NEW YORK - Rangers captain Mark Messier was added to the East All-Star team Thursday, four days after his 43rd birthday.
On the other side of the ice he'll see Columbus' Rich Nash, making his All-Star debut at 19.
Messier will be the third-oldest All-Star when he suits up Feb. 8 in St. Paul, Minn. Nash, the league's goal leader, will be the first teenage All-Star since Jaromir Jagr and Owen Nolan in 1992.
Nash will be 19 years, 237 days on game day, making him the youngest All-Star since Wendel Clark, who was 135 days younger for the 1986 game.
Gordie Howe, who was 51 when he represented Hartford in 1980, and St. Louis defenseman Doug Harvey, 44 in 1969, were older All-Stars than Messier. He will be the fifth to play at least 15 games.
Five East teammates, Florida goalie Roberto Luongo; defensemen Adrian Aucoin of the Islanders, Nick Boynton of Boston, and Montreal's Sheldon Souray, and Washington forward Robert Lang, were chosen to their first All-Star Game.
The third goalie, playing behind New Jersey starter Martin Brodeur, is Montreal's Jose Theodore.
For the West, goalie Dwayne Roloson - fourth in the league in goals-against average and save percentage - and defenseman Filip Kuba will be making their debuts while representing the host Wild.
They will be joined by All-Star rookies, goalie Tomas Vokoun and defenseman Kimmo Timonen of Nashville; forwards Pavel Datsyuk of Detroit, Shane Doan of Phoenix, Patrick Marleau of San Jose, and Alex Tanguay of the Colorado Avalanche.
Thursday's games
THRASHERS 1, AVALANCHE 1: Pasi Nurminen had 20 saves and host Atlanta held Colorado's league-leading power play scoreless.
The Avalanche had converted 24 percent of its opportunities with the man-advantage coming in, but squandered five chances against the Thrashers, including a brief five on three in the second.
The Thrashers lead the league in penalty killing at home.
Frantisek Kaberle gave Atlanta a 1-0 lead in the first on a power play, and Brad Larsen tied it in the second. It was Kaberle's second goal of the season and Larsen's third.
SENATORS 6, PENGUINS 5: Martin Havlat and Peter Schaefer each scored twice and Marian Hossa had three assists for host Ottawa, which moved within a point of Toronto for the East lead.
The Senators are 13-2-4 in their past 19.
Tom Kostopoulos hit the left post with a shot in the final seconds after Dick Tarnstrom's power-play goal drew the Penguins within one with 2:22 left.
FLYERS 4, RANGERS 2: Keith Primeau had two assists for just his second multipoint game of the season and visiting Philadelphia snapped out of a power-play slump.
Primeau set up Sami Kapanen's tying goal late in the first and then assisted on Simon Gagne's score that gave Philadelphia a 3-2 lead. Mark Recchi and John LeClair added power-play goals for the Flyers, who entered 3-for-35 with the man-advantage in 10 games since getting five on the power play Dec. 30 in St. Louis.
Anson Carter gave New York a lead in the first, and Brian Leetch added a power-play goal to tie at 2 in the second.
The Rangers were without former Flyer Eric Lindros, who had the flu, and lost goalie Mike Dunham to a mild concussion.
Dunham was run into by LeClair with 3:43 left in the second, drawing a New York power play that Leetch took advantage of.
SABRES 3, BRUINS 2: Miroslav Satan had two late goals, snapping Buffalo's six-game road winless streak. The Sabres also ended Boston's six-game home unbeaten streak.
In other news, Bruins captain and leading scorer Joe Thornton had surgery on his broken right cheekbone and is expected to miss at least two more games. Thornton was injured Monday in a fight.
BLACKHAWKS 7, BLUE JACKETS 0: Craig Anderson made 30 saves for his first NHL victory and shutout, and seven players scored for host Chicago. Anderson entered the game with an 0-11-2 record in his two-year NHL career, 0-8-0 in nine games this season. Columbus had three shots off posts.
COYOTES 2, SHARKS 1: Ladislav Nagy scored the go-ahead goal, Brian Boucher made 34 saves and visiting Phoenix snapped a five-game winless streak. Boucher had 12 saves in the first, and several big saves on San Jose's 15 shots in the scoreless third. Marco Sturm was back for the Sharks after missing Wednesday's game as his wife, Astrid, gave birth to their first child.
FLAMES 4, PREDATORS 0: Shean Donovan and Matthew Lombardi each scored twice and Roman Turek made 23 saves for his 25th career shutout for host Calgary.
CANUCKS: Enforcer Wade Brookbank went to Manitoba of the AHL on a conditioning assignment. He will return Sunday.
