NHL announces player assignments for 2023 All-Star skills competition

The NHL has revealed the full participant list for the 2023 NHL All-Star skills competition, taking place Friday at the FLA Live Arena in Florida.

The competition will feature three new events: the Enterprise NHL Splash Shot, the Discover NHL Tendy Tandem and the Chipotle NHL Pitch ‘n Puck. The Splash Shot event will pit participants on a beach in Fort Lauderdale as they fire at targets to get their opponents wet.

For the Trendy Tandem challenge, a release from the NHL says that “the shooting goalies will earn points based on the accuracy of their shots at the net, and the in-net goalies will face rushes of three, two or one player(s), based on the number of points earned by the shooting goalie in their tandem.”

The Pitch ‘n Puck challenge will have players shoot a combination of hockey and golf shots, with the winner being the one with the lowest score.

Here’s a look at every skill in the competition, set to take place Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. ET.

Fastest Skater

• Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings
• Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild
• Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche
• Chandler Stephenson, Vegas Golden Knights
• Andrei Svechnikov, Carolina Hurricanes

Breakaway Challenge

• Celebrity goaltender: Roberto Luongo
• Mitchell Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs
• Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby, Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins (together)
• David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins
• Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers

Tendy Tandem

• Shooters: Alex Carpenter, Hilary Knight, Emily Clark, Rebecca Johnston, Sarah Nurse
• Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets
• Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators
• Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers
• Stuart Skinner, Edmonton Oilers
• Ilya Sorokin, New York Islanders
• Logan Thompson, Vegas Golden Knights
• Linus Ullmark, Boston Bruins
• Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning

Splash Shot

• Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
• Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
• Mikko Rantanen, Colorado Avalanche
• Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche
• Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers
• Adam Fox, New York Rangers
• Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa Senators
• Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers

Accuracy Shooting

• Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers
• Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers
• Kevin Hayes, Philadelphia Flyers
• Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils
• Nazem Kadri, Calgary Flames
• Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
• Brock Nelson, New York Islanders
• Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers
• Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues

Pitch ‘n Puck

• Johnny Gaudreau, Columbus Blue Jackets
• Clayton Keller, Arizona Coyotes
• Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars
• Nick Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens

Hardest Shot

• Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres
• Seth Jones, Chicago Blackhawks
• Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets
• Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
• Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks