NHL Skills Competition 2016: Time, TV schedule, events and how to watch online

All the information you need for the skills competition.

The NHL All-Star Game skills competition runs Saturday night. Here's all the info you need:

  • Time: 7:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
  • TV: CBC, Sportsnet, TVA in Canada; NBCSN in the US
  • Free stream on the CBC Sports App/

The lineup of events is the same as last year:

  • Fastest Skater
  • Breakaway Challenge
  • Accuracy Shooting
  • Skills Challenge Relay
  • Hardest Shot
  • Shootout/

As per previous years' rules, each player will have to participate at least once during the event. The event will feature the two conferences pitted against each other.


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