2015 National Hockey League All-Star Game Explained

Game Name:2015 NHL All-Star Game
Visitor:Team Toews
Home:Team Foligno
Visitor Total:17
Home Total:12
Visitor Per1:4
Visitor Per2:7
Visitor Per3:6
Home Per1:4
Home Per2:4
Home Per3:4
Date:January 25, 2015
Arena:Nationwide Arena
City:Columbus
Attendance:18,901
Mvp:Ryan Johansen (Columbus)
Previous:2012
Next:2016

The 2015 National Hockey League All-Star Game was an exhibition ice hockey game played on January 25, 2015. The game was held in Columbus, Ohio, for the first time, at Nationwide Arena, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The team captains were chosen by NHL Hockey Operations: Nick Foligno of the All-Star Game-hosting Blue Jackets served as captain for the home team, and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks served for the away team. Team Toews won the game 17–12, as the teams and players broke a variety of All-Star Game scoring records.

Columbus was originally scheduled to host the All-Star Game on January 27, 2013.[1] However, the game was postponed for two years, first because of the 2012–13 NHL lockout[2] and then due to the league's participation in the 2014 Winter Olympics tournament.[3] [4]

Fan voting

On January 1, 2015, six players were voted into the All-Star Game over seven weeks of online voting. Five Chicago Blackhawks players were voted in: forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook and goaltender Corey Crawford. The only player voted in as a member of a different team was forward Zemgus Girgensons of the Buffalo Sabres,[5] who was the most voted overall due to a campaign in his native Latvia.[6]

Players voted into the All-Star Game!Nat.!#!Player!Team!Pos.!Votes
28Buffalo SabresC1,574,896
88Chicago BlackhawksRW1,232,201
19Chicago BlackhawksC1,217,210
2Chicago BlackhawksD1,198,173
50Chicago BlackhawksG1,099,504
7Chicago BlackhawksD1,016,992

Rosters

Peter Laviolette of the Nashville Predators and Darryl Sutter of the Los Angeles Kings were named coaches for the game on January 9, 2015.[7] On January 14, 2015, the league announced the captains for the game would be Jonathan Toews and Nick Foligno. Being a player for the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets, Foligno's team was the home team. Drew Doughty and Patrick Kane served as alternate captains for Team Foligno while Ryan Getzlaf and Rick Nash served the same role for Team Toews.[8]

A draft to select teams was held two days prior to the game, on January 23, 2015. The captains and alternate captains from each team sat together and selected players throughout 18 rounds. In past years, the last player picked would receive a new car; during this draft, the final two picks Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Filip Forsberg were voted onto their teams by online fan voting and as a result, both players received 2015 Honda Accords. The rules during the draft required all goaltenders to have been selected by the end of the 10th round and all defensemen by the end of the 15th.[9]

Team Foligno (Home)[10] [11] ! Entry! Nat.! Player! Team! Pos.! #
CColumbus Blue JacketsLW71
AChicago BlackhawksRW88
ALos Angeles KingsD8
1Columbus Blue JacketsC19
3Chicago BlackhawksD2
5Los Angeles KingsC11
7Tampa Bay LightningC91
9 Toronto Maple LeafsRW81
11Montreal CanadiensG31
13Philadelphia FlyersC28
15Winnipeg JetsD33
17Pittsburgh PenguinsG29
19St. Louis BluesG1
21San Jose SharksD88
23Tampa Bay LightningLW27
23Montreal CanadiensLW26
25St. Louis BluesD22
27Ottawa SenatorsRW6
29Vancouver CanucksRW17
31Arizona CoyotesD23
33Buffalo SabresC28
35Washington CapitalsLW8
36Edmonton OilersC93
Team Toews (Away)! Entry! Nat.! Player! Team! Pos.! #
CChicago BlackhawksC19
AAnaheim DucksC15
ANew York RangersLW61
2 Dallas StarsC91
4 Nashville PredatorsD6
6 Philadelphia FlyersRW93
8 Chicago BlackhawksG50
10New York IslandersC91
12Florida PanthersG1
14Chicago BlackhawksD7
16St. Louis BluesRW91
18Boston BruinsC37
20New York IslandersG41
22Calgary FlamesLW13
22Ottawa SenatorsLW68
24Florida PanthersD5
26New Jersey DevilsC26
28Minnesota WildD20
30Calgary FlamesD5
32Carolina HurricanesD27
36Nashville PredatorsC9

Rookies

The rookies only competed in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday, Jan. 24,[12] with the exception of Ekblad, Forsberg and Gaudreau, who were promoted to the All-Star Game as injury replacements.[13]

All-Star Skills Competition Rookies! Nat.! Player! Team! Pos.! Num.
Calgary FlamesLW13
Montreal CanadiensLW26
Nashville PredatorsC9
Ottawa SenatorsLW68
Tampa Bay LightningLW27
Florida PanthersD5

Withdrawn

Prior to the draft, seven players withdrew due to injuries. Only six of seven withdrawn players were replaced by the beginning of the All-Star weekend, leaving an uneven number of players to compete in the All-Star Game. Ultimately, it was Team Toews who had one less player after the draft. Although Sidney Crosby originally did not have a replacement named, it was later decided that skills competition rookie Johnny Gaudreau would take his spot in the game. Three withdrawn players were eventually replaced by rookies who were originally slated to only participate in the skills competitions, while four others were replaced by other NHL players assigned to the Game by the league.[9] The day of the game, Tyler Johnson withdrew due to a lower-body injury; although already having been selected to Team Toews, a replacement was not named and the team's roster remained reduced by two players.[14]

Reason and replacement
Los Angeles KingsLWBroken leg, replaced by Jiri Sekac[15]
Detroit Red WingsGGroin injury, replaced by Marc-Andre Fleury[16]
Nashville PredatorsGSprained knee, replaced by Jaroslav Halak
Columbus Blue JacketsGGroin injury, replaced by Brian Elliott[17]
Pittsburgh PenguinsCLower-body injury, replaced by Filip Forsberg[18]
Pittsburgh PenguinsCLower-body injury, replaced by Johnny Gaudreau[19]
Colorado AvalancheDLower-body injury, replaced by Aaron Ekblad[20]
Tampa Bay LightningCLower-body injury, no replacement

Uniforms

For the first All-Star Game in three years, Reebok sought to do something a bit different. Instead of traditional color designs, Reebok chose to incorporate a color they referred to as "elite green" as the primary trim color of their uniforms for this game. The color had been in use on the inside collars of the Reebok Edge jersey, but this marked its first (and, to date, only) use as a visible uniform color. Following on the use of chromed logos in the 2014 NHL Stadium Series, the NHL shields on the front of the All-Star uniforms were also given a chrome treatment, with two stars added inside the NHL shield to represent the two conferences (despite the game not using a conference format).[21]

Game summary

The game was played from 5 pm until 8 pm, local Eastern Time. It was broadcast nationally in Canada on CBC and in the United States on NBCSN. Locksley, Fall Out Boy and O.A.R. performed before the game and during intermissions one and two, respectively. Columbus Blue Jackets anthem singer Leo Welsh sang a bilingual version of the Canadian national anthem while country singer Jo Dee Messina sang the American national anthem. The referees for the game were Chris Rooney and Chris Lee, while Tony Sericolo and Steve Miller served as linesman.[22]

Team Toews won the game by a score of 17–12, setting a new record for most goals by a team in an All-Star Game, surpassing the previous record of 16 set in the 1993 game by the Wales Conference team. Every skater on the winning team recorded at least one point during the game. The two teams combined for a total of 29 goals, besting the previous record of 26 set in the 2001 game between teams North America and World. Another record broken was the number of second period goals, as the 11 total goals was one higher than the previous record of 10, achieved four times (most recently in 2009). At the end of the game, Ryan Johansen of the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets won the most valuable player award by result of an online fan vote.[23]

New York Islanders captain John Tavares scored four goals, becoming only the sixth player in All-Star game history to score that many in a game, and the first since Dany Heatley in 2003. Jakub Voracek of the Philadelphia Flyers scored six points (three goals and three assists) which tied a record set by Mario Lemieux. A record was also broken for quickest back-to-back goals by Minnesota Wild defenseman Ryan Suter and Flyers' captain Claude Giroux, after they scored eight seconds apart.[23]

Scoring summary
TeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1st period: Roberto Luongo (Team Toews) vs. Carey Price (Team Foligno)
align=center Folignoalign=center Radim Vrbata (1)align=center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1)align=center 03:09align=center 1–0 Foligno
align=center Toewsalign=center Ryan Getzlaf (1)align=center Vladimir Tarasenko (1) and Justin Faulk (1)align=center 06:33align=center 1–1 Tie
align=center Toewsalign=center Jakub Voracek (1)align=center Jonathan Toews (1) and Aaron Ekblad (1)align=center 09:51align=center 2–1 Toews
align=center Folignoalign=center Ryan Johansen (1)align=center Nick Foligno (1) and Kevin Shattenkirk (1)align=center 11:05align=center 2–2 Tie
align=center Toewsalign=center Patrice Bergeron (1)align=center Tyler Seguin (1) and Patrik Elias (1)align=center 12:17align=center 3–2 Toews
align=center Folignoalign=center Kevin Shattenkirk (1)align=center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2) and Radim Vrbata (1)align=center 14:48align=center 3–3 Tie
align=center Folignoalign=center Ryan Johansen (2)align=center Alexander Ovechkin (1) and Dustin Byfuglien (1)align=center 16:24align=center 4–3 Foligno
align=center Toewsalign=center John Tavares (1)align=center Patrice Bergeron (1) and Aaron Ekblad (2)align=center 19:03align=center 4–4 Tie
2nd period: Corey Crawford (Team Toews) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (Team Foligno)
align=center Toewsalign=center Ryan Suter (1)align=center Vladimir Tarasenko (2) and Tyler Seguin (2)align=center 00:24align=center 5–4 Toews
align=center Folignoalign=center Claude Giroux (1)align=center Patrick Kane (1)align=center 00:32align=center 5–5 Tie
align=center Toewsalign=center Tyler Seguin (1)align=center Ryan Getzlaf (1) and Vladimir Tarasenko (3)align=center 01:22align=center 6–5 Toews
align=center Folignoalign=center Steven Stamkos (1)align=center Duncan Keith (1)align=center 02:27align=center 6–6 Tie
align=center Toewsalign=center Rick Nash (1)align=center Jonathan Toews (2) and Jakub Voracek (1)align=center 04:08align=center 7–6 Toews
align=center Toewsalign=center Filip Forsberg (1)align=center Johnny Gaudreau (1) and Patrik Elias (2)align=center 05:56align=center 8–6 Toews
align=center Toewsalign=center John Tavares (2)align=center Patrice Bergeron (2) and Justin Faulk (2)align=center 08:16align=center 9–6 Toews
align=center Toewsalign=center Jakub Voracek (2)align=center Jonathan Toews (3) and Aaron Ekblad (3)align=center 09:22align=center 10–6 Toews
align=center Folignoalign=center Nick Foligno (1)align=center Ryan Johansen (1) and Alexander Ovechkin (2)align=center 11:59align=center 10–7 Toews
align=center Folignoalign=center Steven Stamkos (2)align=center Bobby Ryan (1)align=center 16:35align=center 10–8 Toews
align=center Toewsalign=center John Tavares (3)align=center Patrice Bergeron (3)align=center 19:00align=center 11–8 Toews
3rd period: Jaroslav Halak (Team Toews) vs. Brian Elliott (Team Foligno)
align=center Toewsalign=center Rick Nash (2)align=center Mark Giordano (1) and Jakub Voracek (2)align=center 01:29align=center 12–8 Toews
align=center Folignoalign=center Patrick Kane (1)align=center Claude Giroux (1) and Drew Doughty (1)align=center 02:15align=center 12–9 Toews
align=center Toewsalign=center John Tavares (4)align=center Patrice Bergeron (4) and Brent Seabrook (1)align=center 06:13align=center 13–9 Toews
align=center Toewsalign=center Jakub Voracek (3)align=center Jonathan Toews (4) and Aaron Ekblad (4)align=center 07:30align=center 14–9 Toews
align=center Folignoalign=center Bobby Ryan (1)align=center Steven Stamkos (1) and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1)align=center 08:23align=center 14–10 Toews
align=center Toewsalign=center Tyler Seguin (2)align=center Vladimir Tarasenko (4) and Shea Weber (1)align=center 09:26align=center 15–10 Toews
align=center Folignoalign=center Patrick Kane (2)align=center Brent Burns (1) and Claude Giroux (2)align=center 13:09align=center 15–11 Toews
align=center Toewsalign=center Jonathan Toews (1)align=center Ryan Suter (1)align=center 14:21align=center 16–11 Toews
align=center Toewsalign=center Filip Forsberg (2)align=center Johnny Gaudreau (2) and Jakub Voracek (3)align=center 16:40align=center 17–11 Toews
align=center Folignoalign=center Brent Burns (1)align=center Alexander Ovechkin (3) and Ryan Johansen (2)align=center 18:20align=center 17–12 Toews
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayerPenaltyTimePIM
1stNone
2ndNone
3rdNone
Shots by period
Team123Total
align=center 16 align=center 16 align=center 15 align=center 47
align=center 17 align=center 18 align=center 10 align=center 45
Power play opportunities
TeamGoals/Opportunities
Toews0/0
Foligno 0/0

Records set

The following records were set or tied during the game:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Hockey League. Columbus Blue Jackets to Host 2013 NHL All-Star Celebration. January 28, 2012. February 9, 2012.
  2. Web site: NHL lockout: All-Star game, schedule through Dec. 14 canceled. CBS Sports. November 23, 2012. Adam Gretz. January 24, 2015.
  3. Web site: Columbus awarded 2015 NHL All-Star game. . Associated Press. November 2, 2013. April 24, 2021.
  4. Web site: National Hockey League players to take part in 2014 Olympics in Sochi . 2024-02-15 . NHL.com . en.
  5. Web site: Girgensons, five Blackhawks named first 6 All-Stars. Kimmelman. Adam. January 3, 2015. January 24, 2015. National Hockey League.
  6. Web site: Just who does All-Star Game voting sensation Zemgus Girgensons think he is, anyway?. Reeve. Will. ESPN. January 24, 2015.
  7. Web site: Predators' Laviolette, Kings' Sutter named head coaches for 2015 Honda NHL All-Star Game. January 9, 2015. National Hockey League. January 24, 2015.
  8. Web site: Foligno, Toews named NHL All-Star Game captains. January 14, 2015. National Hockey League. January 24, 2015.
  9. Web site: NHL All-Star Game Fantasy Draft results, highlights of the night. Peters. Chris. CBS Sports. January 23, 2015. January 24, 2015.
  10. Web site: 2015 Honda NHL All-Star Game Rosters. National Hockey League. January 23, 2015. January 24, 2015.
  11. Web site: Playing Roster. National Hockey League. January 25, 2015. January 26, 2015.
  12. Web site: Canadiens' Sekac to join rookies at All-Star Weekend. January 13, 2015. National Hockey League. January 24, 2015.
  13. Web site: Aaron Ekblad added to All-Star Game; Johnny Gaudreau not added. Gretz. Adam. January 23, 2015. CBS Sports. January 24, 2015.
  14. Web site: Lightning center Johnson to miss All-Star Game. January 25, 2015. National Hockey League. January 25, 2015.
  15. Web site: Jiri Sekac headed to the All-Star Game. January 13, 2015. January 24, 2015. National Hockey League.
  16. Web site: Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak chosen as injury replacement for NHL All-Star game. National Hockey League. January 15, 2015. January 15, 2015.
  17. Web site: Blues goalie Elliott to replace Blue Jackets' Bobrovsky. National Hockey League. January 22, 2015. January 22, 2015.
  18. Web site: Predators' Forsberg added to All-Star Game roster. National Hockey League. January 22, 2015. January 22, 2015.
  19. Web site: Flames' Johnny Gaudreau will get to play in All-Star Game after all. Gretz. Adam. CBS Sports. January 24, 2015. January 26, 2015.
  20. Web site: Panthers rookie Aaron Ekblad added to 2015 NHL All-Star Game. Olive. Jameson. January 23, 2015. Fox Sports. January 26, 2015.
  21. Web site: Bold jersey designs on tap for 2015 NHL All-Star Game. NHL.com.
  22. Web site: Game Summary. National Hockey League. January 25, 2015. January 25, 2015.
  23. Web site: Voracek, Tavares lead Team Toews to All-Star victory. Rosen. Dan. January 25, 2015. January 25, 2015. National Hockey League.
  24. Web site: NHL All Star Game Breaks Records. January 27, 2015.

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