Hedman wins hardest shot, Kyrou claims fastest skater at All-Star skills competition

Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman won the Hardest Shot competition and St. Louis' Jordan Kyrou was the Fastest Skater during an NHL All-Star skills competition with a distinct Vegas flavour Friday night.

Carolina's Sebastian Aho won the Accuracy Shooting contest at T-Mobile Arena on a night when the biggest impressions were left by the Sin City settings and showmanship.

Columbus' Zach Werenski won the Fountain Face-Off, in which the All-Stars stood on a floating platform in the middle of the Bellagio casino's famous fountains up the Strip and shot light-up pucks at a series of targets all around them.

The actual skills competitions probably weren't as entertaining as the lighthearted Breakaway Challenge, which featured multiple costume stunts by eager pros. Minnesota's Kirill Kaprizov started it off by doing a sharp imitation of Alex Ovechkin while wearing his hero's jersey.

Perhaps most impressively, gifted Anaheim centre Trevor Zegras dressed up as a character from his favorite movie, "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story," and scored an astonishing, spinning goal while wearing a blindfold and getting hit by dodgeballs thrown by NHL mascots.

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