Sergei Bobrovsky Needs Votes for Third NHL All-Star Selection

Florida Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is close to making an NHL All-Star team for the third time in his career — but he needs a late push in voting to make it.

The NHL will close voting at midnight on Thursday.

Fans can vote on a variety of platforms — including Twitter.

On Tuesday, the NHL announced how voting is going thus far with Bobrovsky among the top four when it comes to goalies.

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Fans will select eight skaters and four goalies to join the 44-man team; 32 players — one from each team — have already been announced.

Vancouver’s Thatcher Demko leads all goalies in votes received with close to 800,000; Bobrovsky is second with 440,000 followed by Boston’s Jeremy Swayman (381K), Colorado’s Alexandar Georgiev (350K), and Boston’s Linus Ullmark (350K).

No other Florida player — Matthew Tkachuk, Sasha Barkov or Gus Forsling — is among the finalists right now.

Sam Reinhart was selected to his first NHL All-Star Game last week.

So, how do fans vote for their favorite player?

Per the NHL:

How to Vote Online: Visit NHL.com/vote. Fans will be permitted to select as few as one Player and a maximum of 12 players per online ballot. Each fan can cast a maximum of 10 ballots per 24-hour period.

How to Vote via NHL App: The NHL App offers fans a mobile interactive ballot that is available on most devices.

How to Vote on Twitter: Each fan post on Twitter must include the complete hashtag  #NHLAllStarVote and a player’s full name, or player’s name as a hashtag, or tag a player’s Twitter handle. Each fan must have an active and public Twitter account. Types of eligible Twitter posts: standalone posts, reposts, reply posts or quote posts.

The players who make it through will be announced on Saturday — the first six during the first intermission on the 1 p.m. game between the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals.

The remaining six will be announced on the pregame show before the Colorado Avalanche and Toronto Maple Leafs kick off at 7 p.m.

This year’s All-Star Weekend will be held in Toronto from Feb. 1-3.

For full event information, visit NHL.com/AllStar.

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• When: Thursday, 7 p.m.
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• Last Season: Los Angeles won 2-0
  
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