Atlantic wins Skills Competition, will face Metro in 2nd ASG semifinal

Atlantic 4 | Pacific 1

Skills Challenge Relay | Four Line Challenge | Accuracy Shooting | Fastest Skater | Hardest Shot | Shootout

We're set for Sunday's 3-on-3 All-Star tournament.

The Atlantic Division won the NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday night. It opted to face the Metropolitan Division in the second semifinal Sunday, after defeating the Pacific Division in the Shootout, the competition's final event.

The Pacific and Central divisions will kick off the 3-on-3 festivities:

The winners of each semifinal will battle for All-Star supremacy.

On Saturday, the Atlantic advanced to the final event of the Skills Competition after Shea Weber won the Hardest Shot challenge, giving his division the tiebreaker over the Metro. Here were the results after five events:

Pacific 6 | Atlantic 5* | Metro 5 | Central 2

Here's a rundown of each event:

Shootout

Winner: Atlantic Division

Only four of 20 shooters were able to find the back of the net in the shootout as the scoreboard reset for the final event between the Atlantic and Pacific divisions - and one of them was 6 years old.

Brad Marchand, Shea Weber, and Sidney Crosby - as a captain's selection from the Metro, his goal worth two points - scored for the Atlantic, giving the division four points, and Saturday's Skills Competition victory.

Ryker Kesler, Anaheim Ducks center Ryan's son, was the only member of the Pacific Division to beat an Atlantic goalie, going five-hole on Carey Price, who graciously allowed the youngster to score. Other than that, Price and Tuukka Rask were perfect.

Watch: Ryker Kesler goes 5-hole on Price

The shootout's results:

Brent Burns had the move of the shootout, dropping the puck through his legs and firing upstairs, but he hit the post behind Rask.

Hardest Shot

Winner: Shea Weber (102.8 mph)

Guess what? Shea Weber has the hardest shot among All-Stars, for the third year running. He hit 102.8 mph on the gun, besting Patrik Laine's 101.7. By getting the Atlantic two points, the division moved on to the final. The Hardest Shot competition was the tiebreaker, with both the Atlantic and Metro finishing with five points.

Watch: Weber blasts his way to another Hardest Shot crown

Results:

Central: Laine, 101.7 mph (1 point)
Pacific: Burns, 97.7 mph

Atlantic: Victor Hedman, 94.2 mph
Metro: Seth Jones, 98.1 mph (1 point)

Central: Nathan MacKinnon, 92.3 mph
Pacific: Drew Doughty, 94.6 mph (1 point)

Atlantic: Weber, 102.8 mph (2 points)
Metro: Alex Ovechkin, 97.8 MPH

Fastest Skater

Winner: Connor McDavid (13.02 seconds)

Hardly breaking news: Connor McDavid's the fastest All-Star. The Oilers phenom got the Pacific two points in the fastest skater event. The Atlantic won both of its heats to pick up two points, as well.

Watch: McDavid races around the sheet in 13.02 seconds

Results:

Atlantic: Nikita Kucherov, 13.16 seconds (1 point)
Metro: Cam Atkinson, 13.33 seconds

Atlantic: Trochek, 13.32 seconds (1 point)
Metro: Wayne Simmonds, 13.65 seconds

Central: Laine, 13.42 seconds (1 point)
Pacific: Bo Horvat, 13.43 seconds

Central: Nathan MacKinnon, 13.6 seconds
Pacific: McDavid, 13.02 seconds (2 points)

Accuracy Shooting

Winner: Sidney Crosby (10.73 seconds)

Chalk another one up for the Metropolitan - this Sidney Crosby guy is good. Crosby stole the show in the accuracy department, going 4-for-5 in an event-best 10.73 seconds. He earned a bonus point for being the fastest to get through four targets. The Pacific won its two heats, earning two points as well.

Results:

Atlantic: Kyle Okposo: 15.9 seconds (1 point)
Metro: John Tavares: 26.81

Pacific: McDavid: 15.64 (1 point)
Central: Laine: 21.82

Atlantic: Auston Matthews: 12.28
Metro: Crosby: 10.73 (2 points)

Watch: Crosby nearly perfect in accuracy shooting win

Pacific: Jeff Carter: 17.66 (1 point)
Central: Patrick Kane: 18.95

Four Line Challenge

Winner: Pacific Division (1 point)

With players shooting from the near blue, center, far blue, and far goal line, Burns stole the show for the Pacific in the new Four Line Challenge event:

To close out the event, Burns' Pacific teammate Mike Smith, the Coyotes' goaltender, fired one from his own goal line, and it took a fortunate bounce and went through the only opening in the net: five-hole.

Watch: Mike Smith salvages Four Line Challenge with 200-foot snipe

The Pacific won the event, earning the only point available.

Skills Relay

Winner: Metropolitan Division (2 points)

The Central Division and Pacific Division squared off to open the night, and it was the Central that came out flying. Doughty, representing the hometown Los Angeles Kings, struggled in the passing department.

Central time: 1:44.03 (1 point)
Pacific time: 2:03.12

The Metropolitan bested the Atlantic in the East showdown, thanks to a dominant performance by Crosby (of course), and put up the top time in the event. Hey, best division in hockey.

Watch: Crosby, Metro dominate skills relay

Atlantic time: 1:39.69
Metropolitan: 1:21.70 (2 points)

Give the Metro two points for the win and the fastest time, and the Central one point, in the first event of the night.

All-Star Rosters

Note: * indicates captain

Atlantic Division

Metropolitan Division

Central Division

Pacific Division