2018 NHL All-Star Skills Competition
Where:Amalie Arena, Tampa Bay, Fla.
When: Saturday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSN (U.S.); CBC, Sportsnet, TVA Sports (Canada)

There's more than bragging rights on the line at this year's All-Star Skills Competition.

This time, the winners of each event will take home a cool $25,000. It's the first of many steps taken to move the focus of the competition from the best team back to the best players.

Players will be handpicked for each event by the NHL's Department of Player Safety, and it won't be based on what division they play for.

Fans will be treated to a couple of new events and some tweaks to past competitions.

With that said, here's a rundown of what you can expect Saturday night:

Save Streak

This new one is for the goalies.

Five goalies and all 36 skaters will take part in a shootout competition in which goalies will look to make the most consecutive saves.

Each one will face the nine skaters from one division. Players will shoot in order of their numbers from lowest to highest, with team captains shooting last. If the captain fails to score, they'll go again in the same order until a goal is scored.

If two or more goalies are tied for the longest streak, the goalie who made the most overall saves will be crowned the winner.

Passing Challenge

Who can feather the most accurate saucer pass? That'll be the focus for the newly minted passing challenge.

Eight players will take part in a three-part challenge that will include passes to targets, passes to players as part of four give-and-goes, and passes over a barricade into mini nets. Each player must complete the first part of the challenge before moving on.

The fastest total time wins.

Accuracy Shooting

This year's accuracy contest will be noticeably different from previous editions.

Eight players will take their usual spot (25 feet out from the net), but unlike previous years, they'll have five LED targets that light up randomly for three seconds, instead of the stationary foam targets. The players have to hit the lit-up target in that time before it moves. They keep going until all five targets are hit.

The player who hits all five in the fastest time, wins.

Fastest Skater

It's exactly as it sounds.

Eight skaters will race to clock the fastest lap around the rink. Players can decide what direction they want to go in, and have the chance to start a maximum of three feet behind the starting line (center line), with their time starting once they cross the line.

Puck Control Relay

The puck control relay is the puckhandling version of the passing challenge.

Eight players will go through three stations: 1) Stickhandling through a series of pucks in a straight line, 2) Stickhandling through a series of pylons in a zig-zag, and 3) Shooting or guiding the puck through a lit-up rung at the gate.

The player to complete the course the fastest wins.

Hardest Shot

Six players will have two rounds of two shots each from 30 feet out to muster up their hardest shot.

Following the first round, players will shoot again in order of slowest to fastest shot, with the hardest shot taking all the glory.

With no Shea Weber or Zdeno Chara in attendance this year, the field should be wide open.

All-Star rosters

(Note: * indicates team captain)

Atlantic Division

Metropolitan Division

Central Division

Pacific Division

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