The 2024 National Hockey League All-Star Game was held on February 3, 2024 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was the first time that the four-team, three-on-three format used since 2016 was combined with the "fantasy draft" format used from 2011 to 2015. The fantasy draft took place on February 1, and was followed by the NHL All-Star Skills Competition on February 2. This was the 68th edition of the game.
The team captains were chosen by the NHL: Auston Matthews of the All-Star Game-hosting Maple Leafs captained one team, Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers captained the second team, Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche captained the third team, and brothers Jack Hughes of the New Jersey Devils and Quinn Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks co-captained the fourth team.
Following this All-Star game, the NHL instead held a new 4 Nations Face-Off tournament in 2025. No event was held in 2026 due to the 2026 Winter Olympics. The next All-Star Game will take place in 2027.
History The NHL awarded Toronto as the host city of the game on February 4, 2023. This was the first time since 2012 in Ottawa that a Canadian city was selected to host the game. This was Toronto's ninth time hosting the NHL All-Star Game, including the first game in 1947. This was the second time that Scotiabank Arena (then known as Air Canada Centre) hosted the game, the first time being in 2000.
Rosters On November 27, 2023, the NHL announced that the fantasy player draft, used from 2011 to 2015, would make its return to the All-Star Game, while keeping the three-on-three format used since 2016. Like in the 2023 All-Star Game, the player selection process was performed in two stages, with the league's initially selecting 32 players, one for each team, and then the remaining 12 players were decided by fan vote. The league then selected four players to be captains for each of the four teams, and the draft of the players took place on February 1, 2024.
On January 14, the head coaches were announced, chosen from the team in each division with the highest points percentage through January 13: Jim Montgomery of the Boston Bruins (Atlantic), Peter Laviolette of the New York Rangers (Metropolitan), Rick Bowness of the Winnipeg Jets (Central), and Rick Tocchet of the Vancouver Canucks (Pacific).
On January 22, Kyle Connor and Vincent Trocheck were added as replacements for Connor Bedard and Jack Eichel who were unable to play due to injury. On January 30, Jesper Bratt was added to replace the injured Jack Hughes.
NHL's selections The league announced its 32 selections on January 4:
Player Team Anaheim Ducks F Arizona Coyotes F Boston Bruins F Buffalo Sabres D Vancouver Canucks F Carolina Hurricanes F Chicago Blackhawks F Colorado Avalanche F Columbus Blue Jackets F Dallas Stars G Detroit Red Wings F Edmonton Oilers F Florida Panthers F Los Angeles Kings G Minnesota Wild F Montreal Canadiens F Nashville Predators F New Jersey Devils F New York Islanders F New York Rangers G Ottawa Senators F Philadelphia Flyers F Pittsburgh Penguins F San Jose Sharks F Seattle Kraken F St. Louis Blues F Tampa Bay Lightning F Toronto Maple Leafs F Vancouver Canucks D Vegas Golden Knights F Washington Capitals F Winnipeg Jets G † New York Rangers F † Winnipeg Jets F †New Jersey Devils F Injured; did not play. † Added as injury replacement.
Fan vote The fan vote ran from January 4 to January 11 to determine the final 12 players (8 skaters and 4 goalies). The results were announced on January 13.
Player Team Boston Bruins G Colorado Avalanche G Colorado Avalanche D Edmonton Oilers F Florida Panthers G Toronto Maple Leafs F Toronto Maple Leafs F Toronto Maple Leafs D Vancouver Canucks F Vancouver Canucks G Vancouver Canucks F Vancouver Canucks F
Draft
The draft of the NHL players took place on February 1, 2024. On January 4, the league announced that two of the captains would be Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers and Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The league then announced on January 20 that Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche would captain the third team, and brothers Jack Hughes of the New Jersey Devils and Quinn Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks would co-captain the fourth team. For alternate captains, Morgan Rielly joined Toronto teammate Matthews, Leon Draisaitl joined Edmonton teammate McDavid, and Cale Makar joined Colorado teammate MacKinnon. Although Jack Hughes was unable to play due to injury, he still participated in helping his brother Quinn in the players draft, and Elias Pettersson was named alternate captain of the fourth team in his place. Each team was also joined by a celebrity co-captain to help select their roster: singer Justin Bieber on Team Matthews, actor and comedian Will Arnett on Team McDavid, singer Tate McRae on Team MacKinnon, and singer Michael Buble on Team Hughes.
Hughes won the first pick in the draft, Matthews received the second pick, MacKinnon was awarded the third pick, and McDavid got the fourth pick. The teams selected in reverse order during even-numbered rounds. For the final round, Hockey Hall of Famer Dave Keon conducted a random draw of envelopes with the four remaining unselected players.
Team Matthews Head coach: Jim Montgomery, Boston Bruins / Celebrity captain: Justin Bieber Entry/Pick no. Player Team C Toronto Maple Leafs F 34 A Toronto Maple Leafs D 44 2 Toronto Maple Leafs F88 7 Toronto Maple Leafs F16 10 Dallas Stars G29 15 Arizona Coyotes F9 18 New York Islanders F13 23 New York Rangers G31 26 Nashville Predators F9 31 Detroit Red Wings F93 — New York Rangers F16
Team McDavid Head coach: Peter Laviolette, New York Rangers / Celebrity captain: Will Arnett Entry/Pick no. Player Team C Edmonton Oilers F 97 A Edmonton Oilers F29 4 Winnipeg Jets G37 5 Boston Bruins F88 12 Buffalo Sabres D26 13 St. Louis Blues F18 20 Florida Panthers F13 21 Florida Panthers G72 28 Columbus Blue Jackets F38 29 Montreal Canadiens F14 — San Jose Sharks F48
Team MacKinnon Head coach: Rick Bowness, Winnipeg Jets / Celebrity captain: Tate McRae Entry/Pick no. Player Team C Colorado Avalanche F 29 A Colorado Avalanche D 8 3 Pittsburgh Penguins F87 6 Colorado Avalanche G40 11 Minnesota Wild F97 14 Carolina Hurricanes F20 19 Washington Capitals F43 22 Boston Bruins G1 27 Philadelphia Flyers F11 30 Vancouver Canucks F23 — Seattle Kraken F22
Team Hughes Head coach: Rick Tocchet, Vancouver Canucks / Celebrity captain: Michael Buble / Co-captain: Jack Hughes Entry/Pick no. Player Team C Vancouver Canucks D 43 A Vancouver Canucks F 40 1 Tampa Bay Lightning F86 8 Vancouver Canucks G35 9 Winnipeg Jets F81 16 Ottawa Senators F7 17 New Jersey Devils F63 24 Los Angeles Kings G39 25 Vancouver Canucks F6 32 Vancouver Canucks F9 — Anaheim Ducks F77
Skills Competition The NHL All-Star Skills Competition, was held on February 2, having been revamped. Instead of having individual winners for each skill event, twelve specific players competed in multiple events to determine an overall winner. Each player first competed in four of the following six events: Fastest Skater, Hardest Shot, Stick Handling, One Timers, Passing Challenge, and Accuracy Shooting, with points given out based on the players' results. The top eight advanced to the One-on-One shootout. From there, the top six advanced to the final event, the Obstacle Course, with the winner of the competition winning a trophy and $1 million. Different from a regular game scenario, the pucks used in the Skills Competition were not frozen.
The players who participated in the Skills Competition were determined by a fan vote held concurrently with the main All-Star fan vote that ran from January 4 to January 11. Due to Jack Hughes' injury, Mathew Barzal served as his replacement.
David Pastrnak (Boston) Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado) Cale Makar (Colorado) Connor McDavid (Edmonton) Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton) Jack Hughes (New Jersey) Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay) Auston Matthews (Toronto) William Nylander (Toronto) Quinn Hughes (Vancouver) J.T. Miller (Vancouver) Elias Pettersson (Vancouver) Mathew Barzal (NY Islanders)† Injured; did not play. † Added as injury replacement.
Fastest Skater Players skated one lap around the ice to compete for the fastest time. Player Results Points Connor McDavid 13.408 5 Mathew Barzal 13.519 4 Quinn Hughes 14.008 3 Cale Makar 14.089 2 William Nylander 14.164 1
One Timers Players received one timer passes and tried to accumulate the most points by scoring various points for hitting certain areas of the net. Passers for the event included Connor Bedard and Sidney Crosby. Player Results Points Nathan MacKinnon 23 5 Leon Draisaitl 22 3.5 David Pastrnak 22 3.5 Elias Pettersson 20 2 Nikita Kucherov 19 0.5 J.T. Miller 18 0.5 Mathew Barzal 17 0 Auston Matthews 15 0
Passing Challenge Players skated up and down the ice trying to complete cross-ice passes to various sized targets to accumulate the most points. Player Results Points Elias Pettersson 25 5 Cale Makar 23 4 Mathew Barzal 21 3 Auston Matthews 19 2 William Nylander 16 1 Quinn Hughes 15 0 Nathan MacKinnon 13 0 Leon Draisaitl 12 0 Connor McDavid 12 0 J.T. Miller 7 0 Nikita Kucherov 5 0
Hardest Shot Each player took two shots to achieve the hardest shot, with the best of their two shots counting to the event. Player Results Points Cale Makar 102.50 mph 5 J.T. Miller 102.30 mph 4 Elias Pettersson 98.40 mph 3 Auston Matthews 96.22 mph 2 David Pastrnak 95.27 mph 1
Stick Handling Players raced to achieve the fastest time through a stick-handling obstacle course that include dribbling the puck, skating backwards around cones with the puck, and finishing the course with a toe drag goal. Player Results Points Connor McDavid 25.755 5 Mathew Barzal 26.929 4 William Nylander 27.272 3 Nathan MacKinnon 27.715 2 Leon Draisaitl 28.677 1 Quinn Hughes 29.038 0 Elias Pettersson 29.526 0 David Pastrnak 38.488 0 Nikita Kucherov 44.178 0
Accuracy Shooting Players raced to achieve the fastest time to knockout a shooting target in each of the four corners of the net. Passers for the event included Blayre Turnbull, Doug Gilmour, Sarah Nurse, and Steve Thomas. Player Results Points Connor McDavid 9.158 5 Auston Matthews 9.341 4 J.T. Miller 13.587 3 William Nylander 14.099 2 Quinn Hughes 14.815 1 Nathan MacKinnon 15.958 0 Nikita Kucherov 16.460 0 Cale Makar 19.069 0 David Pastrnak 19.670 0 Leon Draisaitl 46.089 0
One-on-One The top eight point-earners from the first six events participated. Each player got to choose which goaltender they were shooting against and had 1 minute to score as many points as possible. The goaltender with the most saves in the event won $100,000.
Player Goaltender Results Points William Nylander Cam Talbot 9 5 Auston Matthews Thatcher Demko 7 4 Mathew Barzal Igor Shesterkin 6 2.5 J.T. Miller Jeremy Swayman 6 2.5 Cale Makar Connor Hellebuyck 4 1 Nathan MacKinnon Sergei Bobrovsky 2 0 Elias Pettersson Jake Oettinger 3 0 Connor McDavid Alexandar Georgiev 3 0
Obstacle Course The top six point-earners from the first seven events participated. Players raced from one end of the ice to the other, competing for the fastest time, while also having to complete a stick-handling challenge, a saucer pass challenge, and a slalom challenge, before having to score a goal. Points were doubled for this event.
Player Results Points Connor McDavid 40.606 10 Cale Makar 43.435 8 Auston Matthews 47.271 6 William Nylander 49.065 4 J.T. Miller 49.351 2 Mathew Barzal 1:16.850 0
Final standings Player Points 1 Connor McDavid 25.0 2 Cale Makar 20.0 3 Auston Matthews 18.0 4 William Nylander 16.0 5 Mathew Barzal 13.5 6 J.T. Miller 12.0 7 Elias Pettersson 10.0 8 Nathan MacKinnon 7.0 9 David Pastrnak 4.5 9 Leon Draisaitl 4.5 11 Quinn Hughes 4.0 12 Nikita Kucherov 0.5
Bracket
Game summaries Each game was played in abbreviated format, consisting of two 10-minute periods of 3-on-3 play.
First semifinal game