64th 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 (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.
== 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)	Speed (MPH)
	Player 	Team 	Division 	Attempt 1 	Attempt 2
	John Carlson 	Washington Capitals 	Metropolitan	102.8 mph 	100.8 mph
	Brent Burns 	San Jose Sharks 	Pacific 	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 Division
Head coach: Jon Cooper, Tampa Bay Lightning	Head coach: Jon Cooper, Tampa Bay Lightning	Head coach: Jon Cooper, Tampa Bay Lightning	Head coach: Jon Cooper, Tampa Bay Lightning	Head coach: Jon Cooper, Tampa Bay Lightning
 	Player 	Team 	 	
 	(C) 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	F 	34
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	F 	9
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	F 	86
 	 	Boston Bruins 	F 	88
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	F 	91
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	F 	91
 	~ 	Buffalo Sabres 	F 	53
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	D 	72
 	 	Florida Panthers 	D 	3
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	G 	35
 	† 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	G 	88
*~ Voted as "Last Man In".
*† Replaced Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens) due to injury.
Metropolitan Division
Head coach: Todd Reirden, Washington Capitals	Head coach: Todd Reirden, Washington Capitals	Head coach: Todd Reirden, Washington Capitals	Head coach: Todd Reirden, Washington Capitals	Head coach: Todd Reirden, Washington Capitals
 	Player 	Team 	 	
 	 	Carolina Hurricanes 	F 	20
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	F 	13
 	 	New York Islanders 	F 	13
 	* 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	F 	87
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	F 	28
 	‡ 	New Jersey Devils 	F 	21
 	 	Washington Capitals 	D 	74
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	D 	3
 	~ 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	D 	58
 	 	Washington Capitals 	G 	70
 	 	New York Rangers 	G 	30
*~ 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	Head coach: Paul Maurice, Winnipeg Jets	Head coach: Paul Maurice, Winnipeg Jets	Head coach: Paul Maurice, Winnipeg Jets	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 	G 	40
 	 	Nashville Predators 	G 	35
*~ 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 Division
Head coach: Bill Peters, Calgary Flames	Head coach: Bill Peters, Calgary Flames	Head coach: Bill Peters, Calgary Flames	Head coach: Bill Peters, Calgary Flames	Head 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 	D 	88
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	D 	8
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	D 	65
 	 	Vegas Golden Knights 	G 	29
 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	G 	36
*~ 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 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 (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 SAP and Sportvision, using microchips 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 1990's by previous U.S. national NHL broadcaster Fox, also 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 system is planned to be deployed to all 31 NHL arenas prior to the start of the 2019–20 NHL season.
==References==
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