2017 NHL All Star Game: Weekend Preview, Rosters, Skills Competition Assignments, How to Watch

2017 NHL All-Star Game and Skills Competition
January 28-29 - Staples Center - Los Angeles, CA
Skills Competition - Saturday, Jan. 28, 7:00 pm ET (NBCSN)
All-Star Tournament - Sunday, Jan. 29, 3:30 pm ET (NBC)
All weekend activities streaming on NBCSports.com

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What and who will the Skills Competition feature?

The Skills Competition will feature six events in total:

Gatorade NHL Skills Challenge Relay (three points available)

This event takes place in heats, with each heat featuring players from the two divisions of each conference. The five skills will take place in the following order: one timers, passing accuracy, puck control, stick-handling and goalie goals.

• One timers, with three shooters and one passer per division
• Atlantic Division
  Passer: Victor Hedman, Lightning
  Shooters: Erik Karlsson, Senators; Vincent Trocheck, Panthers; Kyle Okposo, Sabres

vs.

• Metropolitan Division
  Passer: Ryan McDonagh, Rangers
  Shooters: Seth Jones, Blue Jackets; Alex Ovechkin, Capitals; Wayne Simmonds, Flyers

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• Central Division
  Passer: Nathan MacKinnon, Avalanche
  Shooters: Duncan Keith, Blackhawks; Ryan Suter, Wild; Vladimir Tarasenko, Blues

vs.

• Pacific Division
  Passer: Bo Horvat, Canucks
  Shooters: Joe Pavelski, Sharks; Ryan Kesler, Ducks; Jeff Carter, Kings
• Passing accuracy, with one skater per team
  Frans Nielsen, Red Wings (Atlantic) vs. John Tavares, Islanders (Metro)
  Jonathan Toews, Blackhawks (Central) vs. Drew Doughty, Kings (Pacific)
• Puck Control, with one skater per team
  Brad Marchand, Bruins (Atlantic) vs. Justin Faulk, Hurricanes (Metro)
  Tyler Seguin, Stars (Central) vs. Cam Fowler, Ducks (Pacific)
• Stick-Handling, with one skater per team
  Auston Matthews, Maple Leafs (Atlantic) vs. Sidney Crosby, Penguins (Metro)
  Patrick Kane, Blackhawks (Central) vs. Johnny Gaudreau, Flames (Pacific)
• Goalie Goals, with one goalie per team
  Carey Price, Canadiens (Atlantic) vs. Braden Holtby, Capitals (Metro)
  Devan Dubnyk, Wild (Central) vs. Mike Smith, Coyotes (Pacific)

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Honda NHL Four Line Challenge (one point available)

Four shooters from each division team:

• Atlantic: Nikita Kucherov, Lightning; Karlsson; Trocheck; Shea Weber, Canadiens
• Metro: McDonagh; Simmonds; Taylor Hall, Devils; Jones
• Central: Suter; Seguin; P.K. Subban, Predators; MacKinnon
• Pacific: Pavelski; Brent Burns, Sharks; Kesler; Horvat

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DraftKings NHL Accuracy Shooting (six points available)

Four head to head matchups, with shooters from the two divisions from each conference facing each other.

• Okposo (Atlantic) vs. Tavares (Metro)
• Matthews (Atlantic) vs. Crosby (Metro)
• Patrik Laine, Jets (Central) vs. Connor McDavid, Oilers (Pacific)
• Kane (Central) vs. Carter (Pacific)

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Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater (six points available)

Four head to head matchups, with skaters from the two divisions from each conference facing each other.

• Marchand (Atlantic) vs. Cam Atkinson, Blue Jackets (Metro)
• Kucherov (Atlantic) vs. Hall (Metro)
• Tarasenko (Central) vs. Horvat (Pacific)
• MacKinnon (Central) vs. McDavid (Pacific)

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Oscar Mayer NHL Hardest Shot (six points available)

Four head to head matchups, with shooters from the two divisions from each conference facing each other.

• Hedman (Atlantic) vs. Jones (Metro)
• Weber (Atlantic) vs. Ovechkin (Metro)
• Laine (Central) vs. Burns (Pacific)
• Subban (Central) vs. Doughty (Pacific)

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Discover NHL Shootout (one point for most goals)

The division scores from the five preceding skills will be tallied and the top-scoring division in each conference will face off in a ten-round shootout. The leading divisions will send nine skaters and two goaltenders, with those players’ goals counting for one point, and the division captains will pick one player from the other team in the conference whose goals will be worth two points.

The skills competition holds value as the overall winner has the right to select their first round opponent in Sunday’s All-Star game as well as the order the teams will play in.

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How will the All-Star game work?

The all-star game will function in a very similar way to last year’s game, with a bit of a twist. The team that wins the skills competition will select its opponent and whether their game will be first or second, then the other game will be set accordingly. Each matchup will be a 20-minute game, and the winners of each game will then play each other in a final game in which the winning team will walk away with a $1 million cash prize. Each divisional team will be made up of 11 players in total: 6 forwards, 3 defensemen, and 2 goalies.

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All-Star Rosters