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Tonight's NHL All-Stars Skills Competition

01/30/2016 at 6:49am EST

STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 27, 2016 – The best hockey players in the world will showcase their talents in primetime this Saturday night, when NBCSN presents live coverage of the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition in Nashville, Tenn., beginning at 7 p.m. ET.

NBC Sports Group’s Kenny Albert will handle play-by-play duties for Saturday night’s NHL All-Star Skills Competition, alongside U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire, and 500-goal scorer Jeremy Roenick from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

The competition will feature six rounds of skill-based contests, and each of the 44 All-Stars will compete in at least one of the events. Fan-elected captains Jaromir Jagr,Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Kane and John Scott will lead the team selection process for the Eastern and Western Conferences.

Following are the six events in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition:

  • Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater™ - Four players from each team will test their speed, facing off against an opponent in a two-skater race;
  • Honda NHL Breakaway Challenge™ - Players will get to showcase their style and creativity in this event, and will get two attempts to score in any way possible on the goaltender;
  • DraftKings NHL Accuracy Shooting™ - Players will require pinpoint precision and speed to shoot and hit four targets in each corner of the net in the quickest time possible;
  • Gatorade NHL Skills Challenge Relay™ - This timed relay event will feature one timers, passing, puck control, stick-handling and goaltenders shooting the length of the ice to score at the other end;
  • AMP Energy NHL Hardest Shot™ - An annual fan favorite, players will fire their hardest slap shots on net from just 30 feet away to see who’s got the strongest shot;
  • Discover NHL Shootout™ - 18 skaters and three goaltenders from each team will participate in the three-round shootout. During each two-minute round, six skaters and one goalie from each team will take the ice. Teams will alternate after each shot with each player having a maximum of 10 seconds to take a shot.

Coverage culminates with 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, featuring the new 3-on-3 divisional format inspired by this year’s new 3-on-3 overtime format, and $1 million dollars on the line for the winning team. Three-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick will call the action, alongside Olczyk, McGuire and Roenick. NBCSN will have on-site pre- and post-game coverage as well, hosted by Liam McHugh, alongside analysts Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Roenick.

Following is NBCSN’s All-Star Weekend coverage schedule:

DateCoverageNetworkTime (ET)
Fri., January 29NHL Top 10 – 3-on-3 (Premiere) NBCSN 7:30 p.m.
NHL All-Star Friday Night: Live in Music CityNBCSN8 p.m.
Sat., January 30NHL Skills CompetitionNBCSN7 p.m.
NHL Overtime* NBCSN 9:30 p.m.
Sun., January 31 NHL Skills Competition (Encore) NBCSN 2 p.m.
NHL Live NBCSN 4:30 p.m.
2016 Honda NHL All-Star GameNBCSN5 p.m.
NHL Overtime* NBCSN 8 p.m.
NHL All-Star Game (Encore) NBCSN 8:30 p.m.
NHL Skills Competition (Encore) NBCSN 11:30 p.m.

*immediately following game coverage

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