2019 All-Star Game Wrap Up
5 years ago
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 opens up the scoring. John Gibson is used to a poor defensive effort in front of him, but he couldn’t stop this one.
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.
Gibson finally makes a save after allowing 7 goals on 9 shots and the San Jose crowd lets Gibson hear it.
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
Mat Barzal feeds Sidney Crosby and he opens the scoring with a sweet shot down the middle.
Steven Stamkos goes some skill going between the legs to score to make it 2-2. What a goal.
Kris Letang is a defenceman you’d expect to score on a breakaway and he does.
Central All Stars vs. Metropolitan All Stars
Barzal scores with a sick shot that beats Devan Dubnyk.
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.
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