Hockey’s brightest stars are headed to the Six.
The 2024 NHL All-Star Game is being held in Toronto this weekend and will feature several new twists. From an All-Star Player Draft to a new skills competition format, the NHL is shaking things up for this year’s festivities.
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Here is everything to know for the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend.
This year’s events will be held from Thursday, Feb. 1, to Saturday, Feb. 3.
All-Star Weekend will be held at Scotiabank Arena, home of the Toronto Maple Leafs. This is the city’s first time hosting the All-Star Game since 2000 and its ninth time overall.
NHL All-Star Thursday begins at 6 p.m. ET and features the NHL All-Star Player Draft.
The 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition begins at 7 p.m. ET on Feb. 2 and the 2024 NHL All-Star Game will commence at 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 3.
U.S. viewers can watch the 2024 NHL All-Star Game on ABC and ESPN+. NHL All-Star Thursday and the All-Star Skills Competition will be on ESPN and ESPN+.
The NHL All-Star Game is actually three games.
Teams will square off in three-on-three games with 10-minute halves. If the game is tied after 20 minutes, it will go directly to a three-round shootout with extra rounds as necessary to determine a winner.
The winners of the first two games return to the ice for a final contest to determine the NHL All-Star Game winner.
This year’s NHL All-Star Game will feature a unique All-Star Player Draft.
The competition is broken down into four teams, each with a captain, assistant captain and celebrity captain. Teams will draft from the remaining pool to assemble 11-player teams (nine skaters and two goalies).
Here are the captains and jersey colors for each team, along with the full list of All-Stars:
Team Matthews
Team McDavid
Team Hughes
Team MacKinnon
Other NHL All-Stars
Injured players
Jack Hughes will participate in off-ice events and is still a captain for Team Hughes but will not play in the All-Star Game due to an upper-body injury. Chicago Blackhawks rookie Connor Bedard (jaw) and Vegas Golden Knights star Jack Eichel (lower-body) will also miss out on the festivities after being named All-Stars.
The NHL revamped the All-Star Skills Competition, combining individual events into a single contest and putting a $1 million prize up for grabs.
Twelve All-Stars will compete in multiple events and earn points based on how they finish. Each player will compete in four of the first six events: fastest skater, hardest shot, stick handling, one-timers, passing challenge and accuracy shooting. First place is worth five points, second place is worth four points and so on.
The top eight players through six events will advance to the seventh: the shootout. Going from eighth place to first place, players will pick from the eight All-Star goalies one at a time and go head-to-head against them. The shootout will follow the same scoring as the first six events.
The top six players will then take on the final event: the obstacle course. The event includes all prior skills and is worth double the points: 10 points for first, eight points for second, etc.
The player with the most points in the end will skate away with the $1 million prize.
Here are the 12 players who will compete for the $1 million:
