* “You can’t put it into words, you can’t write this stuff,” Scott said. “It was a whirlwind and it went by so fast, but I loved it. It was probably the coolest thing I have done in hockey.”

* Eight of the Pacific Division’s nine skaters collected multiple points to lift the club to its semifinals win over the Central Division, highlighted by three-point efforts from Taylor Hall(2-1—3), Daniel Sedin (2-1—3), Johnny Gaudreau (1-2—3) and Brent Burns (0-3—3).

* By virtue of its victory, the Pacific Division claimed the tournament’s winner-take-all $1 million prize.

ALL-STAR GAME QUICK HITS
* Nineteen players made their All-Star Game debuts, the same number as last year in Columbus.

* Panthers forward and Atlantic Division captain Jaromir Jagr skated in his 10th career All-Star Game and first since 2004 in Minnesota. At age 43, he became the third-oldest participant in the All-Star Game, following Gordie Howe (51) in 1980 at Detroit and Doug Harvey (44) in 1969 at Montreal.

* Three other players recorded three-point games, all in semifinals: Predators forwardJames Neal (2-1—3 w/ CEN), Stars forward Tyler Seguin (1-2—3 w/ CEN) and Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin (0-3—3 w/ ATL).

* Defensemen contributed seven of the 23 total goals in the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game: three from the Atlantic Division (Aaron Ekblad, Erik Karlsson and P.K. Subban), two from the Central Division (Dustin Byfuglien and Roman Josi), and one apiece from the Metropolitan (Kris Letang) and Pacific (Drew Doughty) Divisions.

* Goaltenders from all four All-Star teams picked up assists: Tampa Bay’s Ben Bishop(ATL), Anaheim’s John Gibson (PAC), Nashville’s Pekka Rinne (CEN) and New Jersey’sCory Schneider (MET).

PLAYERS VOICE SUPPORT OF 3-ON-3 FORMAT . . .
“I thought it was better, for sure. A lot more open space. A lot more intensity as far as guys trying when they had the puck. I think it’s definitely a step in the right direction. I think we wanted to come out and make sure we were a little more intense than last year. I think it was a job well done by the players.” – Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane (CEN)

“I would [keep the 3-on-3 format], especially with a little bit on the line to play for. The biggest thing is there’s no physical element like the normal 3-on-3 in the regular season, so guys aren’t hesitant in any way. You can skate, you can shoot, and that’s pretty normal for guys. It ramps up the intensity. In the future, it can get even better.” – Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby (MET)

“[It was] better. These type of things, it’s really hard to put expectations on it. You don’t know what the speed’s going to be like. But I think a 3-on-3 format, if you’re not trying you’re going to be pinpointed, so I think everyone was definitely trying . . . Originally I thought it was a great idea and now that I played it I think it should be like this from here on out.” – Stars forward Tyler Seguin (CEN)

“I think a lot of the players liked it. It was pretty wide open and maybe more scoring chances than during 5-on-5. The last five minutes, the intensity got quite a bit higher too, so it was good.” – Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom (MET)

“Everybody had nothing but good things to say. A lot of good stuff. And we were talking on the bench about how much we were having fun.” – Avalanche forward Matt Duchene(CEN)

“I like it . . . I think it was fun. The fans are going to really enjoy it in the future, too.” – Flyers forward Claude Giroux (MET)

. . . THANK NASHVILLE FOR MEMORABLE WEEKEND
Ryan McDonagh ‏@RMcDonagh27
First class treatment this weekend in Nashville,No better guy than John Scott to make this all star game one to remember #NHLAllStarWeekend

Leo Komarov ‏@LKomarov
Great weekend, thank you Nashville https://www.instagram.com/p/BBO2WncTbhv/

Kristopher Letang ‏@Letang_58
Thanks for all the fans that supported us ... Thanks to the city of Nashville for the great weekend ...

Taylor Hall ‏@hallsy04
John Scott - it was awesome to see what you went through this wkd. You deserve it. Thanks to Nashville and the @NHL.

Erik Karlsson ‏@ErikKarlsson65
What a great weekend this has been. Nashville did a great job and #JohnScott did the rest. #NHLAllStarWeekend

Matt Duchene ‏@Matt9Duchene
Huge thank you to the @NHL , @NHLPA @PredsNHL and the city of Nashville for the amazing hospitality this weekend, I had an absolute blast!

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