NHL Power Rankings - 1-32 poll, plus a fun fact about every All-Star

It's that time of year again. NHL All-Star Weekend.

The festivities kick off Friday with the skills competition and carry into Saturday's 3-on-3 tournament. It will be another star-studded event, filled with the league's biggest and brightest talents showing off what they do best.

Before the puck drops in Las Vegas, we're sharing a little knowledge on each All-Star selection to go with this week's power rankings. Who was late to start playing hockey? Who was motivated early on by candy? And who holds a record you probably didn't know about? It's fun facts for all!

How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts, reporters and editors rates teams against one another — taking into account game results, injuries and upcoming schedule — and those results are tabulated to produce the list featured here.

Note: Previous ranking for each team refers to the last edition, published on Jan. 26. Points paces are through Tuesday's games.

Previous ranking: 2Points percentage: .734

All-Star: Jonathan Huberdeau

Huberdeau hails from just outside Montreal but he attended more Panthers games growing up than he did Canadiens games. His parents would pack their family into an RV and head for Florida each winter, where Huberdeau spent many a night watching his future team in action.

Previous ranking: 1Points percentage: ,773

All-Stars: Cale Makar, Nazem Kadri *

The NHL All-Star Weekend begins with the Skills Competition on Friday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. The All-Star Game will be broadcast live on Saturday, Feb. 5 on ABC and ESPN+, beginning at 3 p.m. ET.

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Makar really identified the purchase of a Slurpee as his biggest impulse buy in the year 2019.