Kopitar to play for `Team Lidstrom’

Anze Kopitar will play for “Team Lidstrom” in Sunday’s All-Star Game. Kopitar was selected in the 15th round of the “fantasy draft” tonight, and was the 14th forward selected out of the 20 who were drafted. All goalies had to be selected by the end of the 10th round, and all defensemen had to be selected by the end of the 15th round. Eric Staal had the first pick, and here’s how the draft went…

ERIC STAAL (C) — F
Mike Green (A) — D
Ryan Kesler (A) — F
1. Cam Ward — G
2. Alexander Ovechkin — F
3. Daniel Sedin — F
4. Zdeno Chara — D
5. Rick Nash — F
6. Henrik Lundqvist — G
7. Marc Staal — D
8. Patrick Sharp — F
9. Dan Boyle — D
10. Carey Price — G
11. Jeff Skinner — F
12. Kris Letang — D
13. Claude Giroux — F
14. Erik Karlsson — D
15. Corey Perry — F
16. Patrick Elias — F
17. David Backes — F
18. Paul Stastny — F

NICKLAS LIDSTROM (C) — D
Patrick Kane (A) — F
Martin St. Louis (A) — F
1. Steven Stamkos — F
2. Duncan Keith — D
3. Henrik Sedin — F
4. Shea Weber — D
5. Tim Thomas — G
6. Daniel Briere — F
7. Dustin Byfuglien — D
8. Jonathan Toews — F
9. Marc-Andre Fleury — G
10. Jonas Hiller — G
11. Brad Richards — F
12. Keith Yandle — D
13. Brent Burns — D
14. Martin Havlat — F
15. Anze Kopitar — F
16. Matt Duchene — F
17. Loui Eriksson — F
18. Phil Kessel — F