The 2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at SAP Center in San Jose, home of the San Jose Sharks on January 26, 2019. San Jose last held the NHL All Star Game in 1997. This was the fourth consecutive All-Star Game that used a four-team, 3-on-3, single elimination format, with one team representing each of the league's four divisions. After years of being held on a Sunday, the 2019 All-Star Game was played on a Saturday, January 26, at 5 p.m. PST/8 p.m. EST, while the Skills Competition was also moved from its traditional Saturday night to Friday, January 25, 2019.

The Metropolitan All-Stars won the All-Star Game, which was in its fourth straight year of a four-team, 3-on-3, single elimination format, with one team representing each of the league's four divisions. The team won $1 million (split 11 ways between the players). Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins was named the Most Valuable Player, scoring four goals and four assists. He received a new 2019 Honda Passport which he then proceeded to give to an Army veteran.

Skills Competition

The Skills Competition took place the day before the All-Star Game on Friday January 25, 2019 at the SAP Center. The winners of each event were awarded $25,000 in prize money.

The league invited Renata Fast and Rebecca Johnston from the Canadian Women's National Team, and Brianna Decker and Kendall Coyne Schofield from the U.S. Women's National Team, to demonstrate some of the events. After Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche (Central Division) pulled out of the fastest-skater event due to a bruised left foot, Coyne Schofield was named as his replacement, becoming the first woman to compete in the All-Stars skills competition.

Brianna Decker demonstrated the premier passer skill, but she was not part of the competition. She was, in fact, three seconds faster than Leon Draisaitl and would have won had her time been included as they did with Kendall Coyne Schofield. This prompted the hashtag #PayDecker on Twitter, as women's hockey salaries are a fraction of men's hockey salaries. On January 26, hockey equipment company CCM announced they would give Decker the $25,000 she would have received for winning the competition.

Results Fastest Skater

Player Team Division Time (Seconds) Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers Pacific 13.378 Jack Eichel Buffalo Sabres Atlantic 13.582 Mathew Barzal New York Islanders Metropolitan 13.780 Miro Heiskanen Dallas Stars Central 13.914 Elias Pettersson Vancouver Canucks Pacific 13.930 Cam Atkinson Columbus Blue Jackets Metropolitan 14.152 Kendall Coyne USA National Team N/A 14.346 Clayton Keller Arizona Coyotes Pacific 14.526

Puck Control Play

Player Team Division Time (Seconds) Johnny Gaudreau Calgary Flames Pacific 27.045 Patrick Kane Chicago Blackhawks Central 28.611 Claude Giroux Philadelphia Flyers Metropolitan 30.270 Mark Scheifele Winnipeg Jets Central 32.161 Gabriel Landeskog Colorado Avalanche Central 33.425 John Tavares Toronto Maple Leafs Atlantic 35.210 Jeff Skinner Buffalo Sabres Atlantic 35.407 Elias Pettersson Vancouver Canucks Pacific 43.622

Save Streak

Player Team Division Division Faced Save Streak Henrik Lundqvist New York Rangers Metropolitan Atlantic 12 Andrei Vasilevskiy Tampa Bay Lightning Atlantic Metropolitan 8 Devan Dubnyk Minnesota Wild Central Pacific 7 Marc-Andre Fleury Vegas Golden Knights Pacific Central 6 John Gibson Anaheim Ducks Pacific Central 3 Jimmy Howard Detroit Red Wings Atlantic Metropolitan 2 Pekka Rinne Nashville Predators Central Pacific 2 Braden Holtby Washington Capitals Metropolitan Atlantic 2

Premier Passer

Player Team Division Time (Seconds) Leon Draisaitl Edmonton Oilers Pacific 69.088 Sebastian Aho Carolina Hurricanes Metropolitan 78.530 Ryan O'Reilly St. Louis Blues Central 85.897 Keith Yandle Florida Panthers Atlantic 94.611 Thomas Chabot Ottawa Senators Atlantic 100.568 Roman Josi Nashville Predators Central 107.128 Erik Karlsson San Jose Sharks Pacific 118.824 Mikko Rantanen Colorado Avalanche Central 137.379

Hardest Shot

Player Team Division Speed (MPH) Attempt 1 Attempt 2 John Carlson Washington Capitals Metropolitan 102.8 mph 100.8 mph Brent Burns San Jose Sharks Pacific 0 (Miss) 100.6 Seth Jones Columbus Blue Jackets Metropolitan 99.4 95.1 Steven Stamkos Tampa Bay Lightning Atlantic 96.2 93.1

Accuracy Shooting

Player Team Division Time (Seconds) David Pastrnak Boston Bruins Atlantic 11.309 seconds Kris Letang Pittsburgh Penguins Metropolitan 12.693 seconds Drew Doughty Los Angeles Kings Pacific 13.591 seconds Joe Pavelski San Jose Sharks Pacific 14.423 seconds Blake Wheeler Winnipeg Jets Central 18.585 seconds Nikita Kucherov Tampa Bay Lightning Atlantic 19.706 seconds Kyle Palmieri New Jersey Devils Metropolitan 20.209 seconds Auston Matthews Toronto Maple Leafs Atlantic 35.626 seconds

Rosters As in the previous three All-Star Games, captaincy of each division was determined by a fan vote, the 2019 vote running from December 1, 2018, until December 23, 2018. On December 27, the four captains were announced by the NHL. For the third straight year, Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers was selected to captain the Pacific Division, along with first time captains Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs for the Atlantic Division and Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche for the Central Division. Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals was selected for the Metropolitan Division, but Ovechkin opted to abstain from the game to rest. Fans were also permitted, after most of the rest of the rosters were set, to vote for a "Last Man In" for each division. The Last Men In—Jeff Skinner (Atlantic), Gabriel Landeskog (Central), Kris Letang (Metropolitan) and Leon Draisaitl (Pacific)—were announced January 11.

On January 6, the coaches for the All-Star Game were announced, chosen from the team in each division with the highest points percentage through January 5, roughly the regular season's halfway point: Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning (Atlantic), Todd Reirden of the Washington Capitals (Metropolitan), Paul Maurice of the Winnipeg Jets (Central), and Bill Peters of the Calgary Flames (Pacific).

Eastern Conference + Atlantic DivisionHead coach: Jon Cooper, Tampa Bay Lightning Player Team (C)Toronto Maple LeafsF34 Buffalo SabresF9 Tampa Bay LightningF86 Boston BruinsF88 Tampa Bay LightningF91 Toronto Maple Leafs F91 ~ Buffalo SabresF53 Ottawa SenatorsD72 Florida PanthersD3 Detroit Red WingsG35 † Tampa Bay LightningG88 ~ Voted as "Last Man In". † Replaced Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens) due to injury.

+ Metropolitan DivisionHead coach: Todd Reirden, Washington Capitals Player Team Carolina Hurricanes F20 Columbus Blue Jackets F13 New York Islanders F13 * Pittsburgh Penguins F87 Philadelphia Flyers F28 ‡ New Jersey Devils F21 Washington CapitalsD74 Columbus Blue Jackets D3 ~ Pittsburgh Penguins D58 Washington Capitals G70 New York Rangers G30 ~ Voted as "Last Man In". †Alexander Ovechkin (C) (Washington Capitals) opted to abstain from the game to rest. ‡ Replaced Taylor Hall (New Jersey Devils) due to injury. * Did not participate in Skills Competition due to illness.

Western Conference + Central Division Head coach: Paul Maurice, Winnipeg Jets Player Team (C)* Colorado Avalanche F 29 Chicago Blackhawks F 88 St. Louis Blues F 90 Colorado Avalanche F 96 Winnipeg Jets F 55 Winnipeg Jets F 26 ~ Colorado Avalanche F 92 Dallas Stars D 4 Nashville Predators D 59 Minnesota Wild G40 Nashville Predators G35 ~ Voted as "Last Man In". * Did not participate in Skills Competition or All-Star Games due to injury (still attended All-Star weekend). Replaced by Kendall Coyne Schofield in the Skills Competition.

+ Pacific DivisionHead coach: Bill Peters, Calgary Flames Player Team (C) Edmonton Oilers F 97 Calgary Flames F 13 Arizona Coyotes F 9 San Jose Sharks F 8 Vancouver Canucks F 40 ~ Edmonton Oilers F 29 San Jose Sharks D88 Los Angeles Kings D8 San Jose Sharks D65 Vegas Golden Knights G29 Anaheim Ducks G36 ~ Voted as "Last Man In".

Bracket

Game summaries

First semifinal game

Second semifinal game

Final

Uniforms The All-Star uniforms for this game were created by Adidas Parley, the partnership between Adidas and the environmental organization Parley for the Oceans that produces products made with plastic ocean debris. Also for the first time, the uniforms featured each player's respective team logo on the front instead of the NHL shield or conference logo.

Festivities and entertainment This year's NHL Fan Fair, featuring various fan activities during All-Star Weekend, was held between Thursday, January 24 and Sunday, January 27 at the San Jose Convention Center.

Country music artist and former draft pick for the Vancouver Canucks Chad Brownlee performed the Canadian national anthem while pop singer and Fifth Harmony member Lauren Jauregui performed the U.S. national anthem. Singer Bebe Rexha performed during the second intermission. The Stanford Band also performed during the game.

Television The All-Star Game and skills competition were broadcast in the United States by NBC and NBCSN, respectively. In Canada, both the All-Star Game and skills competition were broadcast In English on both CBC and Sportsnet (under the Hockey Night in Canada branding), and on TVA Sports in French.

The NHL conducted a trial of player and puck tracking during the All-Star Game with technology developed by one of the German Fraunhofer Institutes using transmitters embedded inside pucks and jerseys. The technology enables on-air features such as speed displays, puck tracking graphics (reminiscent of the FoxTrax graphics utilized in the late 1990s by previous U.S. national NHL broadcaster Fox, developed by Sportvision), and marker graphics hovering above players. Using the system, NBC and Sportsnet both showcased some tracking data on their respective broadcasts, while NBC also offered a secondary broadcast of the game via its digital platforms to showcase expanded real-time statistics and other information. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman stated during All-Star weekend that the league planned to deploy the system to all 31 NHL arenas prior to the start of the 2019–20 NHL season.

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