NHL announces player assignments for 2023 all-star skills competition
The NHL has revealed the full participant list for the 2023 NHL All-Star Skills Competition, taking place Friday at the FLA Live Arena in Florida.
The competition will feature three new events, the Enterprise NHL Splash Shot, the Discover NHL Tendy Tandem and the Chipotle NHL Pitch ‘n Puck. The splash shot event will pit participants on a beach in Fort Lauderdale as they fire at targets to get their opponents wet.
For the trendy tandem challenge, a release from the NHL says “the shooting goalies will earn points based on the accuracy of their shots at the net, and the in-net goalies will face rushes of three, two or one player(s), based on the number of points earned by the shooting goalie in their tandem.”
The Pitch ‘n Puck challenge will have players shoot a combination of hockey and golf shots, with the winner being the one with the lowest score.
Here’s a look at every skill in the competition, set to take place Feb. 3 at 7:00 PM ET.
Fastest Skater
Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings
Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild
Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche
Chandler Stephenson, Vegas Golden Knights
Andrei Svechnikov, Carolina Hurricanes
Breakaway Challenge
Celebrity goaltender: Roberto Luongo
Mitchell Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs
Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby, Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins (together)
David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins
Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers
Tendy Tandem
Shooters: Alex Carpenter, Hilary Knight, Emily Clark, Rebecca Johnston, Sarah Nurse
Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets
Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators
Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers
Stuart Skinner, Edmonton Oilers
Ilya Sorokin, New York Islanders
Logan Thompson, Vegas Golden Knights
Linus Ullmark, Boston Bruins
Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning
Splash Shot
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
Mikko Rantanen, Colorado Avalanche
Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche
Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers
Adam Fox, New York Rangers
Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa Senators
Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers
Accuracy Shooting
Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers
Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers
Kevin Hayes, Philadelphia Flyers
Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils
Nazem Kadri, Calgary Flames
Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Brock Nelson, New York Islanders
Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers
Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues
Pitch ‘n Puck
Johnny Gaudreau, Columbus Blue Jackets
Clayton Keller, Arizona Coyotes
Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars
Nick Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens
Hardest Shot
Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres
Seth Jones, Chicago Blackhawks
Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets
Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks