NHL All-Star Skills Competition
Where: STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
When: Saturday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSN (U.S.); CBC, Sportsnet, TVA Sports (Canada)

Hollywood, baby.

The NHL's best and brightest are in Los Angeles for the 62nd edition of the All-Star Game, and Saturday night they'll take to the ice for the traditional Skills Competition.

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And it matters. The winning team will select its first opponent in Sunday's three-on-three All-Star tournament and whether its semifinal will be played first or second.

Team captains Carey Price (Atlantic Division), Sidney Crosby (Metropolitan), P.K. Subban (Central), and Connor McDavid (Pacific) have selected who will take part in each of the six events, and we break them down, list the participants - and list team rosters - below.

But before we do, a prediction: The Metro will win Saturday's Skills Competition (before it wins Sunday's All-Star three-on-three tournament). Between Crosby - participating in only his second All-Star weekend, somehow - Alex Ovechkin, Cam Atkinson (a more than deserving replacement for Evgeni Malkin), John Tavares, and Sergei Bobrovsky and Braden Holtby in goal, there's way too much talent for it to lose. It's the best division in hockey for a reason.

Skills Challenge Relay

Who doesn't love a good relay?

Seven skaters and a goalie from each team will compete in relays to kick off the competition, comprised of five challenges: one timers, passing, puck control, stick-handling, and goalie goals.

Upon the completion of a challenge, teams move on to the next one, and the squad that finishes first wins. One timers (30 seconds), passing (45 seconds), and goalie goals (30 seconds) have maximum allotted times.

The Central will face the Pacific in one heat, and the Atlantic will face the Metro in the other.

Points Available: 3

The team with the fastest time in each heat will be awarded one point, and a bonus point will be awarded to the team with the fastest time overall.

Participants

Atlantic vs. Metropolitan

• One-timers: Erik Karlsson, Vincent Trochek, Kyle Okposo vs. Seth Jones, Alex Ovechkin and Wayne Simmonds (Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonagh will serve as passers)
• Passing: Frans Nielsen vs. John Tavares
• Puck Control: Brad Marchand vs. Justin Faulk
• Stick Handling: Auston Matthews vs. Sidney Crosby
• Goalie Goals: Carey Price vs. Brayden Holtby

Central vs. Pacific

• One-timers: Duncan Keith, Ryan Suter, Vladimir Tarasenko vs. Joe Pavelski, Ryan Kesler, and Jeff Carter (Nathan Mackinnon and Bo Horvat will serve as passers)
• Passing: Jonathan Toews vs. Drew Doughty
• Puck Control: Tyler Seguin vs. Cam Fowler
• Stick Handling: Patrick Kane vs. Johnny Gaudreau
• Goalie Goals: Devan Dubnyk vs. Mike Smith

Four Line Challenge

This is a new event, and you can consider it Score-O on steroids.

Four players from each team will take part, each shooting twice. Shooter No. 1 will fire from the near blue line, shooter No. 2 from center red, shooter No. 3 from the far blue line, and shooter No. 4 from the far goal line. It's a lot harder than it sounds, though.

The first shooter, at the near blue line, has to put the puck in either the upper right or left corner of the net. Not easy. A goal equals one point.

From center, players will try to hit any of the four corners of the net. The lower corners are worth one point, the upper corners three.

From the far blue line, each corner of the net and the five-hole are available. The lower corners and five-hole are worth a point, the upper corners, five.

From the far goal line, shooters have only the five-hole to work with, and each goal is worth 10 points. Goalies can take part from back here, and should a 'tender score, that goal's worth 20 points.

One more thing: The first player to score twice from the far goal line wins a 2017 Honda CRV.

Points Available: 1 (Team with the most accumulated points in the event gets a point)

Participants

Each division will send one shooter per round; order listed as Atlantic, Metro, Central, Pacific.

• Shooter 1: Nikita Kucherov, Ryan McDonagh, Ryan Suter, Joe Pavelski
• Shooter 2: Erik Karlsson, Wayne Simmonds, Tyler Seguin, Brent Burns
• Shooter 3: Vincent Trocheck, Taylor Hall, P.K. Subban, Ryan Kesler
• Shooter 4: Shea Weber, Seth Jones, Nathan MacKinnon, Bo Horvat

Accuracy Shooting

You know how this one works: hit the 15-inch diameter targets in the corners of the net.

Here are the details:

• Two shooters and two passers from each team, four head-to-head matchups, one shooter per round
• Fastest player to hit all four targets wins
• The Atlantic will face the Metro twice, and the Pacific the Central twice
• The team that wins each matchup gets a point
• The player who hits all four targets in the fastest time earns his team a bonus point
• The player who beats Daniel Sedin's 7.3 seconds record earns his team a bonus point
• Last year, the Metro's Tavares was the fastest, nailing all four targets in 12.2 seconds

Happy shooting.

Points Available: 6

Participants

Atlantic vs. Metro

• Okposo vs. Tavares
• Matthews vs. Crosby

Central vs. Pacific

• Patrik Laine vs. McDavid
• Kane vs. Carter

Fastest Skater

This one's simple: Who can get around the sheet the fastest.

Two skaters from each team, four matchups (Atlantic vs. Metro twice, Central vs. Pacific twice), each matchup worth one point. In the event of a tie, both teams will be awarded a point.

The fastest skater on the day will earn his team a bonus point, and will then attempt to break Dylan Larkin's record of 13.172 seconds, set last year. Should that happen, another bonus point will be awarded to the player's team.

Points Available: 6

Participants

Atlantic vs. Metro

• Marchand vs. Cam Atkinson
• Kucherov vs. Simmonds

Central vs. Pacific

• Tarasenko vs. Horvat
• MacKinnon vs. McDavid

Hardest Shot

Congratulations in advance, Shea Weber.

Now representing the Atlantic Division and the Montreal Canadiens, Weber's the dude to beat. He won it last year with a 108.1 mile-per-hour rocket.

Here's the skinny:

• Two shooters from each team will go head to head
• The puck will be 30 feet from the net
• Four matchups again: Atlantic vs. Metro twice, Central vs. Pacific twice
• Winner of each matchup earns his team a point
• A bonus point will be awarded to the team with the player who wins the competition (so, the Atlantic)
• A bonus point will also be awarded if Zdeno Chara's 108.8 mph record falls

Points Available: 6

Participants

Atlantic vs. Metro

• Hedman vs. Jones
• Weber vs. Ovechkin

Central vs. Pacific

• Laine vs. Burns
• Subban vs. Doughty

Shootout

The skills competition will end with everyone's favorite skills competition - the shootout.

Here's the deal:

• Each conference's highest-scoring team in the competition will take part in this challenge
• Nine skaters and two goalies will participate, with a 10th skater as a captain's selection coming from the teams not taking part
• The scoreboard resets to zero, each goal counts as a point, and each goal scored by the captain's selection will count as two points
• Goalies switch after five shooters
• NHL shootout rules apply
• In the event of a tie after 10 shooters, it's sudden death, and captains will choose their shooters, with no restrictions on multiple attempts by the same player

Enjoy.

All-Star Rosters

Note: * indicates captain

Atlantic Division

Metropolitan Division

Central Division

Pacific Division

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