45th National Hockey League All-Star Game

Super Skills Competition

The Western Conference won the Skills Competition for the second consecutive year. Al Iafrate repeated as Hardest Shot champion with a 102.7 mph blast. John Vanbiesbrouck and Patrick Roy shared the Goaltenders Competition victory. The Puck Control Relay debuted, won by Russ Courtnall. Sergei Fedorov won Fastest Skater in 13.525 seconds, and Brendan Shanahan took Accuracy Shooting with 4 hits on 5 shots.

The game

A capacity crowd saw the Eastern Conference rally from an 8–6 third-period deficit to win 9–8. Joe Sakic scored his first All-Star Game goal to cut the lead to 8–7, and Bob Kudelski tied the game with 6:01 remaining. Alexei Yashin netted the game-winner with 3:42 left. Mike Richter was named All-Star MVP after stopping 19 of 21 shots in the second period, including three breakaway saves on Pavel Bure.

Kudelski replaced the injured Mario Lemieux on the Eastern roster; Ed Belfour was among several injured players unable to play, while Curtis Joseph was the only injured player who did play. All three Western goaltenders—Felix Potvin (starting for Belfour), Arturs Irbe, and Curtis Joseph (the losing goaltender)—were first-time All-Stars. This was the most recent All-Star Game where the head coaches were also the defending conference champions' coaches: Barry Melrose for the West and Jacques Demers for the East.

The uniforms marked a radical departure from previous designs, retiring the league's black and orange colors. Using a dye-sublimation process piloted in the NBA, the Eastern jersey featured a teal star pattern over white, while the Western jersey had purple over black. The conference logos replaced the NHL shield on the front, and the NHL All-Star shield patch was retired, replaced by each player's team logo.