NHL All-Star Skills Final Results: Oilers’ Connor McDavid the big winner

With a revamped skills challenge for the 2024 All-Star Game in Toronto, featuring 12 players, eight events and a $1-million prize for the winner, some of the NHL’s brightest stars came ready to compete on Friday night.

Starting off strong, Connor McDavid won the first event of the night — Fastest Skater — and continued his dominance through the first six events, winning two more to take a four-point lead heading into the One-on-One Challenge.

Though William Nylander took that event by a fairly wide margin, there was no stopping McDavid during the obstacle course, where he topped Cale Makar by three seconds.

McDavid enters Saturday’s three-on-three All-Star Game with some sweet bragging rights. Oh, and an extra $1 million in his pocket.

Here are the final results for each event:

PLAYER

FASTEST SKATER

HARDEST SHOT

PASSING CHALLENGE

ONE TIMERS

STICK HANDLING

ACCURACY SHOOTING

ONE ON ONE

OBSTACLE COURSE

TOTAL

David Pastrnak

1

3.5

4.5

Nathan MacKinnon

5

2

7

Cale Makar

2

5

4

1

8

20

Leon Draisaitl

3,5

1

4.5

Connor McDavid

5

5

5

0

10

25

Mathew Barzal

4

3

4

2.5

13.5

Nikita Kucherov

0.5

0.5

Auston Matthews

2

2

0

4

4

12

William Nylander

1

1

3

2

5

4

16

Quinn Hughes

3

1

4

J.T. Miller

4

0.5

3

2.5

10

Elias Pettersson

3

5

2

10

Obstacle Course (Final six)

J.T. Miller: 49.351 seconds
Cale Makar: 43.435 seconds
Auston Matthews: 47.271 seconds
William Nylander: 49.065 seconds 
Mathew Barzal: 1:16 seconds
Connor McDavid: 40.066 seconds

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One-on-One (Final eight) 

William Nylander: 9 points against Cam Talbot
Nathan MacKinnon: 2 points against Sergei Bobrovsky 
J.T. Miller: 6 points against Jeremy Swayman
Auston Matthews: 7 points against Thatcher Demko
Elias Pettersson: 3 points against Jake Oettinger 
Mathew Barzal: 6 points against Igor Shesterkin
Cale Makar: 4 points against Connor Hellebuyck 
Connor McDavid: 3 points against Alexander Georgiev 

William Nylander set the bar too high early on, potting nine points against Los Angeles Kings’ Cam Talbot. 

As the best goalie in this event, stopping nine of Connor McDavid’s shots, Colorado Avalanche’s Alexander Georgiev wins $100,000. 

Canucks’ Elias Pettersson and Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon have both been eliminated. 

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Fastest Skater

Participants: 

William Nylander: 14.164 seconds (1 point)
Quinn Hughes: 14.088 seconds (3 points)
Cale Makar: 14.089 seconds (2 points)
Mathew Barzal: 13.509 (4 points)
Connor McDavid: 13.408 (5 points)

Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid won Fastest Skater, beating out Mathew Barzal by one tenth of a second to win the event for the fifth time of his career. 

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One Timers

Participants: 

Elias Pettersson: 20 points (2 points)
Nathan MacKinnon: 23 points (5 points)
Leon Draisaitl: 22 points (3.5 points)
Nikita Kucherov: 19 points (1 point)
J.T. Miller: 18 points 
Auston Matthews: 15 points 
Mathew Barzal: 17 points 
David Pastrnak: 22 points (3.5 points)

Boston Bruins’ David Pastranak thought he won the One Timers challenge, but upon a video review, it was actually Colorado Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon who maintained his lead to win the event.

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Passing Challenge

Participants: 

Nathan MacKinnon: 13 points
William Nylander: 16 points (1 point)
Cale Makar: 23 points (4 points)
Mathew Barzal: 21 points (3 points)
J.T. Miller: 7 points
Nikita Kucherov: 5 points
Quinn Hughes: 15 points
Connor McDavid: 10 points
Elias Pettersson: 25 points (5 points)
Auston Matthews: 18 points (2 points)
Leon Draisaitl: 12 points 

The Passing Challenge proved to be more difficult than advertised, but Vancouver Canucks’ Elias Pettersson earned bragging rights, with 25 points.

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Hardest Shot

Participants: 

Auston Matthews: 96.22 MPH (1 point)
Cale Makar: 102.56 MPH (5 points)
David Pastrnak: 97.27 MPH (2 points)
J.T. Miller: 102.3 MPH (4 points)
Elias Pettersson: 98.4 MPH (3 points)

Cale Makar dethroned Elias Pettersson as Hardest Shot champion, bringing the victory in this event back to a defenceman. 

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Stick Handling

Participants: 

Quinn Hughes: 29.038 seconds
Connor McDavid: 25.755 seconds (5 points)
Elias Pettersson: 29.526 seconds
Nikita Kucherov: 44. 178 seconds
Leon Draisaitl: 28.677 seconds (1 point)
Nathan MacKinnon: 27.715 seconds (2 points)
David Pastrnak: 38.488 seconds
Mathew Barzal: 26.929 seconds (4 points)
William Nylander: 27.272 seconds (3 points)

Connor McDavid blew by the competition, beating out the field to complete the Stick Handling challenge in less than 26 seconds.

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Accuracy

Participants: 

Nikita Kucherov: 16.46 seconds
Cale Makar: 19.06 seconds
Connor McDavid: 9.158 seconds (5 points)
Quinn Hughes: 14.185 seconds (1 point)
J.T. Miller: 13.587 seconds (3 points)
David Pastrnak: 19.67 seconds
Nathan MacKinnon: 15.958
William Nylander: 14.099 (2 points)
Leon Draisaitl: 46.089
Auston Matthews: 9.341 (4 points)

Connor McDavid won his third event of the night to cement his lead into the final eight.