Russian forward from Tampa Bay Nikita Koucherov took last place in skills competitions before the NHL All-Star Game in Toronto.
Kucherov took twelfth place after four competitions, failing to overcome the qualification barrier. To continue the fight, you had to take one of the first eight places. In addition, each of the players had the opportunity to try themselves in four of the first six competitions.
Kucherov participated in the “touch throws”, “accurate pass”, “stick handling” and “accurate throw” competitions.
The best in the precision throwing competition was Connor McDavid (“Edmonton”). Showed the best result in the touch-throw competition Nathan McKinnon (“Colorado”). McDavid won the speed skating competition. Won the “hardest throw” competition Cale Makar (“Colorado”). McDavid won the stickhandling competition. Elias Pettersson (“Vancouver”) became the best in the “accurate pass” competition.
The seventh competition is “one on one with goalie”, William Nylander (Toronto). Eighth – “overcoming obstacles”, McDavid.
The eventual winner was Canadian Oilers forward McDavid, who took home $1 million.
Kucherov leads the NHL scoring race with 85 points.
Source : MatchTV
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