SAN JOSE, Calif. — Avalanche teammates Mikko Rantanen along with Gabe Landeskog combined for eight goals and five assists in their two games in Saturday night’s NHL All-Star championship game.
But it was Sidney Crosby who was the MVP with four assists in 2 games on precisely exactly the identical ice in which he won the Conn Smythe Trophy and Stanley Cup three decades ago for Pittsburgh.
Crosby had three assists and two goals, and Henrik Lundqvist pitched a shutout to lead the Metropolitan Division to a victory over the Central Division in the tournament round.
Lundqvist stopped 11 of 13 shots in his two games to give the Metropolitan Division its title in four decades of this three-on-three All-Star format along with the $1 million prize shared by the winners of this four-team championship championship.
Mathew Barzal of this New York Islanders additional 2 goals and three assists in the final game.
Rantanen had two goals and Landeskog inserted one for the Central. Landeskog completed with four goals and 3 assists, while Rantanen had four goals and 2 assists.
Colorado teammate Nathan MacKinnon sat out that of the games with a bruised foot. He also attended the festivities, but to avoid a one-game suspension.
Crosby assisted on Barzal’s target against Devan Dubnyk just 22 minutes to the championship game and then made it 5-0 in the final seconds of the first half off a pass by Barzal. Crosby also assisted on Pittsburgh teammate Kris Letang’s goal in the first half and helped seal the game in the second half which made it 6-2 with a goal.
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Lundqvist made big saves against Landeskog and Claude Giroux in the period after winning the streak contest from the skills challenge.
The very first time the All-Star game came to San Jose in 1997, hometown favourite Owen Nolan restricted the night by phoning his shot and pointing to the spot where he completed a hat trick which thrilled the Shark Tank.
Fans didn’t need as much to cheer for in the return, even though their three All-Stars started to the ice for the Pacific. Even the Central blitzed the Pacific ancient for the first win in four decades in this arrangement, scoring seven goals on nine shots against John Gibson from the first half of this interval in a 10-4 victory.
Gibson, who plays with the rival Anaheim Ducks, drew derisive chants from the fans who predicted for Vegas’ Marc-Andre Fleury to shoot over.
“Anytime you perform it’s rivalry and the lovers take it personally. That’therefore what makes it fun,”” Gibson said. “You’re at All-Star sport and also you &rsquo. Stuff’s going to happen. ”
Landeskog had a hat trick and an assist and Roman Josi had a target and three assists for the Central.
Pekka Rinne and Dubnyk united to stop 23 of 27 shots with Dubnyk providing one of the biggest highlights using a glove store that redeemed Connor McDavid onto a breakaway.
Even the Metropolitan Division won 7-4 thanks to the semifinal to a purpose by Letang with 3:38 to play. Sebastian Aho added an insurance plan minutes after Braden Holtby ceased John Tavares in close.
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