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2024 NHL All-Star Game weekend: Live stream, TV, draft, skills competition, rosters
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are hosting the NHL All-Star Game for the first time since 2000, and the look will be more traditional.
Friday's All-Star skills competition is a prime example. The last two skills competitions in Florida and Vegas gave us pitch and puck golf, a dunk tank , a game of 21 featuring players shooting pucks at oversized cards and an event at the Fountains of Bellagio.
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This year will go back to the basics: shooting, skating, passing, breakaways and stickhandling. The 12-player competition has a winner-take-all $1 million prize.
Saturday's All-Star Game will remain a four-team, 3-on-3 tournament, as it has been since 2016. But the NHL is going back to having captains choose their teams in a draft, last done in 2015 . That will be held Thursday.
Here's everything to know about the NHL All-Star weekend:
Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, left, and Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid will be two of the four captains at this weekend's NHL All-Star Game in Toronto.
When and where is the NHL All-Star Game weekend?
The NHL All-Star events will run from Thursday, Feb. 1, to Saturday, Feb. 3, at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena. Captains will pick the teams in the All-Star draft at 6 p.m. ETon Thursday. The skills competition will be at 7 p.m. ETon Friday. The 3-on-3 NHL All-Star Game will be at 3 p.m. ETon Saturday.
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How can I watch the NHL All-Star Game weekend?
The All-Star draft will be shown on ESPN2. The skills competition will be shown on ESPN. The All-Star Game will be shown on ABC.
How can I live-stream the NHL All-Star Game weekend?
ESPN+will live-stream the events. They also can be viewed on streaming services that carry ESPN and ABC. ESPN+ will also show the NHL Alumni Man of the Year award and the Professional Women's Hockey League 3-on-3 Showcase, which follow Thursday's draft.
Who are the four teams for the NHL All-Star Game?
Team Hughes (All-Star Appearance)
F 6 Brock Boeser , VAN (2nd)
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F 7 Brady Tkachuk , OTT (4th)
F 9 J.T. Miller , VAN (1st)
F 40 Elias Pettersson , VAN (4th) (A)
D 43 Quinn Hughes , VAN (2nd) (C)
F 63 Jesper Bratt , NJD (1st)
F 77 Frank Vatrano , ANA (1st)
F 81 Kyle Connor , WPG (2nd)
F 86 Nikita Kucherov , TBL (5th)
G 35 Thatcher Demko , VAN (2nd)
G 39 Cam Talbot , LAK (2nd)
Head coach:Rick Tocchet, VAN (2nd)
Celebrity captain:Michael Bublé
Team Matthews (All-Star appearance)
F 9 Filip Forsberg , NSH (2nd)
F 9 Clayton Keller , ARI (4th)
F 13 Mathew Barzal , NYI (3rd)
F 16 Mitch Marner , TOR (3rd)
F 16 Vincent Trocheck , NYR (2nd)
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F 34 Auston Matthews , TOR (5th) (C)
D 44 Morgan Rielly , TOR (1st) (A)
F 88 William Nylander , TOR (1st)
F 93 Alex DeBrincat , DET (2nd)
G 29 Jake Oettinger , DAL (1st)
G 31 Igor Shesterkin , NYR (2nd)
Head Coach: Jim Montgomery, BOS (2nd)
Celebrity Captain: Justin Bieber
Team MacKinnon (All-Star appearance)
D 8 Cale Makar , COL (3rd) (A)
F 11 Travis Konecny , PHI (2nd)
F 20 Sebastian Aho , CAR (3rd)
F 22 Oliver Bjorkstrand , SEA (1st)
F 23 Elias Lindholm , VAN (1st)
F 29 Nathan MacKinnon , COL (5th) (C)
F 43 Tom Wilson , WSH (2nd)
F 87 Sidney Crosby , PIT (6th)
F 97 Kirill Kaprizov , MIN (3rd)
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G 1 Jeremy Swayman , BOS (1st)
G 40 Alexandar Georgiev , COL (1st)
Head coach:Rick Bowness, WPG (1st)
Celebrity captain:Tate McRae
Team McDavid (All-Star appearance)
F 13 Sam Reinhart , FLA (1st)
F 14 Nick Suzuki , MTL (3rd)
F 18 Robert Thomas , STL (1st)
D 26 Rasmus Dahlin , BUF (3rd)
F 29 Leon Draisaitl , EDM (5th) (A)
F 38 Boone Jenner , CBJ (1st)
F 48 Tomas Hertl , SJS (2nd)
F 88 David Pastrnak , BOS (4th)
F 97 Connor McDavid , EDM (7th) (C)
G 37 Connor Hellebuyck , WPG (4th)
G 72 Sergei Bobrovsky , FLA (2nd)
Head coach:Peter Laviolette, NYR (4th)
Celebrity captain:Will Arnett
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Who will take part in the NHL All-Star skills competition?
Pastrnak, Bruins; MacKinnon and Makar, Avalanche ; Draisaitl and McDavid, Oilers ; Barzal, Islanders; Kucherov, Lightning; Matthews and Nylander, Maple Leafs; Pettersson, Quinn Hughes and Miller, Canucks
Note: Barzal will take the place of injured Jack Hughes
What is the format for the skills competition?
Instead of everyone competing, 12 skaters will take part in four of six events: fastest skater, hardest shot, stickhandling, one-timers, passing challenge and accuracy shooting. Five points are awarded to the winner of each event down to zero for whoever finishes sixth.
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The top eight skaters will take part in a shootout challenge and can choose the goalie they face. After that event, the top remaining six will take part in an obstacle course, worth twice the number of points. The skater with the most points at the end of the night will receive $1 million.
What are the assignments for the skills competition?
Fastest skater: Nylander, Hughes, Makar, Barzal, McDavid
One-timers: Pettersson, MacKinnon, Draisaitl, Kucherov, Miller, Matthews, Barzal, Pastrnak
Passing challenge:MacKinnon, Nylander, Makar, Barzal, Miller, Kucherov, Hughes, McDavid, Pettersson, Matthews, Draisaitl
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Hardest shot:Matthews, Makar, Pastrnak, Miller, Pettersson
Stickhandling: Hughes, McDavid, Pettersson, Kucherov, Draisaitl, MacKinnon, Pastrnak, Barzal, Nylander
Accuracy:Kucherov, Makar, McDavid, Hughes, Miller, Pastrnak, MacKinnon, Nylander, Draisaitl, Matthews
What is the format for the NHL All-Star Game?
Team MacKinnon will face Team McDavid in the first 20-minute three-on-three game Saturday (3 p.m. ET, ABC), followed by Team Hughes vs. Team Matthews in the second game. The teams will change sides and goalies at the 10-minute mark. Tie games will be decided by shootouts. The winners will meet in the finale for a winner-take-all, $1 million prize.
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Who are the coaches for the NHL All-Star Game?
The NHL named Laviolette, Montgomery, Bowness and Tocchet as All-Star Game coaches. Those four were leading their respective divisions in winning percentage at the halfway point of the season. Laviolette is coaching for the fourth time, Montgomery and Tocchet their second and Bowness is making his All-Star coaching debut.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NHL All-Star Game 2024 schedule: Live stream, rosters, skills contests
