SAN JOSE, Calif. — Avalanche teammates Mikko Rantanen and Gabe Landeskog combined for eight goals and five assists in their two games in Saturday night’s NHL All-Star tournament.
But it was Sidney Crosby who was the MVP with four assists in two games on the same ice where he won the Conn Smythe Trophy and Stanley Cup three years ago for Pittsburgh.
Crosby had two goals and three assists, and Henrik Lundqvist pitched a first-half shutout to lead the Metropolitan Division to a 10-5 victory over the Central Division in the championship round.
Lundqvist stopped 11 of 13 shots in his two games to give the Metropolitan Division its second title in four years of the three-on-three All-Star format and the $1 million prize shared by the winners of the four-team divisional tournament.