Sunday’s NHL All-Star Primer
(Photo: Carly Mullady)
The 2016 Honda NHL® All-Star Game will be a three-game tournament played in a 3-on-3 format.
- The tournament will feature four teams, one team representing each NHL Division: the Pacific, Central, Metropolitan and Atlantic.
- Each team is made up of 11 players from each Division: six forwards, three defensemen and two goaltenders.
- All NHL Rules apply to each game. Each game will be 20 minutes in length, with two 10-minute periods per game.
- There will be a hard whistle at the 10-minute mark of each game. At this time, teams and goalies will change ends.
- Video Review will be used to confirm all goals. NHL Hockey Operations will initiate any potential coach’s challenge reviews.
- All minor penalties will be one-minute in length. Manpower advantages during these penalties will reflect current NHL Rules, where at no time will a team have less than three players on the ice–this may require a fourth and/or fifth skater to be added.
- Games that are tied after 20 minutes will be decided by a shootout using current NHL shootout rules.
- All three games will be officiated by referees Dan O’Rourke and Ian Walsh, and linesman Jonny Murray and Vaughan Rody.
In the first game, the Atlantic Division All-Stars (wearing black) will face the Metropolitan Division All-Stars (wearing white). In the second game, the Central Division All-Stars (wearing black) will face the Pacific Division All-Stars (wearing white). The winner of each semifinal will face-off in the Final.
Game One
Atlantic
Black sweaters
Coach Gerard Gallant, Florida Panthers
Captain Jaromir Jagr, F, Florida Panthers #68, 10th appearance
Patrice Bergeron, F, Boston Bruins #37, 2nd appearance
Leo Komarov, F, Toronto Maple Leafs #47, 1st appearance
Dylan Larkin, F, Detroit Red Wings, #71, 1st appearance
Ryan O’Reilly, F, Buffalo Sabres #90, 1st appearance
Steven Stamkos, F, Tampa Bay Lightning #91, 4th appearance
Aaron Ekblad, D, Florida Panthers #5, 2nd appearance
Erik Karlsson, D, Ottawa Senators #65, 3rd appearance
P.K. Subban, D, Montreal Canadiens #76, 1st appearance
Ben Bishop, G, Tampa Bay Lightning #30, 1st appearance
Roberto Luongo, G, Florida Panthers #1, 5th appearance
Celebrity Coach: Amy Grant
Metropolitan Division
White sweaters
Coach Barry Trotz, Washington Capitals
Captain John Tavares, F, New York Islanders #91, 3rd appearance
Evgeny Kuznetsov, F, Washington Capitals #92, 1st appearance
Nicklas Backstrom, F, Washington Capitals #19, 1st appearance
Claude Giroux, F, Philadelphia Flyers #28, 4th appearance
Evgeni Malkin, F, Pittsburgh Penguins #71, 4th appearance
Brandon Saad, F, Columbus Blue Jackets #20, 1st appearance
Justin Faulk, D, Carolina Hurricanes #27, 1st appearance
Kris Letang, D, Pittsburgh Penguins #58, 3rd appearance
Ryan McDonagh, D, New York Rangers #27, 1st appearance
Braden Holtby, G, Washington Capitals #70, 1st appearance
Cory Schneider, G, New Jersey Devils #35, 1st appearance
Celebrity Coach: Vince Gill
Game Two
Central Division
Wearing black
Coach Lindy Ruff, Dallas Stars
Captain Patrick Kane, F, Chicago Blackhawks 88, 5th appearance
Jamie Benn, F, Dallas Stars #14, 2nd appearance
Matt Duchene, F, Colorado Avalanche #9, 2nd appearance
Tyler Seguin, F, Dallas Stars #91, 3rd appearance
Vladimir Tarasenko, F, St. Louis Blues #91, 2nd appearance
James Neal, F, Nashville Predators #18, 2nd appearance
Dustin Byfuglien, D, Winnipeg Jets 33, 3rd appearance
Roman Josi, D, Nashville Predators #59, 1st appearance
Shea Weber, D, Nashville Predators #6, 5th appearance
Devan Dubnyk, G, Minnesota Wild #40, 1st appearance
Pekka Rinne, G, Nashville Predators #35, 1st appearance
Celebrity Coach: Dierks Bentley
Pacific Division
Wearing white
Coach Darryl Sutter, Los Angeles Kings
Captain John Scott, F, Arizona Coyotes #28, 1st appearance
Johnny Gaudreau, F, Calgary Flames #13, 2nd appearance
Taylor Hall, F, Edmonton Oilers #4, 1st appearance
Joe Pavelski, F, San Jose Sharks #8, 1st appearance
Corey Perry, F, Anaheim Ducks, #10, 4th appearance
Daniel Sedin, F, Vancouver Canucks #22, 3rd appearance
Brent Burns, D, San Jose Sharks #88, 3rd appearance
Drew Doughty, D, Los Angeles Kings #8, 2nd appearance
Mark Giordano, D, Calgary Flames #5, 2nd appearance
John Gibson, G, Anaheim Ducks #36, 1st appearance
Jonathan Quick, G, Los Angeles Kings #32, 2nd appearance
Celebrity coach: Chris Young
The winners of the first and second games will play the third and final game for a $1 million Grand Prize.
