60th National Hockey League All-Star Game

60th NHL All-Star Game

1 2 3 Total Team Toews 4 7 6 17 Team Foligno 4 4 4 12
Date	January 25, 2015
Arena	Nationwide Arena
City	Columbus, Ohio
MVP	Ryan Johansen
Attendance	18,901
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The 60th National Hockey League All-Star Game was an exhibition ice hockey game played on January 25, 2015. The game was held in Columbus, Ohio, for the first time, at Nationwide Arena, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The team captains were chosen by NHL Hockey Operations: Nick Foligno of the All-Star Game-hosting Blue Jackets served as captain for the home team, and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks served for the away team. Team Toews won the game 17–12, as the teams and players broke a variety of All-Star Game scoring records.

Columbus was originally scheduled to host the All-Star Game on January 27, 2013.^[1] The game was postponed two years, first because of the 2012–13 NHL lockout^[2] and then due to the league's participation in the 2014 Winter Olympics tournament.

Fan voting

Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks was voted into the All-Star Game and eventually selected to be a team captain.

On January 1, 2015, six players were voted into the All-Star Game over seven weeks of online voting. Five Chicago Blackhawks players were voted in: forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook and goaltender Corey Crawford. The only player voted in as a member of a different team was forward Zemgus Girgensons of the Buffalo Sabres,^[3] who was the most voted overall due to a campaign in his native Latvia.^[4]

Players voted into the All-Star Game

Nat.	#	Player	Team	Pos.	Votes
	28	Girgensons, ZemgusZemgus Girgensons	Buffalo Sabres	C	1,574,896
	88	Kane, PatrickPatrick Kane	Chicago Blackhawks	RW	1,232,201
	19	Toews, JonathanJonathan Toews	Chicago Blackhawks	C	1,217,210
	2	Keith, DuncanDuncan Keith	Chicago Blackhawks	D	1,198,173
	50	Crawford, CoreyCorey Crawford	Chicago Blackhawks	G	1,099,504
	7	Seabrook, BrentBrent Seabrook	Chicago Blackhawks	D	1,016,992

Rosters

Peter Laviolette of the Nashville Predators and Darryl Sutter of the Los Angeles Kings were named coaches for the game on January 9, 2015.^[5] On January 14, 2015, the league announced the captains for the game would be Jonathan Toews and Nick Foligno. Being a player for the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets, Foligno's team was the home team. Drew Doughty and Patrick Kane served as assistant captains for Team Foligno while Ryan Getzlaf and Rick Nash served the same role for Team Toews.^[6]

A draft to select teams was held two days prior to the game, on January 23, 2015. The captains and assistant captains from each team sat together and selected players throughout 18 rounds. In past years, the last player picked would receive a new car; during this draft, the final two picks Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Filip Forsberg were voted onto their teams by online fan voting and as a result, both players received 2015 Honda Accords. The rules during the draft required all goaltenders to have been selected by the end of the 10th round and all defensemen by the end of the 15th.^[7]

Team Foligno (Home)[8][9] Entry Nat. Player Team Pos. # C Foligno, NickNick Foligno Columbus Blue Jackets LW 71 A Kane, PatrickPatrick Kane Chicago Blackhawks RW 88 A Doughty, DrewDrew Doughty Los Angeles Kings D 8 1 Johansen, RyanRyan Johansen Columbus Blue Jackets C 19 3 Keith, DuncanDuncan Keith Chicago Blackhawks D 2 5 Kopitar, AnzeAnze Kopitar Los Angeles Kings C 11 7 Stamkos, StevenSteven Stamkos Tampa Bay Lightning C 91 2 Kessel, PhilPhil Kessel [lower-alpha 1] Toronto Maple Leafs RW 81 11 Price, CareyCarey Price Montreal Canadiens G 31 13 Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux Philadelphia Flyers C 28 15 Byfuglien, DustinDustin Byfuglien Winnipeg Jets D 33 17 Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury Pittsburgh Penguins G 29 19 Elliott, BrianBrian Elliott St. Louis Blues G 1 21 Burns, BrentBrent Burns San Jose Sharks D 88 23 Drouin, JonathanJonathan Drouin [lower-alpha 2] Tampa Bay Lightning LW 27 23 Sekac, JiriJiri Sekac [lower-alpha 2] Montreal Canadiens LW 26 25 Shattenkirk, KevinKevin Shattenkirk St. Louis Blues D 22 27 Ryan, BobbyBobby Ryan Ottawa Senators RW 6 29 Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata Vancouver Canucks RW 17 31 Ekman-Larsson, OliverOliver Ekman-Larsson Arizona Coyotes D 23 33 Girgensons, ZemgusZemgus Girgensons Buffalo Sabres C 28 35 Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin Washington Capitals LW 8 36 Nugent-Hopkins, RyanRyan Nugent-Hopkins Edmonton Oilers C 93

Team Toews (Away)[8][9] Entry Nat. Player Team Pos. # C Toews, JonathanJonathan Toews Chicago Blackhawks C 19 A Getzlaf, RyanRyan Getzlaf Anaheim Ducks C 15 A Nash, RickRick Nash New York Rangers LW 61 9 Seguin, TylerTyler Seguin [lower-alpha 1] Dallas Stars C 91 4 Weber, SheaShea Weber Nashville Predators D 6 6 Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek Philadelphia Flyers RW 93 8 Crawford, CoreyCorey Crawford Chicago Blackhawks G 50 10 Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares New York Islanders C 91 12 Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo Florida Panthers G 1 14 Seabrook, BrentBrent Seabrook Chicago Blackhawks D 7 16 Tarasenko, VladimirVladimir Tarasenko St. Louis Blues RW 91 18 Bergeron, PatricePatrice Bergeron Boston Bruins C 37 20 Halak, JaroslavJaroslav Halak New York Islanders G 41 22 Gaudreau, JohnnyJohnny Gaudreau Calgary Flames LW 13 22 Hoffman, MikeMike Hoffman [lower-alpha 2] Ottawa Senators LW 68 24 Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad Florida Panthers D 5 26 Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias New Jersey Devils C 26 28 Suter, RyanRyan Suter Minnesota Wild D 20 30 Giordano, MarkMark Giordano Calgary Flames D 5 32 Faulk, JustinJustin Faulk Carolina Hurricanes D 27 36 Forsberg, FilipFilip Forsberg Nashville Predators C 9

Rookies

Jiri Sekac of the Montreal Canadiens was selected as one of six rookies to take place in the All-Star Skills Competition.

The rookies only competed in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday, Jan. 24,^[10] with the exception of Ekblad, Forsberg and Gaudreau, who were promoted to the All-Star Game as injury replacements.^[11]

All-Star Skills Competition Rookies^[10]

Nat.	Player	Team	Pos.	Num.
	Gaudreau, JohnnyJohnny Gaudreau	Calgary Flames	LW	13
	Sekac, JiriJiri Sekac	Montreal Canadiens	LW	26
	Forsberg, FilipFilip Forsberg	Nashville Predators	C	9
	Hoffman, MikeMike Hoffman	Ottawa Senators	LW	68
	Drouin, JonathanJonathan Drouin	Tampa Bay Lightning	LW	27
	Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad	Florida Panthers	D	5

Withdrawn

A lower-body injury led Sidney Crosby to miss a fifth-straight All-Star Game.^[12]

Prior to the draft, seven players withdrew due to injuries. Only six of seven withdrawn players were replaced by the beginning of the All-Star weekend, leaving an uneven amount of players to compete in the All-Star Game. Ultimately, it was Team Toews who had one less player after the draft. Although Sidney Crosby originally did not have a replacement named, it was later decided that skills competition rookie Johnny Gaudreau would take his spot in the game. Three withdrawn players were eventually replaced by rookies who were originally slated to only participate in the skills competitions, while four others were replaced by other NHL players assigned to the Game by the league.^[7] The day of the game, Tyler Johnson withdrew due to a lower-body injury; although already having been selected to Team Toews, a replacement was not named and the team's roster remained reduced by two players.^[13]

All-Star Game Withdrawn Players^[8]

Nat.	Name	Team	Pos.	Reason and replacement
	Pearson, TannerTanner Pearson	Los Angeles Kings	LW	Broken leg, replaced by Jiri Sekac[14]
	Howard, JimmyJimmy Howard	Detroit Red Wings	G	Groin injury, replaced by Marc-Andre Fleury[15]
	Rinne, PekkaPekka Rinne	Nashville Predators	G	Sprained knee, replaced by Jaroslav Halak[15]
	Bobrovsky, SergeiSergei Bobrovsky	Columbus Blue Jackets	G	Groin injury, replaced by Brian Elliott[16]
	Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	Lower-body injury, replaced by Filip Forsberg[17]
	Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	Lower-body injury, replaced by Johnny Gaudreau[18]
	Johnson, ErikErik Johnson	Colorado Avalanche	D	Lower-body injury, replaced by Aaron Ekblad[19]
	Johnson, TylerTyler Johnson	Tampa Bay Lightning	C	Lower-body injury, no replacement[13] [lower-alpha 1]

Game summary

John Tavares scored four goals for Team Toews, becoming the sixth player in NHL history to do so in an All-Star Game.

Ryan Johansen scored two goals and assisted on two others for Team Foligno en route to winning the game's online MVP vote.

Jakub Voracek had three goals and three assists for Team Toews, tying a record for most points (6) in an All-Star Game.

The game was played from 5pm until 8pm, local Eastern Time. It was broadcast nationally in Canada on CBC and in the United States on NBCSN. Locksley, Fall Out Boy and O.A.R. performed before the game and during intermissions one and two, respectively. The referees for the game were Chris Rooney and Chris Lee, while Tony Sericolo and Steve Miller served as linesman.^[20]

Team Toews won the game by a score of 17–12, setting a new record for most goals by a team in an All-Star Game, surpassing the previous record of 16 set in the 1993 game by the Wales Conference team. Every skater on the winning team recorded at least one point during the game. The two teams combined for a total of 29 goals, besting the previous record of 26 set in the 2001 game between teams North America and World. Another record broken was amount of second period goals, as the 11 total goals was one higher than the previous record of 10, achieved four times (most recently in 2009). At the end of the game, Ryan Johansen of the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets won the most valuable player award by result of an online fan vote.^[21]

New York Islanders captain John Tavares scored four goals, becoming only the sixth player in All-Star game history to score that many in a game, and the first since Dany Heatley in 2003. Jakub Voracek of the Philadelphia Flyers scored six points (three goals and three assists) which tied a record set by Mario Lemieux. A record was also broken for quickest back-to-back goals by Minnesota Wild defenseman Ryan Suter and Flyers' captain Claude Giroux, after they scored eight seconds apart.^[21]

MVP selection

Records set

The following record were set during the game:

• Most goals by a single team: 17, Team Toews (previously 16)
• Most goals scored in total: 29 (previously 26)
• Most goals in a single period: 11 (previously 10)
• Most goals in a single period by one team: 7, Team Toews, 2nd period (tied with Team Wales, 1990, 1st period)
• Most goals by a single player: 4, John Tavares (tied with Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Vincent Damphousse, Mike Gartner and Dany Heatley)
• Most points by a single player: 6, Jakub Voracek (tied with Mario Lemieux)
• Fastest back-to-back goals
• Fastest 3 goals scored^[22]
• Fastest 4 goals scored^[22]

References

External Links

• 2015 NHL Draft official website