Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, the NHL presents the All-Star Game 2015 Skills Competition live from the Columbus Blue Jackets home of the Nationwide Arena in Ohio. The event can be live streamed for free here.
Now that the sides have been drawn for Team Toews and Team Foligno following the All-Star Fantasy Draft on Friday night, they will go head-to-head in the skills competition as a lead-in to Sunday afternoon's 60th annual All-Star Game.
Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews and Columbus Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno will lead their respective teams in an array of six competitions to show off their skill set.
The competitions include the fastest skater, the breakaway challenge, the accuracy shooting, the skills challenge relay, the hardest shot and a shootout.
The complete rules and point systems of the competition and each round can be found by clicking here.
Here are the matchups for each of the competitions:
Fastest Skater:
Team Foligno: Phil Kessel, TOR, Jonathan Drouin, TB, Jiri Sekac, MTL and Zemgus Girgensons, BUF.
Team Toews: Tyler Seguin, DAL, Mike Hoffman, OTT, Aaron Ekblad, FLA and Vladimir Tarasenko, STL.
Breakaway Challenge:
Team Foligno: Alex Ovechkin, WSH, Claude Giroux, PHI , Ryan Johansen, CBJ and Brian Elliott, STL (goaltender).
Team Toews: Vladimir Tarasenko, STL, Jakub Voracek, PHI, Johnny Gaudreau, CGY and Corey Crawford, CHI (goaltender).
NHL Accuracy Shooting:
Team Foligno: Bobby Ryan, OTT, Nick Foligno, CBJ, Radim Vrbata, VAN , Patrick Kane, CHI, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, EDM (passer) and Anze Kopitar, LAK (passer).
Team Toews: Ryan Getzlaf, ANA, Patrice Bergeron, BOS, John Tavares, NYI, Jonathan Toews, CHI, Rick Nash, NYR (passer) and Patrik Elias, NJ (passer).
Skills Challenge Relay 1:
Team Foligno: Drew Doughty, LAK (one-timer RH), Ryan Johansen, CBJ (one-timer RH), Steven Stamkos, TBL (one-timer RH), Brent Burns, SJS (one-time passer), Anze Kopitar, LAK (mini net passer), Kevin Shattenkirk, STL (puck control), Patrick Kane, CHI (stick handling) and Carey Price, MTL (goalie goals).
Team Toews: Shea Weber, NSH (one-timer RH), Justin Faulk, CAR (one-timer RH), Tyler Seguin, DAL (one-timer RH), Ryan Getzlaf, ANA (one-time passer), John Tavares, NYI (mini net passer), Johnny Gaudreau, CGY (puck control), Mike Hoffman, OTT (stick handling) and Jaroslav Halak, NYI (goalie goals).
Skill Challenge Relay 2:
Team Foligno: Zemgus Girgensons, BUF (one-timer LH), Duncan Keith, CHI (one-timer LH), Nick Foligno, CBJ (one-timer LH), Jiri Sekac, MTL (one-time passer), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, EDM (mini net passer), Drew Doughty, LAK (puck control), Oliver Ekman-Larsson, ARI (stick handling) and Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT (goalie goals).
Team Toews: Mark Giordano, CGY (one-timer LH), Ryan Suter, MIN (one-timer LH), Jakub Voracek, PHI (one-timer LH), Patrice Bergeron, BOS (one-time passer), Tyler Johnson, TBL (mini net passer), Vladimir Tarasenko, STL (puck control), Filip Forsberg, NSH (stick handling) and Roberto Luongo, FLA (goalie goals).
Hardest Shot:
Team Foligno: Alex Ovechkin, WSH, Brent Burns, SJS, Steven Stamkos, TBL and Dustin Byfuglien, WPG.
Team Toews: Brent Seabrook, CHI, Aaron Ekblad, FLA, Justin Faulk, CAR and Shea Weber, NSH.
Shootout Round 1:
Team Foligno: Alex Ovechkin, WSH, Kevin Shattenkirk, STL, Patrick Kane, CHI, Dustin Byfuglien, WPG, Zemgus Girgensons, BUF Nick Foligno, CBJ,, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, EDM and Brian Elliott, STL (goaltender)
Team Toews: Patrice Bergeron, BOS, Mike Hoffman, OTT, Tyler Seguin, DAL, Aaron Ekblad, FLA, Shea Weber, NSH, Vladimir Tarasenko, STL, Ryan Suter, MIN and Jaroslav Halak, NYI (goaltender).
Shootout Round 2:
Team Foligno: Jonathan Drouin, TB, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, ARI, Brent Burns, SJS, Jiri Sekac, MTL, Duncan Keith, CHI, Anze Kopitar, LAK, Radim Vrbata, VAN and Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT (goaltender).
Team Toews: Justin Faulk, CAR, Johnny Gaudreau, CGY, John Tavares, NYI, Brent Seabrook, CHI, Patrik Elias, NJD, Rick Nash, NYR, Mark Giordano, CGY and Roberto Luongo, FLA (goaltender).
Shootout Round 3:
Team Foligno: Bobby Ryan, OTT, Phil Kessel, TOR, Ryan Johansen, CBJ, Drew Doughty, LAK, Steven Stamkos, TBL, Claude Giroux, PHI, Nick Foligno, CBJ and Carey Price, MTL (goaltender).
Team Toews: Ryan Getzlaf, ANA, John Tavares, NYI, Jonathan Toews, CHI, Filip Forsberg, NSH, Tyler Seguin, DAL, Jakub Voracek, PHI, Rick Nash, NYR and Corey Crawford, CHI (goaltender).
NHL All-Star Weekend 2015 continues with the skills competition live tonight from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
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