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Sidney Crosby tops All-Star voting

NEW YORK -- Sidney Crosby is the top vote-getter for the NHL All-Star Game.

The NHL also announced Tuesday leading vote-getters Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Marc-Andre Fleury of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks.

The rest of the 42 All-Stars will be revealed on Jan. 11. They will nominate captains and alternates, who will then choose teams in a draft on Jan. 28.

The All-Star game is Jan. 30 in Raleigh, N.C.

Crosby received 635,509 total votes, Toews got 407,676 and Malkin received 376,887.

Pittsburgh's Letang, a write-in candidate, was the top defenseman with 477,960 votes. Fleury led goalies with 426,305.