The NHL All-Star Game and weekend in San Jose has concluded. The Metropolitan All Stars won the 3-on-3 tournament against the Central All Stars in the finals. Let’s take a look at some of the best moments from the 3-on-3 tournament.
Central All Stars vs. Pacific All Stars
Mikko Rantanen gets the party started!
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— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) January 27, 2019
Mikko Rantanen opens up the scoring. John Gibson is used to a poor defensive effort in front of him, but he couldn’t stop this one.
Karlsson ? #SJSharks pic.twitter.com/JIMuKdezBK
— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) January 27, 2019
Connor McDavid to Erik Karlsson for the Pacific All Stars. Why can’t this be a full-time thing? Leon Draisaitl holds Gabriel Landeskog enough for Karlsson to finish on the breakaway.
The crowd gives John Gibson the Bronx cheer at the All-Star game ? #NHLAllStar pic.twitter.com/lMiCzJ2jE4
— David Nestico (@davidnestico200) January 27, 2019
Gibson finally makes a save after allowing 7 goals on 9 shots and the San Jose crowd lets Gibson hear it.
Fleury really went for it there. pic.twitter.com/ocI5UOuODV
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) January 27, 2019
Marc-Andre Fleury goes for the poke check, and, well, Ryan O’Reilly puts home the 9-1 goal for the Central All Stars.
Metropolitan All Stars vs. Atlantic All Stars
13ARZY with the primary assist on the Crosby goal.#Isles #NHLAllStar pic.twitter.com/t85VXUz0NX
— IslesBlog (@IslesBlog) January 27, 2019
Mat Barzal feeds Sidney Crosby and he opens the scoring with a sweet shot down the middle.
Stamkos between the legs Goal
2-2 pic.twitter.com/UMujyTNbgZ— Ben Mathewson (@Ben_Mathewson) January 27, 2019
Steven Stamkos goes some skill going between the legs to score to make it 2-2. What a goal.
.@Letang_58 with the go-ahead goal. pic.twitter.com/TYMPl1cETC
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) January 27, 2019
Kris Letang is a defenceman you’d expect to score on a breakaway and he does.
Central All Stars vs. Metropolitan All Stars
Metro takes the lead. pic.twitter.com/z1GCOvkwr3
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) January 27, 2019
Barzal scores with a sick shot that beats Devan Dubnyk.
HENRIK LUNDQVIST! WHAT A STOP TO KEEP THE METRO'S LED FIRMLY INTACT, LEADING TO THE EVENTUAL GLAUDE GIROUX GOAL!#NYR #LetsGoFlyers pic.twitter.com/k1ejBwXtgC
— Hockey Daily (@HockeyDaily365) January 27, 2019
Henrik Lundqvist makes a giant save to keep the Central All Stars off the board. Claude Giroux eventually gets his own rebound to put the Metropolitan All Stars up 2-0.
Random Thoughts
- 3-on-3 is an improvement on the previous format, but a 20-minute game is still too long.
- Gibson wasn’t feeling any of it.
- Pekka Rinne should have taken the hockey stick and tried to play up the ice.
- I didn’t mind Kevin Bieksa on the Sportsnet broadcast. Bieksa is more interesting than most of the ex-players that go into media.
- Gritty should have been MVP.
Only thing i really cared about was fastest skater and the 3 on 3. Real weak performances by Connor and Drai in the 3 on 3 game. What were they like -5? I hate that all the other teams looked like they were actually trying to win while the Pacific just glided around. I guess there is a reason pacific is the weakest in the league. Dissappinting considering the magic they could have made with guys like Karl, Burns and Johnny G.
What’s disappointing is Crosby winning the MVP … Please!! Give it to someone that is a little less recognized as in maybe Seth Jones, ABC …. That’s Anybody But Crosby!!
Yea, except he was the best player of the day! At least he bothered showing up and trying unlike Connor and Drai…HUGE disappointment in how those two just didn’t even bother. Though by now we shouldn’t be surprised. Their team got down early and they shut down! Typical Drai and Connor move!
Gibson was a complete joke.
I think the issue is more some guys are playing totally for fun, while guys like Crosby and Kane are playing like its the Stanley cup.
It was actually very annoying how little Draisaitl tried, McDavid too to a lesser degree. I realize it’s a meaningless game but I actually lost some respect for him after yesterday.
Relax, it’s an all star game they were probably hungover for. They should be saving the effort for games that matter.
Drai tried during the All-Star game as hard as Nurse tries during the regular season game.
Nurse plays with the intensity of a wet fart and Drai tried his best to emulate that this weekend.
Drai played like he p[lays many of his league games, half the the time with his head up where the sun don’t shine.I thinkMcDavid wanted to be humble and not show off?,or he drank same koolaide as Dria.
Maybe there is a reason the Metro has won the Stanley Cup the last 3 years running. High chance #4 in a row coming up this year too unless Lightning strikes it.
Boring. MAny of the players looked bored – disinterested. Need to find a format that gets buy-in from the players. I have no idea what that would be. But it seems, nor does anyone in the NHL…
Maybe Play a real game.
Last years cup winning team put back together vs rest of nhl all stars