2015 NHL All-Star Game

The 2015 National Hockey League All-Star Game was an exhibition ice hockey game played on January 25, 2015. The game was held in Columbus, Ohio, for the first time, at Nationwide Arena, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The team captains were chosen by NHL Hockey Operations: Nick Foligno of the All-Star Game-hosting Blue Jackets served as captain for the home team, and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks served for the away team. Team Toews won the game 17–12, as the teams and players broke a variety of All-Star Game scoring records.
Columbus was originally scheduled to host the All-Star Game on January 27, 2013. The game was postponed two years, first because of the 2012–13 NHL lockout and then due to the league's participation in the 2014 Winter Olympics tournament.
== Fan voting ==
On January 1, 2015, six players were voted into the All-Star Game over seven weeks of online voting. Five Chicago Blackhawks players were voted in: forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook and goaltender Corey Crawford. The only player voted in as a member of a different team was forward Zemgus Girgensons of the Buffalo Sabres, who was the most voted overall due to a campaign in his native Latvia.
Players voted into the All-Star Game
Nat.	# 	Player	Team 	Pos.	Votes
 	28	 	Buffalo Sabres 	C 	1,574,896
 	88	 	Chicago Blackhawks	RW 	1,232,201
 	19	 	Chicago Blackhawks	C 	1,217,210
 	2 	 	Chicago Blackhawks	D 	1,198,173
 	50	 	Chicago Blackhawks	G 	1,099,504
 	7 	 	Chicago Blackhawks	D 	1,016,992
==Rosters==
Peter Laviolette of the Nashville Predators and Darryl Sutter of the Los Angeles Kings were named coaches for the game on January 9, 2015. On January 14, 2015, the league announced the captains for the game would be Jonathan Toews and Nick Foligno. Being a player for the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets, Foligno's team was the home team. Drew Doughty and Patrick Kane served as alternate captains for Team Foligno while Ryan Getzlaf and Rick Nash served the same role for Team Toews.
A draft to select teams was held two days prior to the game, on January 23, 2015. The captains and alternate captains from each team sat together and selected players throughout 18 rounds. In past years, the last player picked would receive a new car; during this draft, the final two picks Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Filip Forsberg were voted onto their teams by online fan voting and as a result, both players received 2015 Honda Accords. The rules during the draft required all goaltenders to have been selected by the end of the 10th round and all defensemen by the end of the 15th.
 Team Foligno (Home)
Entry	Nat.	Player	Team 	Pos.	#
C 	 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	LW 	71
A 	 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	RW 	88
A 	 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	D 	8
1 	 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	C 	19
3 	 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	D 	2
5 	 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	C 	11
7 	 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	C 	91
9 	 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	RW 	81
11 	 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	G 	31
13 	 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	C 	28
15 	 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	D 	33
17 	 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	G 	29
19 	 	 	St. Louis Blues 	G 	1
21 	 	 	San Jose Sharks 	D 	88
23 	 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	LW 	27
23 	 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	LW 	26
25 	 	 	St. Louis Blues 	D 	22
27 	 	 	Ottawa Senators 	RW 	6
29 	 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	RW 	17
31 	 	 	Arizona Coyotes 	D 	23
33 	 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	C 	28
35 	 	 	Washington Capitals 	LW 	8
36 	 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	C 	93
 Team Toews (Away)
Entry	Nat.	Player	Team 	Pos.	#
C 	 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	C 	19
A 	 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	C 	15
A 	 	 	New York Rangers 	LW 	61
2 	 	 	Dallas Stars 	C 	91
4 	 	 	Nashville Predators	D 	6
6 	 	 	Philadelphia Flyers	RW 	93
8 	 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	G 	50
10 	 	 	New York Islanders 	C 	91
12 	 	 	Florida Panthers 	G 	1
14 	 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	D 	7
16 	 	 	St. Louis Blues 	RW 	91
18 	 	 	Boston Bruins 	C 	37
20 	 	 	New York Islanders 	G 	41
22 	 	 	Calgary Flames 	LW 	13
22 	 	 	Ottawa Senators 	LW 	68
24 	 	 	Florida Panthers 	D 	5
26 	 	 	New Jersey Devils 	C 	26
28 	 	 	Minnesota Wild 	D 	20
30 	 	 	Calgary Flames 	D 	5
32 	 	 	Carolina Hurricanes	D 	27
36 	 	 	Nashville Predators	C 	9
===Rookies===
The rookies only competed in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday, Jan. 24, with the exception of Ekblad, Forsberg and Gaudreau, who were promoted to the All-Star Game as injury replacements.
All-Star Skills Competition Rookies
Nat.	Player	Team 	Pos.	Num.
 	 	Calgary Flames 	LW 	13
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	LW 	26
 	 	Nashville Predators	C 	9
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	LW 	68
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning	LW 	27
 	 	Florida Panthers 	D 	5
===Withdrawn===
thumb|200px|right|alt=Sidney Crosby in a black home Penguins jersey and black helmet with a clear shield covering his eyes|A lower-body injury led Sidney Crosby to miss a fifth-straight All-Star Game.
Prior to the draft, seven players withdrew due to injuries. Only six of seven withdrawn players were replaced by the beginning of the All-Star weekend, leaving an uneven number of players to compete in the All-Star Game. Ultimately, it was Team Toews who had one less player after the draft. Although Sidney Crosby originally did not have a replacement named, it was later decided that skills competition rookie Johnny Gaudreau would take his spot in the game. Three withdrawn players were eventually replaced by rookies who were originally slated to only participate in the skills competitions, while four others were replaced by other NHL players assigned to the Game by the league. The day of the game, Tyler Johnson withdrew due to a lower-body injury; although already having been selected to Team Toews, a replacement was not named and the team's roster remained reduced by two players.
All-Star Game Withdrawn Players
Nat.	Name	Team 	Pos.	Reason and replacement 	Reason and replacement
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	LW 	Broken leg, replaced by Jiri Sekac 	
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	G 	Groin injury, replaced by Marc-Andre Fleury 	
 	 	Nashville Predators 	G 	Sprained knee, replaced by Jaroslav Halak 	
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	G 	Groin injury, replaced by Brian Elliott 	
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	C 	Lower-body injury, replaced by Filip Forsberg 	
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	C 	Lower-body injury, replaced by Johnny Gaudreau	
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	D 	Lower-body injury, replaced by Aaron Ekblad 	
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	C 	Lower-body injury, no replacement 	
==Uniforms==
For the first All-Star Game in three years, Reebok sought to do something a bit different. Instead of traditional color designs, Reebok chose to incorporate a color they referred to as "elite green" as the primary trim color of their uniforms for this game. The color had been in use on the inside collars of the Reebok Edge jersey, but this marked its first (and, to date, only) use as a visible uniform color. Following on the use of chromed logos in the 2014 NHL Stadium Series, the NHL shields on the front of the All-Star uniforms were also given a chrome treatment, with two stars added inside the NHL shield to represent the two conferences (despite the game not using a conference format).
==Game summary==
thumb|200px|right|John Tavares (c. 2013) scored four goals for Team Toews, becoming the sixth player in NHL history to do so in an All-Star Game.|alt=John Tavares in a white away New York Islanders jersey leaning forward and holding his hockey stick
thumb|200px|right|Jakub Voracek had three goals and three assists for Team Toews, tying a record for most points (6) in an All-Star Game.|alt=Jakub Voracek in a white away Philadelphia Flyers jersey with a white helmet on and holding his hockey stick
The game was played from 5pm until 8pm, local Eastern Time. It was broadcast nationally in Canada on CBC and in the United States on NBCSN. Locksley, Fall Out Boy and O.A.R. performed before the game and during intermissions one and two, respectively. Columbus Blue Jackets anthem singer Leo Welsh sang a bilingual version of the Canadian national anthem while Jo Dee Messina sang the American national anthem. The referees for the game were Chris Rooney and Chris Lee, while Tony Sericolo and Steve Miller served as linesman.
Team Toews won the game by a score of 17–12, setting a new record for most goals by a team in an All-Star Game, surpassing the previous record of 16 set in the 1993 game by the Wales Conference team. Every skater on the winning team recorded at least one point during the game. The two teams combined for a total of 29 goals, besting the previous record of 26 set in the 2001 game between teams North America and World. Another record broken was the number of second period goals, as the 11 total goals was one higher than the previous record of 10, achieved four times (most recently in 2009). At the end of the game, Ryan Johansen of the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets won the most valuable player award by result of an online fan vote.
New York Islanders captain John Tavares scored four goals, becoming only the sixth player in All-Star game history to score that many in a game, and the first since Dany Heatley in 2003. Jakub Voracek of the Philadelphia Flyers scored six points (three goals and three assists) which tied a record set by Mario Lemieux. A record was also broken for quickest back-to-back goals by Minnesota Wild defenseman Ryan Suter and Flyers' captain Claude Giroux, after they scored eight seconds apart.
Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary
Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st period: Roberto Luongo (Team Toews) vs. Carey Price (Team Foligno) 	1st period: Roberto Luongo (Team Toews) vs. Carey Price (Team Foligno) 	1st period: Roberto Luongo (Team Toews) vs. Carey Price (Team Foligno) 	1st period: Roberto Luongo (Team Toews) vs. Carey Price (Team Foligno) 	1st period: Roberto Luongo (Team Toews) vs. Carey Price (Team Foligno)
Foligno 	Radim Vrbata (1) 	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1) 	03:09 	1–0 Foligno
Toews 	Ryan Getzlaf (1) 	Vladimir Tarasenko (1) and Justin Faulk (1) 	06:33 	1–1 Tie
Toews 	Jakub Voracek (1) 	Jonathan Toews (1) and Aaron Ekblad (1) 	09:51 	2–1 Toews
Foligno 	Ryan Johansen (1) 	Nick Foligno (1) and Kevin Shattenkirk (1) 	11:05 	2–2 Tie
Toews 	Patrice Bergeron (1) 	Tyler Seguin (1) and Patrik Elias (1) 	12:17 	3–2 Toews
Foligno 	Kevin Shattenkirk (1) 	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2) and Radim Vrbata (1) 	14:48 	3–3 Tie
Foligno 	Ryan Johansen (2) 	Alexander Ovechkin (1) and Dustin Byfuglien (1) 	16:24 	4–3 Foligno
Toews 	John Tavares (1) 	Patrice Bergeron (1) and Aaron Ekblad (2) 	19:03 	4–4 Tie
2nd period: Corey Crawford (Team Toews) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (Team Foligno)	2nd period: Corey Crawford (Team Toews) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (Team Foligno)	2nd period: Corey Crawford (Team Toews) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (Team Foligno)	2nd period: Corey Crawford (Team Toews) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (Team Foligno)	2nd period: Corey Crawford (Team Toews) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (Team Foligno)
Toews 	Ryan Suter (1) 	Vladimir Tarasenko (2) and Tyler Seguin (2) 	00:24 	5–4 Toews
Foligno 	Claude Giroux (1) 	Patrick Kane (1) 	00:32 	5–5 Tie
Toews 	Tyler Seguin (1) 	Ryan Getzlaf (1) and Vladimir Tarasenko (3) 	01:22 	6–5 Toews
Foligno 	Steven Stamkos (1) 	Duncan Keith (1) 	02:27 	6–6 Tie
Toews 	Rick Nash (1) 	Jonathan Toews (2) and Jakub Voracek (1) 	04:08 	7–6 Toews
Toews 	Filip Forsberg (1) 	Johnny Gaudreau (1) and Patrik Elias (2) 	05:56 	8–6 Toews
Toews 	John Tavares (2) 	Patrice Bergeron (2) and Justin Faulk (2) 	08:16 	9–6 Toews
Toews 	Jakub Voracek (2) 	Jonathan Toews (3) and Aaron Ekblad (3) 	09:22 	10–6 Toews
Foligno 	Nick Foligno (1) 	Ryan Johansen (1) and Alexander Ovechkin (2) 	11:59 	10–7 Toews
Foligno 	Steven Stamkos (2) 	Bobby Ryan (1) 	16:35 	10–8 Toews
Toews 	John Tavares (3) 	Patrice Bergeron (3) 	19:00 	11–8 Toews
3rd period: Jaroslav Halak (Team Toews) vs. Brian Elliott (Team Foligno) 	3rd period: Jaroslav Halak (Team Toews) vs. Brian Elliott (Team Foligno) 	3rd period: Jaroslav Halak (Team Toews) vs. Brian Elliott (Team Foligno) 	3rd period: Jaroslav Halak (Team Toews) vs. Brian Elliott (Team Foligno) 	3rd period: Jaroslav Halak (Team Toews) vs. Brian Elliott (Team Foligno)
Toews 	Rick Nash (2) 	Mark Giordano (1) and Jakub Voracek (2) 	01:29 	12–8 Toews
Foligno 	Patrick Kane (1) 	Claude Giroux (1) and Drew Doughty (1) 	02:15 	12–9 Toews
Toews 	John Tavares (4) 	Patrice Bergeron (4) and Brent Seabrook (1) 	06:13 	13–9 Toews
Toews 	Jakub Voracek (3) 	Jonathan Toews (4) and Aaron Ekblad (4) 	07:30 	14–9 Toews
Foligno 	Bobby Ryan (1) 	Steven Stamkos (1) and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1) 	08:23 	14–10 Toews
Toews 	Tyler Seguin (2) 	Vladimir Tarasenko (4) and Shea Weber (1) 	09:26 	15–10 Toews
Foligno 	Patrick Kane (2) 	Brent Burns (1) and Claude Giroux (2) 	13:09 	15–11 Toews
Toews 	Jonathan Toews (1) 	Ryan Suter (1) 	14:21 	16–11 Toews
Toews 	Filip Forsberg (2) 	Johnny Gaudreau (2) and Jakub Voracek (3) 	16:40 	17–11 Toews
Foligno 	Brent Burns (1) 	Alexander Ovechkin (3) and Ryan Johansen (2) 	18:20 	17–12 Toews
Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary	Penalty summary
Period 	Team 	Player 	Penalty 	Time 	PIM
1st 	None 	None 	None 	None 	None
2nd 	None 	None 	None 	None 	None
3rd 	None 	None 	None 	None 	None
Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period
Team 	1 	2 	3 	Total 	
 	16 	16 	15 	47 	
 	17 	18 	10 	45 	
Power play opportunities	Power play opportunities
Team 	Goals/Opportunities
Toews 	0/0
Foligno 	0/0
MVP selection	MVP selection	MVP selection
Team 	Player 	Statistics
Foligno 	Ryan Johansen	2 Goals, 2 Assists
=== Records set ===
The following records were set or tied during the game:
* Most goals by a single team: 17, Team Toews (previously 16)
* Most goals scored in total: 29 (previously 26)
* Most goals in a single period: 11 (previously 10)
* Most goals in a single period by one team: 7, Team Toews, 2nd period (tied with Team Wales, 1990, 1st period)
* Most goals by a single player: 4, John Tavares (tied with Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Vincent Damphousse, Mike Gartner and Dany Heatley)
* Most points by a single player: 6, Jakub Voracek (tied with Mario Lemieux)
* Fastest back-to-back goals
* Fastest 3 goals scored
* Fastest 4 goals scored
== References ==
==External links==
*2015 NHL Draft official website
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