The All-Star skills competition took place Friday, won by Connor McDavid. The All-Star Game on Saturday was won by Team Matthews, 7-4 over Team McDavid. Matthews took home the MVP, with two goals and an assist in the final.
The initial list of 32 All-Stars (one per team) was revealed on Jan. 4. An additional 12 players (eight skaters and four goalies) were voted in by fans at NHL.com/vote, and revealed on Jan. 13.
Note: Stats are through the games of Jan. 31.
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2024 All-Stars Teams
Team Matthews
Celebrity captain Justin Bieber
Age: 26 GP: 46 | G: 40 | A: 18
Age: 29 GP: 47 | G: 7 | A: 33
Age: 27 GP: 47 | G: 23 | A: 38
Age: 26 GP: 47 | G: 20 | A: 33
Age: 25 Rec: 16-9-2 | GAA: 3.04 | SV%: .900
Age: 25 GP: 48 | G: 20 | A: 25
Age: 26 GP: 48 | G: 13 | A: 38
Age: 28 Rec: 19-12-1 | GAA: 2.86 | SV%: .899
Age: 29 GP: 51 | G: 24 | A: 27
Age: 26 GP: 50 | G: 18 | A: 25
Age: 30 GP: 49 | G: 15 | A: 31
Team McDavid
Celebrity captain Will Arnett
Age: 27 GP: 43 | G: 20 | A: 47
Age: 28 GP: 45 | G: 23 | A: 34
Age: 30 Rec: 23-9-3 | GAA: 2.20 | SV%: .924
Age: 27 GP: 49 | G: 33 | A: 39
Age: 23 GP: 48 | G: 13 | A: 25
Age: 24 GP: 49 | G: 17 | A: 35
Age: 28 GP: 49 | G: 37 | A: 25
Age: 35 Rec: 23-10-2 | GAA: 2.51 | SV%: .910
Age: 30 GP: 35 | G: 13 | A: 5
Age: 24 GP: 49 | G: 13 | A: 29
Age: 30 GP: 48 | G: 15 | A: 19
Team MacKinnon
Celebrity captain Tate McRae
Age: 28 GP: 49 | G: 31 | A: 53
Age: 25 GP: 44 | G: 12 | A: 46
Age: 36 GP: 46 | G: 27 | A: 23
Age: 27 Rec: 27-11-2 | GAA: 2.91 | SV%: .898
Age: 26 GP: 42 | G: 19 | A: 26
Age: 26 GP: 45 | G: 17 | A: 37
Age: 29 GP: 46 | G: 12 | A: 9
Age: 25 Rec: 16-3-7 | GAA: 2.30 | SV%: .924
Age: 26 GP: 50 | G: 22 | A: 20
Age: 29 GP: 49 | G: 9 | A: 23
Age: 28 GP: 50 | G: 13 | A: 27
Team Hughes
Celebrity captain Michael Bublé
Age: 24 GP: 49 | G: 12 | A: 50
Age: 22 GP: 32 | G: 15 | A: 30
Note: Jack Hughes will not play due to injury.
Age: 25 GP: 49 | G: 27 | A: 37
Age: 30 GP: 49 | G: 32 | A: 53
Age: 28 Rec: 26-8-1 | GAA: 2.44 | SV%: .920
Age: 27 GP: 31 | G: 18 | A: 11
Age: 24 GP: 47 | G: 22 | A: 19
Age: 25 GP: 47 | G: 19 | A: 31
Age: 36 Rec: 14-13-5 | GAA: 2.59 | SV%: .911
Age: 26 GP: 49 | G: 30 | A: 22
Age: 30 GP: 49 | G: 21 | A: 46
Age: 29 GP: 50 | G: 22 | A: 14
Injured players who will not participate
Age: 18 GP: 39 | G: 15 | A: 18
Age: 27 GP: 42 | G: 19 | A: 25
Details on the skills competition
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Unlike in years past, where every All-Star would compete in at least one event, the new format will see just 12 All-Stars duking it out in a series of eight events, with points earned for placement in each. The player who has the most points at the end will receive $1 million.
Each player chose four of the first six events in which to compete; the four lowest scoring players after those first six will be eliminated. For the shootout, the remaining eight players get to select which goalie they will shoot against (with the lowest score choosing first). The top six scores after that event move on to the final stage, the obstacle course, where point totals are doubled.
Cruz, 26, is known for having a powerful bat and regularly delivers some of the hardest-hit homers in the sport. His home run May 25 at home against the Milwaukee Brewers had an exit velocity of 122.9 mph and was the hardest hit homer in the 10-year Statcast era.
But Cruz has never hit more than 21 in a season, and that was in 2024. He’s on track to set a new high this year and has 15 in 80 games.
Cruz has 55 career homers in 324 games with the Pirates.
Cruz will be the first Pittsburgh player to participate in the Derby since Josh Bell in 2019. Other Pirates to be part of the event were Bobby Bonilla (1990), Barry Bonds (1992), Jason Bay (2005), Andrew McCutchen (2012) and Pedro Alvarez (2013).
Overall, Cruz is batting just .203 this season but leads the National League with 28 steals.
New York Yankees All-Star Jazz Chisholm Jr., after making 28 starts in a row at third base, is moving back to second base starting with Tuesday’s game against the Seattle Mariners, manager Aaron Boone said.
Boone confirmed the change on the “Talkin’ Yanks” podcast on Tuesday.
Chisholm, who is batting .245 with 15 home runs, 38 RBIs and 10 steals in 59 games, has recently been bothered by soreness in his right shoulder, which he said is an issue only on throws.
He said he prefers to play second base and prepared in the offseason to exclusively play in that spot before injuries played havoc with Boone’s lineup card, starting with Chisholm’s oblique injury in May.
Third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera went down with a season-ending ankle injury on May 12.
DJ LeMahieu manned second base while Chisholm was at third, but Boone has a better glove option in Oswald Peraza, a utility man with a stronger arm plus defensive skills across the infield.
LeMahieu, 36, is batting .266 with two home runs and 12 RBIs this season.
Robert, 27, has struggled this season through career lows in batting average (.185), on-base percentage (.270) and slugging percentage (.313). Through 73 games, he has amassed just 16 extra-base hits (eight doubles, eight home runs) in 285 plate appearances.
He does have 22 stolen bases in 28 attempts and is just one shy of his career- high in steals.
In a corresponding move, the White Sox optioned infielder Tristan Gray to Triple-A Charlotte. Gray was just recalled before Monday night’s game but did not play.