Final Standings:
Atlantic: 9
Pacific: 7
Metropolitan: 5
Central: 1
The Atlantic Division won the skills competition and chose to play the Metropolitan Division in tomorrow’s All-Star Game.
The Pacific will take on the Central to open the event.
Metropolitan Division wins Skills Challenge Relay
Central Division time – 1:44.030
Pacific Division time – 2:03.120
The Central Division won the night’s first point after winning its matchup against the Pacific.
Atlantic Division time – 1:39.690
Metropolitan Division time – 1:21.700
The Metropolitan Division won its heat against the Atlantic, and took home a second bonus point for having the fastest time of the night.
Pacific Division wins Four Line Challenge
Goaltender Mike Smith made a 200-foot shot worth 20 points to give the Pacific Division the win in the Four Line Challenge event, and one point in the overall standings.
The final scores for the event were:
Pacific: 23
Central: 1
Metropolitan: 1
Atlantic: 0
Crosby the fastest in Accuracy Shooting
Atlantic vs. Metropolitan
Kyle Okposo (15.930) beat John Tavares (26.810) to earn a point for the Atlantic
Sidney Crosby (10.730) beat Auston Matthews (12.280) to earn a point for the Metro.
Central vs. Pacific
Connor McDavid (15.640) beat Patrik Laine (21.820) to earn a point for the Pacific.
Jeff Carter (17.660) beat Patrick Kane (18.950) to earn a point for the Pacific.
The Metropolitan Division earned a bonus point for having the fastest time of the night.
McDavid wins Fastest Skater competition
Atlantic Division vs. Metropolitan Division
Nikita Kucherov (13.130) beat Cam Atkinson (13.330) to win a point for the Atlantic.
Vincent Trocheck (13.320) beat Wayne Simmonds (13.650) to win a point for the Atlantic.
Central Division vs. Pacific Division
Patrik Laine (13.420) beat Bo Horvat (13.430) to win a point for the Central.
Connor McDavid (13.020) beat Nathan MacKinnon (13.620) to win a point for the Pacific.
McDavid also won a bonus point for his division, and earned a chance to beat Dylan Larkin’s record lap time of 13.172.
The Oilers captain’s lap of 13.310 fell just short of the record.
Weber wins Hardest Shot
There was one point up for grabs with each matchup, and a bonus point for the Division with the hardest shooter overall.
Patrik Laine (Central)
First attempt: 101.7 m.p.h
Second attempt: 101.5
Brent Burns (Pacific)
First attempt: 96.1
Second attempt: 97.7
Seth Jones (Metropolitan)
First attempt: 96.3
Second attempt: 98.1
Victor Hedman (Atlantic)
First attempt: 96.8
Second attempt: 94.2
Nathan MacKinnon (Central)
First attempt: 92.3
Second attempt: 88.9
Drew Doughty (Pacific)
First attempt: 94.6
Second attempt: 92.7
Alex Ovechkin (Metro)
First attempt: DNR
Second attempt: 97.8
Shea Weber (Atlantic)
First attempt: 102.8*
Second attempt: 99.4
*Weber’s blast gave the Atlantic Division a bonus point.
Final scores from the Hardest Shot competition:
Atlantic: 2
Pacific: 1
Metropolitan: 1
Central: 1
Atlantic tops Pacific in shootout competition
Each division was able to select one shooter from the other division in its own conference to shoot with the Discover Puck, worth two points.
The Atlantic chose Sidney Crosby while the Pacific chose Patrick Kane.
Carey Price and Mike Smith were in goal for the following shooters.
Brad Marchand: Goal
Drew Doughty: No goal
Nikita Kucherov: No goal
Joe Pavelski: No goal
Victor Hedman: No goal
Bo Horvat: No goal
Shea Weber: Goal
Cam Fowler: No goal
Frans Nielsen: No goal
Ryan Kesler’s son Ryker: Goal
Tuukka Rask and Martin Jones were in goal for the following shooters.
Erik Karlsson: No goal
Connor McDavid: No goal
Kyle Okposo: No goal
Johnny Gaudreau: No goal
Sidney Crosby: Goal*
Patrick Kane: No goal*
Vincent Trocheck: No goal
Brent Burns: No goal
Auston Matthews: No goal
Jeff Carter: No goal
*Goals scored with Discover Puck were worth two points.
The Atlantic Division won 4-1.
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