NHL All-Star Game: Connor McDavid won the skills competition

The winner of the 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition is Connor McDavid. The Edmonton Oilers captain won the $1 million prize. McDavid dominated four of the six competitions, including the final Pepsi NHL Obstacle Course. He earned 25 points overall ahead of second-place Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche, who earned 20 points.

Twelve stars participated in the skills competition

Complete standings

1. Connor McDavid (Edmonton) 25 points, 2. Cale Makar (Colorado) 20 points, 3. Auston Matthews 18 points, 4. William Nylander (both Toronto) 16 points, 5. Mathew Barzal (NY Islanders) 13 points, 6. Miller 12 points, 7. Elias Pettersson (both Vancouver) 10 points, 8. Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado) 7 points, 9. David Pastrnak (Boston) and Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton) both equal 4.5 points, 11. Quinn Hughes (Vancouver) 4 points, 12. Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay) 0.5 points.

Disciplines and scoring format

Each player competed in four of the six disciplines, earning points based on how many times they finished in them. The top eight then advanced to the semifinal competition in the shootout.

After that, the top six with the highest overall points advanced to the ‘Obstacle Course’, where most disciplines were combined and points were doubled.

Boston’s David Pastrnak, Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl, Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov and Vancouver defenseman Quinn Hughes were eliminated after the first six events.

The fastest skater

McDavid was the fastest skater. This is the fourth time in his career that he has won this event. This time, he managed a lap time of 13.408 seconds, beating out 2020 winner Mathew Barzal of the New York Islanders, who had a time of (13.519).

NHL All-Star Game. February 2, 2024. Connor McDavid fastest skater. 🎥: Sportsnet | NHL pic.twitter.com/IcGOKhSvHG

— Nation Network Media (@NationNMedia) February 3, 2024

Shooting from the first – new discipline

Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon then won the shoot-from-the-first competition with 23 points. He trailed Leon Draisaitl and David Pastrnak, who both scored 22 points. It’s interesting to note that the Czech star originally won the shootout, but after a re-evaluation he finished 2nd.

The passing of the new discipline was produced by competitor Bedard, the No. 1 overall pick of the last draft from the Chicago Blackhawks, who is currently injured after breaking his jaw last month.

To je prostě střelec! David Pastrňák (@pastrnak96) ovládl novou soutěž, když si z voleje vystřílel hned 24 bodů! 🎯#NHLAllStar na @novasport_cz 📺 pic.twitter.com/nAupjZqPBN

— NHL Česko (@NHLcz) February 3, 2024

The hardest hitter

Colorado defenseman Cale Makar won the battle for the hardest shot, then also won the battle for the hardest shooter, firing at 165.05 kilometres per hour. After four events, Makar led the way with 11 points over overall winner McDavid, who was six points behind him at the time.

IT'S CALE MAKAR! 🗣️

The @Avalanche defender is the @Rogers @NHL Hardest Shot winner. 👏 pic.twitter.com/solttdS86v

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 3, 2024

Shooting accuracy competition

McDavid then also dominated the shooting accuracy competition and began to shuffle the standings. He knocked down four targets in 9.158 seconds. Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs was second (9.341).

Connor McDavid won the Cheetos NHL Accuracy Shooting challenge – his third win of the night – and overtook the lead on the 2024 #NHLAllStar Skills presented by DraftKings Sportsbook leaderboard.

The next round begins now. Updated #NHLStats leaderboard ➡️ https://t.co/I2wXtmOb1h https://t.co/bFxFmnXg6i

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 3, 2024

Best stick technique competition

McDavid won the best stick technique contest with a time of 25.755 seconds ahead of Barzal (26.929), moving into second place a point behind Makar.

Goaltending

The shootout was won by home Maple Leafs forward William Nylander. He was riding against Cam Talbot of the Los Angeles Kings. Alexandar Georgiev took the top goaltending spot in this competition and earned a $100,000 bonus. He was the top goalie in the 2024 All-Star Game.

Finals

After the semifinals, MacKinnon and Pettersson were eliminated and six players advanced to the finals. McDavid went into it from first place with 15 points, Barzal was second with 13.5 points and Makar, Matthews and Nylander were third with 12 points apiece.

Makar then finished second in the final event with 43.435 seconds. Third in the final event and in the overall standings was home Toronto centre Matthews with 18 points.

Source: Twitter, NHL