The NHL All-Star Weekend will be the weekend, and with that in mind, let's take a look at the skills competition Events.
The NHL All-Star Skills presented by DraftKings will take place on Friday, Feb. 3 @ 7 pm ET on ESPN in the US and Sportsnet in Canada.
Events
Enterprise NHL Splash Shot
The competition takes place on the beach in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The ocean spray, breeze and sand add to the challenge of this exceptional Skills event.
- Eight shooters; four teams pairing players
- Single elimination tournament
- Players compete head-to-head
- Players are required to hit all targets before attempting to dunk their opponents.
Chipotle NHL Pitch ‘n Puck
Using a combination of hockey and golf shots, six NHL All-Stars will play a par 4 featuring an island green. The lowest score wins the Chipotle NHL Pitch ‘n Puck.
- Six players
- Best score wins
- The player who successfully sinks the puck/ball in the hole with the fewest shots
Discover NHL Tendy Tandem
- Eight goalies
- The goalie tandem with the most total points wins
Upper Deck NHL Fastest Skater
- A minimum of four players
- The player who has the fastest time wins.
GEICO NHL Hardest Shot
- A minimum of four players
- Shooter with the fastest speed wins.
Great Clips NHL Breakaway Challenge
- Minimum of four players and two goalies
- Shooter with the highest score wins.
- A panel of judges will rate each shot on a scale of 1 - 10.
Honda NHL Accuracy Shooting
- Eight players and four passers
- The player with the fastest time in the Final wins.
The NHL All-Star Game itself will be played on Saturday, Feb. 4 @ 3 pm ET; you can watch it on ABC in the US or CBC in Canada.
Here are the Rosters for the game:
Metropolitan Division
F Sidney Crosby, PIT (5th)
F Johnny Gaudreau, CBJ (7th)
F Kevin Hayes, PHI (1st)
F Jack Hughes, NJD (2nd)
F Brock Nelson, NYI (1st)
F Alex Ovechkin, WSH (8th)
F Artemi Panarin, NYR (1st)
F Andrei Svechnikov, CAR (1st)
D Adam Fox, NYR (1st)
G Igor Shesterkin, NYR (1st)
G Ilya Sorokin, NYI (1st)
Atlantic Division
F Aleksander Barkov (2nd)
F Nikita Kucherov, TBL (4th)
F Dylan Larkin, DET (3rd)
F Mitchell Marner, TOR (2nd)
F David Pastrnak, BOS (3rd)*
F Nick Suzuki, MTL (2nd)
F Tage Thompson, BUF (1st)
F Brady Tkachuk, OTT (3rd)
F Matthew Tkachuk, FLA (2nd)
G Andrei Vasilevskiy, TBL (4th)
G Linus Ullmark, BOS (1st)
Central Division
F Kirill Kaprizov, MIN (2nd)
F Clayton Keller, ARI (3rd)
F Nathan MacKinnon, COL (5th)
F Mikko Rantanen, COL (2nd)
F Jason Robertson, DAL (1st)
F Vladimir Tarasenko, STL (4th)
D Seth Jones, CHI (4th)
D Cale Makar, COL (2nd)
D Josh Morrissey, WPG (1st)
G Connor Hellebuyck, WPG (3rd)
G Juuse Saros, NSH (2nd)
Pacific Division
F Leon Draisaitl, EDM (4th)
F Kevin Fiala, LAK (1st)
F Bo Horvat, VAN (2nd)
F Nazem Kadri, CGY (2nd)
F Connor McDavid, EDM (6th)
F Elias Pettersson, VAN (3rd)
F Chandler Stephenson, VGK (1st)
F Troy Terry, ANA (2nd)
D Erik Karlsson, SJS (7th)
G Stuart Skinner, EDM (1st)
G Logan Thompson, VGK (1st)
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