible points) in each of the four divisions through Jan. 9 receive the all-star nods.

Florida, Dallas, Los Angeles and Washington are all guaranteed of posting the top points percentage in their respective divisions.