LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The National Hockey League announced player assignments for the 2022 NHL All-Star Skills event that features three Vegas Golden Knights participants.
Seven events will showcase hockey’s top talent on Friday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT (ESPN, Sportsnet, TVA Sports) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Highlighting the 2022 NHL All-Star Skills are two new events that will bring NHL All-Stars and their skills front and center on the Las Vegas Strip: The Discover NHL Fountain Face-Off will take place on the world-famous Fountains of Bellagio and the Las Vegas NHL 21 in ’22 will take place on Las Vegas Boulevard.
Five events return for this year’s edition of the NHL All-Star Skills: Verizon NHL Fastest Skater, Dunkin’ NHL Save Streak, EA SPORTS NHL Hardest Shot, adidas NHL Breakaway Challenge (for the first time since 2016), and Honda NHL Accuracy Shooting.
The individual winner of each event of the 2022 NHL All-Star Skills will earn $30,000.
Verizon NHL Fastest Skater
Participants
—Chris Kreider, NYR
—Adrian Kempe, LAK
—Kyle Connor, WPG
—Evgeny Kuznetsov, WSH
—Jordan Kyrou, STL
—Dylan Larkin, DET
—Cale Makar, COL
—Connor McDavid, EDM
Dunkin’ NHL Save Streak
Participants
—Jack Campbell, TOR
—Andrei Vasilevskiy, TBL
—Frederik Andersen, CAR
—Tristan Jarry, PIT
—Cam Talbot, MIN
—Juuse Saros, NSH
—Thatcher Demko, VAN
—John Gibson, ANA
Discover NHL Fountain Face-Off
Participants
—Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA
—Claude Giroux, PHI
—Jordan Eberle, SEA
—Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson
—Roman Josi, NSH
—Nick Suzuki, MTL
—Zach Werenski, CBJ
—Mark Stone, VGK
EA SPORTS NHL Hardest Shot
Participants
—Adam Pelech, NYI
—Timo Meier, SJS
—Victor Hedman, TBL
—Tom Wilson, WSH
adidas NHL Breakaway Challenge
Participants
Goalies: Manon Rhéaume & Wyatt Russell
Kirill Kaprizov, MIN
Trevor Zegras, ANA
Jack Hughes, NJD
Alex DeBrincat, CHI
Alex Pietrangelo, VGK
Las Vegas NHL 21 in ’22
Participants
—Nazem Kadri, COL
—Auston Matthews, TOR
—Joe Pavelski, DAL
—Steven Stamkos, TBL
—Brady Tkachuk, OTT
Honda NHL Accuracy Shooting
Participants
—Four passers, including Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson
—Leon Draisaitl, EDM
—Clayton Keller, ARI
—Rasmus Dahlin, BUF
—Sebastian Aho, CAR
—Jake Guentzel, PIT
—Troy Terry, ANA
—Johnny Gaudreau, CGY
—Patrice Bergeron, BOS
—Jonathan Marchessault, VGK
The 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend marks the first time NHL All-Star activities takes place in Las Vegas.
The NHL All-Star Game starts at 12 p.m. on Saturday and airs on ABC Ch. 13. Then on Sunday at noon, the NFL Pro Bowl airs on ABC Ch. 13. Both games are followed by special editions of 13 Action News.
