The kids are more than all right. They’re running the show.

Youth was the theme Tuesday as the NHL announced its hand-picked list of 40 players to join the four divisional captains for the All-Star Game, to be held in Los Angeles over the final weekend in January.

After second-year pro Connor McDavid had been chosen by the fans as the captain of the Pacific Division team, rookies Auston Matthews of the Maple Leafs and Patrik Laine of the Jets were chosen by the league. The first two picks of the 2016 draft have impressed in the first half-season of their budding careers.

The No. 1 overall pick, Matthews, 19, has a team-leading 21 goals through his first 39 games, leading a revitalization of the Maple Leafs organization that was surprisingly close to playoff position just short of its halfway point of the season. Laine, 18, also has 21 goals (through 42 games) and is leading all rookies with 37 points. He suffered a concussion on a huge hit from the Sabres’ Jake McCabe on Saturday, but Winnipeg head coach Paul Maurice told reporters Laine was feeling better on Monday, though no timetable was set for his return.

Those were the two headliners, but a total of nine players out of the 44 selected were 23 years old or younger.

Each of the three local teams has just one representative each. The Rangers are sending captain Ryan McDonagh; the Islanders are sending their captain, John Tavares; and Taylor Hall is going in his first year with the Devils.

The Metropolitan Division team will be coached by John Tortorella, whose Blue Jackets tied the second-longest winning streak in league history with 16 and were in first place, as judged by winning percentage. The team will be captained by the Penguins’ Sidney Crosby, first in the league with 26 goals and second in points (44, to McDavid’s 48).

The Atlantic Division team will be coached by the Canadiens’ Michel Therrien and captained by his goalie, Carey Price. The Central Division team will be coached by the Wild’s Bruce Boudreau and captained by Predators defenseman P.K. Subban, who hasn’t played since Dec. 15 because of an upper-body injury. The Pacific Division team will be coached by former Devils headman and current Sharks coach, Peter DeBoer, who will have McDavid as his leader.

The game format will be the same as last season’s in Nashville — a 3-on-3 tournament in which each conference plays a 20-minute game and the two winners face off in a 20-minute game to decide the overall victor.