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| Enterprise Center,St. Louis | |||
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| January 25, 2020 | |||
| Game one | Atlantic 9 – Metropolitan 5 | ||
| Game two | Pacific 10 – Central 5 | ||
| Game three | Pacific 5 – Atlantic 4 | ||
| MVP | David Pastrnak (Atlantic) | ||
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The2020 National Hockey League All-Star Game was held on January 25, 2020, at theEnterprise Center inSt. Louis, the home of theSt. Louis Blues.[1] The city previously hosted theNHL All-Star Game in1970 and1988 at the formerSt. Louis Arena. For the fifth year, the All-Star Game used a 3-on-3 format, with teams representing each of the league's four divisions competing in a single-elimination tournament.
The Pacific All-Stars won the All-Star Game after defeating the Atlantic All-Stars in the final, 5–4.[2]David Pastrnak of theBoston Bruins, representing the Atlantic, was named the Most Valuable Player after recording a total of four goals and two assists over the course of both the Atlantic's 9–5 semifinal win over the Metropolitan team and their loss in the final to the Pacific team.[3]
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| 2020 All-Star Skills Competition | |
 Full replay (NBCSN's feed) on the NHL's official YouTube channel | |
| Fastest Skater (Sportsnet's feed) on Sportsnet's official YouTube channel | |
| Save Streak (Sportsnet's feed) on Sportsnet's official YouTube channel | |
| Accuracy Shooting (Sportsnet's feed) on Sportsnet's official YouTube channel | |
| Hardest Shot (Sportsnet's feed) on Sportsnet's official YouTube channel | |
| Shooting Stars (Sportsnet's feed) on Sportsnet's official YouTube channel |
TheNHL All-Star Skills Competition was held on the night before on January 24.[1] The Fastest Skater, Save Streak, Accuracy Shooting, and Hardest Shot events made their return. A new event, the Shooting Stars, also made its debut, featuring players shooting pucks from an elevated 30-foot (9.1 m) platform behind the goal towards targets on the ice.[4]
The winners of the five skills events were:[5]
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| Elite Women's 3-on-3 game | |
| NBCSN's feed on the NHL's official YouTube channel | |
| Sportsnet's feed on Sportsnet's official YouTube channel |
| January 24, 2020 | Canadian All-Stars | 2–1 | American All-Stars | Enterprise Center | ||||
| 00:54 –Rebecca Johnston (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 02:25 –Melodie Daoust (1) | Second period | Hilary Knight (1) – 04:24 | ||||||
| No period | Third period | No period | ||||||
| Ann-Renee Desbiens 15 saves / 16 shots | Goalie stats | Alex Cavallini 14 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
As in the previous four All-Star Games, captaincy of each division was determined by a fan vote, with the 2020 vote running from November 30 to December 20, 2019.[7] On December 21, the four captains were announced by the NHL.Connor McDavid of theEdmonton Oilers was selected to captain thePacific Division for the fourth straight year.Nathan MacKinnon of theColorado Avalanche was selected for theCentral Division for the second straight year (MacKinnon was selected but did not play in the 2019 game). First time captainDavid Pastrnak of theBoston Bruins was picked for theAtlantic Division.[8]Alexander Ovechkin of theWashington Capitals was selected for theMetropolitan Division for the third straight year, but for the second consecutive year he has opted to abstain from the game to rest.[9] Most of the rest of the rosters were announced on December 30. Fans were further invited from January 1 to January 10, 2020 to vote for an additional "Last Man In" player for each division.[10] The "Last Men In" elected wereMitch Marner of theToronto Maple Leafs (Atlantic),T. J. Oshie of the Washington Capitals (Metropolitan),David Perron of theSt. Louis Blues (Central), andQuinn Hughes of theVancouver Canucks (Pacific).[11]
On January 3, the head coaches were announced, chosen from the team in each division with the highest points percentage through January 2, roughly the regular season's halfway point:Bruce Cassidy of theBoston Bruins (Atlantic),Todd Reirden of the Washington Capitals (Metropolitan),Craig Berube of the St. Louis Blues (Central), andGerard Gallant ofVegas Golden Knights (Pacific).[12] Since then, the Golden Knights fired Gallant on January 15 following the team's under-performance; the league announced one day later that his replacement in the all-star game would beRick Tocchet of theArizona Coyotes, who were first in Pacific on that day.[13]
Honorary captains were also named for each of the four divisions: Actors and St. Louis nativesJon Hamm (Metropolitan) andJenna Fischer (Atlantic), and former Blues playersBrett Hull (Central) andWayne Gretzky (Pacific).[14]
Referees named to work the All-Star Game wereFrancois St-Laurent and Justin St. Pierre, and linesmanMichel Cormier and Bryan Pancich.
TheAnaheim Ducks were not represented by anyone due toJakob Silfverberg, the Ducks' selection for the game, being excused for the birth of his child.
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| 2020 NHL All-Star Game | |
| Full replay (NBC's feed) on the NHL's official YouTube channel | |
| Every goal of the Metropolitan vs. Atlantic Semifinal (Sportsnet's feed) on Sportsnet's official YouTube channel | |
| Every goal of the Pacific vs. Central Semifinal (Sportsnet's feed) on Sportsnet's official YouTube channel | |
| Every goal of the Pacific vs. Atlantic Final (Sportsnet's feed) on Sportsnet's official YouTube channel |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Metropolitan | 5 | ||||||||
| Atlantic | 9 | Atlantic | 4 | ||||||
| Pacific | 10 | Pacific | 5 | ||||||
| Central | 5 | ||||||||
| January 25, 2020 | Metropolitan | 5–9 | Atlantic | Enterprise Center | ||||
| 02:13 –John Carlson (1) 03:38 –Nico Hischier (1) 05:29 –T. J. Oshie (1) 06:04 –Seth Jones (1) | First period | David Pastrnak (1) – 00:26 Shea Weber (1) – 00:49 Anthony Duclair (1) – 06:20 David Pastrnak (2) – 08:28 | ||||||
| 02:50 – Nico Hischier (2) | Second period | Jonathan Huberdeau (1) – 04:48 Victor Hedman (1) –en – 05:47 Anthony Duclair (2) – 06:07 David Pastrnak (3) –en – 09:05 Anthony Duclair (3) –en – 09:29 | ||||||
| No period | Third period | No period | ||||||
| Braden Holtby 5 saves / 9 shots Tristan Jarry 8 saves / 11 shots | Goalie stats | Frederik Andersen 5 saves / 9 shots Andrei Vasilevskiy 6 saves / 7 shots | ||||||
| January 25, 2020 | Pacific | 10–5 | Central | Enterprise Center | ||||
| 02:12 –Matthew Tkachuk (1) 02:59 –Leon Draisaitl (1) 04:42 –Tomas Hertl (1) 09:06 –Quinn Hughes (1) | First period | Mark Scheifele (1) – 05:09 David Perron (1) – 07:04 Patrick Kane (1) – 07:18 Tyler Seguin (1) – 09:39 | ||||||
| 00:46 – Leon Draisaitl (2) 02:42 – Matthew Tkachuk (2) 03:34 – Leon Draisaitl (3) 04:45 – Tomas Hertl (2) 07:06 – Tomas Hertl (3) 08:56 – Tomas Hertl (4) | Second period | Patrick Kane (2) – 01:37 | ||||||
| No period | Third period | No period | ||||||
| Jacob Markstrom 3 saves / 7 shots David Rittich 9 saves / 10 shots | Goalie stats | Jordan Binnington 8 saves / 12 shots Connor Hellebuyck 10 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| January 25, 2020 | Atlantic | 4–5 | Pacific | Enterprise Center | ||||
| 00:24 –Victor Hedman (2) 01:29 –Jonathan Huberdeau (2) 09:13 –David Pastrnak (4) | First period | Max Pacioretty (1) – 06:05 | ||||||
| 03:15 –Tyler Bertuzzi (1) 07:24 –Tomas Hertl (5) | Second period | Elias Pettersson (1) – 01:37 Leon Draisaitl (4) – 01:44 Elias Pettersson (2) – 05:04 | ||||||
| No period | Third period | No period | ||||||
| Frederik Andersen 8 saves / 9 shots Andrei Vasilevskiy 7 saves / 11 shots | Goalie stats | Jacob Markstrom 4 saves / 7 shots David Rittich 3 saves / 4 shots | ||||||
The All-Star uniforms were unveiled on January 8. Like the previous season, each player's respective team logo is featured on the front, but this time they are only rendered in one team color (e.g. the Boston Bruins logo is only rendered in gold instead of black and gold). The striping patterns also added to the front and sleeves to the uniforms are meant to resemble amusical staff to honor themusic of St. Louis.[16]
This year's NHL Fan Fair, featuring various fan activities during All-Star Weekend, was held between Thursday, January 23 and Sunday, January 26 atUnion Station.[17]
The rock bandO.A.R. performed during a concert outside the Enterprise Center prior to the All-Star Skills Competition.[18] The rock bandGreen Day also gave an outdoor concert prior to the All-Star Game and then performed during the second intermission.[when?][19]
Awolnation performed during the player introductions before the game. Blues superfan Laila Anderson introduced the Blues during player introductions. Canadian country music singerTenille Townes sang the Canadian national anthem while retired St. Louis Blues anthem singer Charles Glenn sang the U.S. national anthem.[20]
The All-Star Game and Skills Competition was broadcast in the United States byNBC andNBCSN, respectively. In Canada, both the All-Star Game and skills competition was broadcast in English on bothCBC andSportsnet (under theHockey Night in Canada banner), and onTVA Sports in French.[7] With the 2021 game being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which would force the NHL to suspend the remainder of the season, this was the last All-Star Game to air on NBC.
As with the 2019 All-Star Game, the league continued testing its new player and puck tracking systems. The league had planned to deploy this technology to all 31 NHL arenas prior to the start of the season, but a change to its primary technology partner has delayed full league-wide implementation until the playoffs.[21][22]
The league also experimented with itsdigitally enhanced dasherboards, first used at the2016 World Cup of Hockey, for the digital replacement of advertising on the rink boards on selected camera shots. Nine localized feeds were available (expanded from four during the World Cup), including Canada English, Canada French, the United States, as well as the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Finland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and world feeds. The goal is to eventually deploy this technology for all NHL telecasts, for the benefit of its national and regional broadcasters.[23][24]
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| 2020 NHL All-Star Skills onYouTube | |
| 2020 NHL All-Star Game onYouTube |
