2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game


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 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 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. 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 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

PlayerTeamDivisionTime
Connor McDavidEdmonton OilersPacific13.378
Jack EichelBuffalo SabresAtlantic13.582
Mathew BarzalNew York IslandersMetropolitan13.780
Miro HeiskanenDallas StarsCentral13.914
Elias PetterssonVancouver CanucksPacific13.930
Cam AtkinsonColumbus Blue JacketsMetropolitan14.152
Kendall CoyneUSA National TeamN/A14.346
Clayton KellerArizona CoyotesPacific14.526

Puck Control Play

PlayerTeamDivisionTime
Johnny GaudreauCalgary FlamesPacific27.045
Patrick KaneChicago BlackhawksCentral28.611
Claude GirouxPhiladelphia FlyersMetropolitan30.270
Mark ScheifeleWinnipeg JetsCentral32.161
Gabriel LandeskogColorado AvalancheCentral33.425
John TavaresToronto Maple LeafsAtlantic35.210
Jeff SkinnerBuffalo SabresAtlantic35.407
Elias PetterssonVancouver CanucksPacific43.622

Save Streak

PlayerTeamDivisionDivision FacedSave Streak
Henrik LundqvistNew York RangersMetropolitanAtlantic12
Andrei VasilevskiyTampa Bay LightningAtlanticMetropolitan8
Devan DubnykMinnesota WildCentralPacific7
Marc-Andre FleuryVegas Golden KnightsPacificCentral6
John GibsonAnaheim DucksPacificCentral3
Jimmy HowardDetroit Red WingsAtlanticMetropolitan2
Pekka RinneNashville PredatorsCentralPacific2
Braden HoltbyWashington CapitalsMetropolitanAtlantic2

Premier Passer

PlayerTeamDivisionTime
Leon DraisaitlEdmonton OilersPacific69.088
Sebastian AhoCarolina HurricanesMetropolitan78.530
Ryan O'ReillySt. Louis BluesCentral85.897
Keith YandleFlorida PanthersAtlantic94.611
Thomas ChabotOttawa SenatorsAtlantic100.568
Roman JosiNashville PredatorsCentral107.128
Erik KarlssonSan Jose SharksPacific118.824
Mikko RantanenColorado AvalancheCentral137.379

Hardest Shot

Accuracy Shooting

PlayerTeamDivisionTime
David PastrnakBoston BruinsAtlantic11.309 seconds
Kris LetangPittsburgh PenguinsMetropolitan12.693 seconds
Drew DoughtyLos Angeles KingsPacific13.591 seconds
Joe PavelskiSan Jose SharksPacific14.423 seconds
Blake WheelerWinnipeg JetsCentral18.585 seconds
Nikita KucherovTampa Bay LightningAtlantic19.706 seconds
Kyle PalmieriNew Jersey DevilsMetropolitan20.209 seconds
Auston MatthewsToronto Maple LeafsAtlantic35.626 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, Gabriel Landeskog, Kris Letang and Leon Draisaitl —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, Todd Reirden of the Washington Capitals, Paul Maurice of the Winnipeg Jets, and Bill Peters of the Calgary Flames.

Eastern Conference

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 Chad Brownlee performed the Canadian national anthem while singer 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, 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, 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.