Technically, the NHL All-Star activities are officially underway. Really, though, they don't get started for the out of town fans - essentially, the rest of us - until the Skills Competition. (It used to be the drunk draft, but alas, the NHL decided the best part of the entire weekend was no longer the way to go.)
Mark Giordano and Johnny Gaudreau will both be there, representing the Western Conference, though they'll only be participating in the skills challenge relay and the shootout: events that see a large contingent of All-Stars.
The Skills Competition gets underway at 5 p.