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There is a competitive aspect to the NHL All-Star Game that makes for an entertaining and thrilling exhibition of hockey.The league has taken the exciting three-on-three aspect of regular-season overtime hockey and used it as the basis of the All-Star Game Darren Helm Jersey , which will be played Saturday night in San Jose, California. The three-on-three tournament between the All-Stars from the Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central and Pacific Divisions gets underway at 8 p.m. ET, and it will be televised by NBC.The broadcast marks the first time the NHL All-Star Game returns to prime-time network televisionsince 1997.The game will also be live streamed at NBCSports.com.The tournament consists of two 20-minute semifinal games. The Atlantic Division All-Stars will meet their Metropolitan Division counterparts, and the Central Division All-Stars will square off against the Pacific Division representatives.The two winners will meet in another 20-minute championship game.Each team has a roster that includes nine skaters and two goalies. The Atlantic and Central teams have seven forwards and two defensemen, while the Metropolitan and Pacific teams have six forwards and three defensemen.Similar to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, all teams have at least one representative. Atlantic DivisionAll-Star appearances presented parenthetically.F Jack Eichel, BUF (second)F Nikita Kucherov, TBL (third)F Auston Matthews, TOR (third)F Jeff Skinner, BUF (second)F David Pastrnak, BOS (first)F Steven Stamkos, TBL (sixth)F John Tavares, TOR (sixth)D Thomas Chabot, OTT (first)D Keith Yandle, FLA (third)G Jimmy Howard, DET (second)G Andrei Vasilevskiy, TBL (second)The Atlantic Division team is led by the league's leading scorer in Nikita Kucherov, who comes into the All-Star break with with 22 goals and 56 assists. His sleight of hand with the puck allows him to make some amazing passes, and he should have an excellent chance to show off his skills.Tampa Bay Lightning teammate Steven Stamkos has powered home 26 goals and 31 assists http://www.officialredwings.com/authentic-adidas-dylan-larkin-jersey , and he has one of the hardest shots in the NHL. David Pastrnak leads the Bruins with 27 goals and 29 assists, and he has an opportunity to create a number of highlight-reel plays with his speed and quick release.The Toronto Maple Leafs are represented by Auston Matthews and John Tavares, while Jack Eichel and Jeff Skinner are both representing the Buffalo Sabres.Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Lightning and the Detroit Red Wings' Jimmy Howard will share the goaltending assignment, while Thomas Chabot of the Ottawa Senators and Keith Yandle of the Florida Panthers will play defense for the Atlantic Division.The Tampa Bay stars may give this division a chance, but the Chabot-Yandle blue-line combination may not measure up to the those on the three other rosters.Metropolitan DivisionF Sebastian Aho, CAR (first)F Cam Atkinson, CBJ (second)F Mathew Barzal, NYI (first)F Sidney Crosby, PIT (fourth)F Claude Giroux, PHI (sixth)F Kyle Palmieri, NJD (first)D John Carlson, WSH (first)D Seth Jones, CBJ (second)D Kris Letang, PIT (fifth)G Braden Holtby, WSH (fourth)G Henrik Lundqvist, NYR (fifth)The Metropolitan All-Star team would include league-leading goal scorer Alex Ovechkin, but the 37-goal scorer pulled out. The Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals have lost seven games in a row coming into the All-Star break, and the team has looked fatigued in recent games. Captain Ovechkin may need the rest, and he will also have to sit out the Caps' first game after the break as a result of his choice.Washington goalie Braden Holtby and defenseman John Carlson are both participating. Holtby has a 17-12-3 record with a surprisingly high 3.11 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage. Carlson is one of the best offensive defensemen in the league, and he has eight goals and 39 assists.Longtime New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist will play in his fifth All-Star game. Lundqvist has a 15-12-7 record with a 3.01 GAA and a .908 save percentage.Sidney Crosby is likely to take on a key role, as he has long been considered the best player in the league. That title is under threat from Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers Frans Nielsen Jersey Kids , but Crosby has scored 21 goals and 36 assists this term. Crosby will be joined by Pittsburgh Penguins teammate Kris Letang, who will play on the blue line.Mathew Barzal of the New York Islanders has 14 goals and 31 assists, and he has taken over as that team's big-play maker since Tavares left the team as a free agent for the Maple Leafs last summer.Cam Atkinson has scored 27 goals and 21 assists for the Columbus Blue Jackets, while defenseman Seth Jones gets his second opportunity to play in the All-Star Game. He has seven goals and 22 assists this season.The Metropolitan team may not have the firepower to compare with the other All-Star teams. Central DivisionF Patrick Kane, CHI (eighth)F Nathan MacKinnon, COL (third)F Ryan O'Reilly, STL (second)F Mikko Rantanen, COL (first)F Mark Scheifele, WPG (first)F Blake Wheeler, WPG (second)F Gabriel Landeskog, COL (first)D Miro Heiskanen, DAL (first)D Roman Josi, NSH (second)G Devan Dubnyk, MIN (third)G Pekka Rinne, NSH (third)The Central Division team is led by Mikko Rantanen of the Colorado Avalanche, who is the league's second-leading scorer behind Kucherov. Rantanen is bull strong, and that allows him to hold on to the puck鈥攅ven when he's being checked. He also has excellent passing skills and a fine shot. Rantanen has scored 23 goals and 51 assists.Linemate Nathan MacKinnon joins Rantanen, and he has scored 27 goals and 44 assists. Few players in the league can match MacKinnon when it comes to flat-out speed and skating around the defense.Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks is playing in his eighth All-Star Game. While the Blackhawks have struggled badly and are in last place in the Central, Kane has scored 29 goals and 42 assists this year.Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele of the Winnipeg Jets bring plenty of offense to the Central team. Wheeler, a solid three-zone player, has nine goals and 52 assists Gordie Howe Jersey , while Scheifele has netted 25 goals and added 34 assists.Defenseman Roman Josi of the Nashville Predators has earned one of the key blue-line spots along with Miro Heiskanen of the Dallas Stars.Josi excels at handling the puck and going deep in the offensive zone to make a play. Josi has scored eight goals and 28 assists, while Heiskanen has nine goals and 11 assists, including three game-winning goals.Pekka Rinne of Nashville and Devan Dubnyk of the Minnesota Wild are the Central goaltenders. Rinne has an 18-12-3 mark and a 2.47 GAA along with a .915 save percentage. Dubnyk has a 20-16-3 record, a 2.57 GAA and a .913 save percentage.The Central team looks strong in all areas and should have an excellent chance of performing well in this format.Pacific DivisionF Johnny Gaudreau, CGY (fifth)F Clayton Keller, ARI (first)F Connor McDavid, EDM (third)F Joe Pavelski, SJS (third)F Elias Pettersson, VAN (first)F Leon Draisaitl, EDM (first)D Brent Burns, SJS (sixth)D Drew Doughty, LAK (fifth)D Erik Karlsson, SJS (sixth)G Marc-Andre Fleury, VGK (fourth)G John Gibson, ANA (second)It may be hard to top the Pacific Division roster when it comes to star power, as this team features McDavid and Johnny Gaudreau of the Calgary Flames. McDavid is the fastest player in the league and is probably its best player.McDavid has scored 29 goals and 44 assists, and his 73 points mean he's tied for third in scoring with Gaudreau. The Flames winger'squickness, ability to handle the puck in tight spaces and shoot the puck accurately is without peer.McDavid's partner with the Oilers is Leon Draisaitl, and those two will team up in the All-Star Game. Draisaitl has 27 goals and 34 assists, and he excels at finding open teammates and setting them up with excellent scoring opportunities.With the San Jose Sharks hosting the game, hometown heroes Joe Pavelski Authentic Gustav Nyquist Jersey , Brent Burns and Erik Karlsson should all play key roles. Burns is probably the most explosive offensive defenseman in the league, and he has nine goals and 46 assists this term. He has scored four game-winning goals, and five of his markers have come on the power play.Pavelski has scored 27 goals 18 assists, and he is connecting on 20.8 percent of his shots. Karlsson, the longtime Senator blueliner, has taken some time to get used to his new surroundings. However, he appears to have made progress, and he has three goals and 40 assists this campaign.Marc-Andre Fleury of the Vegas Golden Knights will share the goaltending duties with John Gibson of the Anaheim Ducks.Look for the Pacific Division team, with McDavid, Gaudreauand three Sharks, to triumph. WINNIPEG, Manitoba — With the way the Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers have been playing lately, there’s a very good chance the 1980s could break out at Bell MTS Place Thursday night.All that will be missing will be the classic battles between Wayne Gretzky and Dale Hawerchuk.The Jets have won six of their last seven games, including a 6-3 triumph over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, a game in which they took a 4-0 lead, let up on the gas temporarily and then finished off the win with an empty-net marker. They have scored 13 goals in the past two games, including none from sniper Patrik Laine.Article continues below ...At one point late in the first period, the Jets led the Blackhawks 14-0 in shots.The Oilers, meanwhile, come to town having won seven of their last eight games, including an impressive 6-4 road victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. They have also been lighting the lamp in ’80s fashion of late Womens Henrik Zetterberg Jersey , including seven times in a victory over Minnesota last week.Perhaps most importantly, they are an impressive 8-2-1 since Ken Hitchcock assumed the reins behind the bench last month from Todd McLellan.The 66-year-old Hitchcock, who was coaxed out of retirement by the Oilers, is happy with his team’s turnaround — they’re in the thick of the Western Conference’s wild-card race just a couple of weeks after sitting near the cellar of the Pacific Division — but he’s still not satisfied. “We’re going to need more contributions from more people if we expect to be a playoff team,” he said following Tuesday’s game. “We’re going to push in that direction.”And the Jets are going to push back, particularly when other teams end up in the penalty box.They have struck gold six times in the last two games with the man advantage, improving their efficiency to 30.3 percent, and reestablishing it as the top power play in the league. In fact, defenseman Dustin Byfuglien’s power-play marker in the first period came just five seconds into the man advantage, the fourth time this season the Jets have needed less than nine seconds to make their opponents pay.The center of the No. 1 unit, Mark Scheifele, said he has every intention of keeping the good times rolling.“We know we have a good power play. It’s just a matter of executing, and lately, we’ve been executing. We just have to keep focusing on those fine details,” he said in a postgame scrum.Jets head coach Paul Maurice didn’t think his team sat back as the Blackhawks narrowed the deficit on Tuesday, briefly trimming the lead to 4-3 before the Jets scored one of their power-play markers.“I’m not expecting it to be 12-0 by the end of the game,” he said. “When you have the number of Stanley Cup rings that they have in that room, they’re going to come out and push hard.“When it’s 4-3, anything can happen. Every single shot that goes to the net either way. But (Blackhawks goalie) Cam Ward made two or three great saves at the end of the second period and a couple more. And we missed the net on a bunch. I didn’t feel the game changed nearly as much as it felt on the shot clock or the scoreboard.”