NHL All-Star Skills Competition 2024

Last Modified Feb 3, 2024 17:27 GMT
NHL All-Star Skills Competition 2024
NHL All-Star Skills Competition

The NHL All-Star Skills Competition is the event before the night of the main NHL All-Star game. Through this event, the players showcase their talents to their fans and earn prizes for their efforts.

Formed in the NHL All-Star game in 1990, this event comprises various categories in which the players compete with each other. These categories included accuracy shooting, breakaway challenge, fastest skater, hardest shot, breakaway relay, elimination shootout and elite women’s 3x3 hockey. All these categories provide the players with a chance to show their skills to their fans and increase their popularity in the process.

NHL All-Star Skills Competition Results 2024

PlacePlayerRound 1Round 2Round 3Total
1Connor McDavid1501025
2Cale Makar111820
3Auston Matthews84618
4William Nylander75416
5Mathew Barzal112.5013.5
6J.T. Miller7.52.5212
7Elias Pettersson100X10
8Nathan MacKinnon70X7
9David Pastrnak4.5XX4.5
9Leon Draisaitl 4.5XX4.5
10Quinn Hughes4XX4
11Nikita Kucherov0.5XX0.5

NHL All-Star Skills Competition Round-by-Round Winner

Final: Obstacle Course Winner— Connor McDavid

PlacePlayerResult (Seconds)Points
1Connor McDavid40.60610
2Cale Makar43.4358
3Auston Matthews47.2716
4William Nylander49.0654
5J.T. Miller49.3512
6Mathew Barzal1:16.8500

Round 2: One-on-One Results — William Nylander

PlacePlayerResult (Points)Points
1William Nylander95
2Auston Matthews74
3J.T. Miller62.5
3Mathew Barzal62.5
5Cale Makar41
6Connor McDavid30
6Elias Pettersson30
8Nathan MacKinnon20

Round 1: Fastest Skater Winner — Connor McDavid

PlacePlayerResult (Seconds)Points
1Connor McDavid13.4085
2Mathew Barzal13.5194
3Quinn Hughes14.0883
4Cale Makar14.0892
5William Nylander14.1641

One Timers Result— Nathan MacKinnon

PlacePlayerResult (Points)Points
1Nathan MacKinnon235
2David Pastrnak223.5
3Leon Draisaitl223.5
4Elias Pettersson202
5Nikita Kucherov190.5
6J.T. Miller190.5
7Mathew Barzal160
8Auston Matthews150

Passing Challenge Result— Elias Pettersson

PlacePlayerResult (Points) Points
1Elias Pettersson255
2Cale Makar234
3Mathew Barzal213
4Auston Matthews192
5William Nylander161
6Quinn Hughes150
7Nathan MacKinnon130
8Leon Draisaitl120
9Connor McDavid100
10J.T. Miller70
11Nikita Kucherov50

Hardest Shot Result— Cale Makar

PlacePlayerResult (MPH)Points
1Cale Makar102.565
2J.T. Miller102.344
3Elias Pettersson98.403
4Auston Matthews96.222
5David Pastrnak95.271

Stick Handling Result— Connor McDavid

PlacePlayerResult (Seconds)Points
1Connor McDavid25.7555
2Mathew Barzal26.9294
3William Nylander27.2323
4Nathan MacKinnon27.7152
5Leon Draisaitl28.6771
6Quinn Hughes29.0380
7Elias Pettersson29.5260
8David Pastrnak38.4880
9Nikita Kucherov44.1780

Accuracy Shooting Result— Connor McDavid

PlacePlayerResult (Seconds)Points
1Connor McDavid9.1585
2Auston Matthews9.3414
3J.T. Miller13.5873
4William Nylander14.0992
5Quinn Hughes14.8151
6Nathan MacKinnon15.9580
7Nikita Kucherov16.4600
8Cale Makar19.0690
9David Pastrnak19.6700
10Leon Draisaitl46.0890

Changes in the 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition

The NHL has changed the format for the NHL All-Star Skill Competition in 2024. For this year, there will be 12 players who will compete in multiple events. One overall winner will be determined after the event.

First, these 12 players will compete in 4 of the first 6 events. These events include Fastest Skater, Stick Handling, Hardest Shot, Accuracy Shooting, Passing Challenge and One timers. Based on the points scored, the top eight winners will advance to the seventh event, One-on-One The top six winners will proceed to the final event, Obstacle Course, from which the overall winner will be declared.

These are the 12 players for the skills challenge as chosen by fans voting.

Players Teams
David Pastrnak (RW)Boston Bruins
Nathan MacKinnon (C)Colorado Avalanche
Cale Makar (D)Colorado Avalanche
Connor McDavid (C)Edmonton Oilers
Leon Draisaitl (C)Edmonton Oilers
Mathew Barzal (F)New York Islanders
Nikita Kucherov (RW)Tampa Bay Lightning
Auston Matthews (C)Toronto Maple Leafs
William Nylander (RW)Toronto Maple Leafs
Quinn Hughes (D)Vancouver Canucks
J.T. Miller (F)Vancouver Canucks
Elias Pettersson (F)Vancouver Canucks

Accuracy Shooting

Inaccuracy shooting, there are four targets connected to the four sides of a goal. The competing players have to hit these four targets in the fastest time possible. These are the players participating in the accuracy shooting in 2024.

Competitors Teams
Leon Draisaitl (C)Edmonton Oilers
Quinn Hughes (D)Vancouver Canucks
Nikita Kucherov (RW)Tampa Bay Lightning
Nathan MacKimmon (C)Colorado Avalanche
Cale Makar (D)Colorado Avalanche
Auston Matthews (C)Tampa Bay Lightning
Connor McDavid (C)Edmonton Oilers
J.T. Miller (F)Vancouver Canucks
William Nylander (RW)Toronto Maple Leafs
David Pastrnak (RW)Boston Bruins

Notably, Brock Nelson won this event in 2023 with 4/4 in 12.419 seconds.

Fastest Skater

This event consists of a designated course within the rink. The aim of the competitors is to race each other to reach the end line first. The competitor who completes one lap earliest is the fastest skater.

These are the players competing in the event in 2024.

Competitors Teams
Mathew Barzal (F)New York Islanders
Quinn Hughes (D)Vancouver Canucks
Cale Makar (D)Colorado Avalanche
Connor McDavid (C)Edmonton Oilers
William Nylander (RW)Toronto Maple Leafs

Notably, Andrei Svechnikov won this event in 2023 in 13.699 seconds.

Hardest Shot

In this event, the competitors have to hit as hard as they can.

These are the competitors in the event.

Competitors Teams
Cale Makar (D)Colorado Avalanche
Auston Matthews (C)Toronto Maple Leafs
J.T. Miller (F)Vancouver Canucks
David Pastrnak (RW)Boston Bruins
Elias Pettersson (F)Vancouver Canucks

Elias Pettersson won this event in 2023 with a shot of 103.2 mph.

One Timers

In this event, the competitors will have to slapshot a teammate’s pass without controlling the puck on their stick.

The competitors for this event are:

Competitors Teams
Mathew Barzal (F)New York Islanders
Leon Draisaitl (C)Edmonton Oilers
Nikita Kucherov (RW)Tampa Bay Lightning
Nathan MacKinnon (C)Colorado Avalanche
Auston Matthews (C)Toronto Maple Leafs
J.T. Miller (F)Vancouver Canucks
David Pastrnak (RW)Boston Bruins
Elias Pettersson (F)Vancouver Canucks

Passing Challenge

The Passing Challenge will see the competitors pass the puck to different targets, nets and courses as fast as possible.

The competitors in this competition are:

Competitors Teams
Mathew Barzal (F)New York Islanders
Leon Draisaitl (C)Edmonton Oilers
Nikita Kucherov (RW)Tampa Bay Lightning
Nathan MacKinnon (C)Colorado Avalanche
Auston Matthews (C)Toronto Maple Leafs
J.T. Miller (F)Vancouver Canucks
Cale Makar (D)Colorado Avalanche
Connor McDavid (C)Edmonton Oilers
J.T. Miller (F)Vancouver Canucks
Elias Pettersson (F)Vancouver Canucks
William Nylander (RW)Toronto Maple Leafs

Stick Handling

The stick handling event will involve the competitors controlling their puck through a series of pucks.

The competitors for this challenge include

Competitors Teams
Mathew Barzal (F)New York Islanders
Leon Draisaitl (C)Edmonton Oilers
Nikita Kucherov (RW)Tampa Bay Lightning
Nathan MacKinnon (C)Colorado Avalanche
Connor McDavid (C)Edmonton Oilers
William Nylander (RW)Toronto Maple Leafs
David Pastrnak (RW)Boston Bruins
Elias Pettersson (F)Toronto Maple Leafs
Quinn Hughes (D)Vancouver Canucks

One-on-One

This is the seventh event. The players with the top eight points from the previous six events will advance to this event. In this event, there are 8 goaltenders. The 8 players can choose which goaltender they want to shoot against.

The goaltenders for 2024 Skills Challenge are:

Goaltenders Teams
Sergei Bobrovsky Florida Panthers
Thatcher Demko Vancouver Canucks
Alexander Georgiev Colorado Avalanche
Connor Hellebuyck Winnipeg Jets
Jake Oettinger Dallas Stars
Igor Shesterskin New York Rangers
Jeremy Swayman Boston Bruins
Cam Talbot Los Angeles Kings

Obstacle Course

This is the final event of the skills competition in the 2024 NHL All-Stars game. Only the top six points earning players from the previous seven events can advance to this event. For this event, the points will be doubled. The last remaining competitor will be declared the overall winner of the 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition and will be rewarded with $1 million.

FAQ's on NHL All-Star Skills Competition

A. The 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition will be held on February 2, 2024.

A. The 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition has 8 events for the participants.

A. The new events in the 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition include the One timers, Stick Handling and Passing Challenge.

A. Elias Pettersson won the hardest shot event in 2023 with a speed of 103.2 mph.

A. Andrei Svechnikov became the fastest skater in 2023 in 13.699 seconds. 

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