The Metro Division wins the NHL All-Star Game, Claude Giroux named MVP
The Metropolitan Division has earned bragging rights this year.
Led by Claude Giroux, who scored three goals and four points, the Metro Division won the 2022 All-Star Game in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon. Giroux was named Most Valuable Player as the Metro squad took down the Pacific and Central Divisions en route to the win.
Since the four-division tournament format was introduced at the 2016 All-Star Game in Nashville, the Metro and Pacific Division have gone back and forth as winners. The Metro won in 2017 and 2019 while the Pacific won in 2016, 2018, and 2020.
Let’s go over what happened…
Tom Wilson of the Washington Capitals kicked things off just second into the first game of the afternoon between the Metro and the Pacific. The fans at T-Mobile Arena in Vegas let Wilson know they felt about it…
Tom Wilson nets one to kick off the #NHLAllStar Game! 😎 🇺🇸: @abcnetwork 🇨🇦: @Sportsnet ➡️ watch.sportsnet.ca
Hey Alexa, play Lithium by Nirvana. 🎶 Ebs nets the first-ever #NHLAllStar goal in #SeaKraken history!!!
The Metro Division would wind up winning the game by a score of 6-4. The most impressive part? They kept Connor McDavid off of the scoresheet.
The highest-scoring game of the afternoon featured an 8-5 win by the Central Division over the Atlantic Division. Jordan Kyrou, the league’s fastest skater, continued his big weekend by leading the Central with two goals and four points…
Four points (2G, 2A) in his first #NHLAllStar Game...is that good?
Yet again the Metro got off to a quick start and yet again it was a Capital getting the job done in Vegas. This time, it was Evgeny Kuznetsov who opened the scoring just 27 seconds into the final…
Evgeny Kuznetsov (@Kuzya92) gets the party started early in the final game! 🎉 #NHLAllStar 🇺🇸: @abcnetwork 🇨🇦: @Sportsnet ➡️ watch.sportsnet.ca
Giroux, an impending unrestricted free agent, seems to have some chemistry with Jake Guentzel of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Hmm…
Guentzel ➡️ Giroux ➡️ in the net 🚨 There's 1:45 left in the championship game and the Metro Division has the 5-3 lead!
Gritty was thrilled to see that the Metro won the game and that Giroux was named MVP…
Gritty is so damn stoked about Giroux winning MVP 😂
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