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Final results: The 2024 NHL All-Star Skills competition

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The NHL is hosting the All-Star Skills competition at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena tonight. The event is airing live on ESPN and Sportsnet at 7 pm.

The 2024 Skills competition will see 12 All-Stars compete in eight separate skills challenges. The top eight point-earners will then advance to compete in the Honda NHL Shootout. Two players will be eliminated after that and the remaining six will battle it out in a final Pepsi NHL Obstacle Course.

The 12 players participating in the Skills Competition include:

  • David Pastrnak
  • Nathan MacKinnon
  • Cale Makar
  • Connor McDavid
  • Leon Draisaitl
  • Mathew Barzal
  • Nikita Kucherov
  • Auston Matthews
  • William Nylander
  • Quinn Hughes
  • JT Miller
  • Elias Pettersson

The new format fully explained is here. Please note: Tom Wilson will be watching and not participating.

The following are the results as they happened live.

Player assignments

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Fastest Skater

Event 1

Connor McDavid: 13.408 seconds (5 points)
Mathew Barzal: 13.519 seconds (4 points)
Quinn Hughes: 14.088 seconds (3 points)
Cale Makar: 14.089 seconds (2 points)
William Nylander: 14.164 seconds (1 points)

Connor McDavid wins the Fastest Skater event and takes the early lead in the Skills Competition.

One Timers

Event 2

Shooters get four points if they hit the top shelf, three points if they get the corners, and two if it goes in. Sidney Crosby is passing to all left-handed shooters while Connor Bedard is passing to the righties.

Nathan MacKinnon: 23 points (5 points)
David Pastrnak: 22 points (3.5 points)
Leon Draisaitl: 22 points (3.5 points)
Elias Pettersson: 20 points (2 points)
Nikita Kucherov: 18 points (0.5 point)
JT Miller 18 points (0.5 point)
Mathew Barzal: 17 points
Auston Matthews: 15 points

Nathan MacKinnon wins the One Timers event. Connor McDavid and David Pastrnak lead the overall skills standings with 5 points each.

Passing Challenge

Event 3

Elias Pettersson: 25 points (5 points)
Cale Makar: 23 points (4 points)
Mathew Barzal: 21 points (3 points)
Auston Matthews: 19 points (2 points)
William Nylander: 16 points (1 point)
Quinn Hughes: 15 points
Nathan MacKinnon: 13 points
Leon Draisaitl: 12 points
Connor McDavid: 10 ponts
JT Miller: 7 points
Nikita Kucherov: 5 points (he didn’t appear to try and got booed by Toronto fans)

Elias Pettersson wins the Passing Challenge. Petterson and Barzal lead the overall skills standings with seven points each.

Hardest Shot

Event 4

Cale Makar: 102.56 MPH (first attempt) 101.41 MPH (second attempt) (5 points)
JT Miller: 102.34 MPH (first attempt) 96.46 MPH (second attempt) (4 points)
Elias Pettersson: 98.40 MPH (first attempt) 97.43 MPH (second attempt) (3 points)
Auston Matthews: 96.22 MPH (second attempt) 90.73 MPH (first attempt) (2 points)
David Pastrnak: 95.27 MPH (second attempt) 93.28 MPH (first attempt) (1 point)

Cale Makar wins the Hardest Shot competition. Makar now leads the overall skills standings with 11 points. Pettersson has 10 while Barzal has 7.

Stick Handling

Event 5

Connor McDavid: 25.755 seconds (5 points)
Mathew Barzal: 26.929 seconds (4 points)
William Nylander: 27.272 seconds (3 points)
Nathan MacKinnon: 27.715 seconds (2 points)
Leon Draisaitl: 28.677 seconds (1 point)
Quinn Hughes: 29.038 seconds
Elias Pettersson: 29.526 seconds
David Pastrnak: 38.488 seconds (misses his shot from right outside the crease and had to chase it)
Nikita Kucherov: 44.178 seconds (is not trying again and getting booed by fans)

Connor McDavid wins the Stick Handling event. It’s his second event won this evening. Makar and Barzal lead the overall skills standings with 11 points. McDavid and Pettersson sit tied for third with 10 points.

Accuracy Shooting

Event 6

Connor McDavid: 9.158 seconds (5 points)
Auston Matthews: 9.341 seconds (4 points)
JT Miller: 13.587 seconds (3 points)
William Nylander: 14.099 seconds (2 points)
Quinn Hughes: 14.815 seconds (1 point)
Nathan MacKinnon: 15.958 seconds
Nikita Kucherov: 16.460 seconds
Cale Makar: 19.069 seconds
David Pastrnak: 19.670 seconds
Leon Draisaitl: 46.089 seconds (Draisaitl pumps his fist sarcastically as he finishes)

Connor McDavid wins the Accuracy Shooting competition. It’s his third event won on the evening. McDavid now leads with 15 points. Makar and Barzal have 11. David Pastrank, Leon Draisailt, Quinn Hughes, and Nikita Kucherov are eliminated.

One on One

Event 7

The goaltender who makes the most saves will get a $100,000 check. Two more players are cut after this event.

William Nylander: 9 points vs Cam Talbot (5 points)
Auston Matthews: 7 points vs Thatcher Demko (4 points)
JT Miller: 6 points vs Jeremy Swayman (2.5 points)
Mathew Barzal: 6 points vs Igor Shesterkin (2.5 points)
Cale Makar: 4 points vs Connor Hellebucyk (1 point)
Elias Pettersson: 3 points vs Jake Oettinger
Connor McDavid: 3 points vs Alexandar Georgiev
Nathan MacKinnon: 2 points vs Sergei Bobrovsky

William Nylander wins the One on One event. Alexandar Georgiev makes 9 of 11 saves on McDavid and gets the $100k.

Nathan MacKinnon and Elias Pettersson are eliminated. Connor McDavid leads with 15 points. He’s followed by Mathew Barzal (13.5 points) and three others tied for third with 12 points: Willian Nylander, Auston Matthews, and Cale Makar.

Obstacle Course

Event 8

This is the final event of the night.

Connor McDavid: 40.606 seconds
Cale Makar: 43.435 seconds
Auston Matthews: 47.271 seconds
William Nylander: 49.065 seconds
JT Miller: 49.351 seconds
Mathew Barzal: 1:16:850 seconds

Connor McDavid wins the Obstacle course and the All-Star Skills competition, receiving the $1 million prize money. McDavid tallied 25 points on the night, beating out Cale Makar (20) and Auston Matthews (18).

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