Kuznetsov, Backstrom, and Holtby get their assignments for tonight's skills competition
After some heavy deliberation yesterday, the Eastern Conference captains have made their selections for tonight's skills competition, assigning at least one of the Caps to participate in four of the six events. And unlike past years, this might actually matter - the winning team gets to decide if they want their three-on-three game to be the first or second of the two semifinals tomorrow. Now those are some high stakes...
Here's how it shakes out for the East:
Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater
Honda NHL Breakaway Challenge
DraftKings NHL Accuracy Shooting
Gatorade NHL Skills Challenge Relay
AMP NHL Hardest Shot
Discover NHL Shootout
Round 2
Patrice Bergeron, BOS
Nicklas Backstrom, WSH
Steven Stamkos, TBL
Evgeny Kuznetsov, WSH
Ryan McDonagh, NYR
Catch the Caps and those other schlubs live on NBCSN in the U.