NHL All-Star Game 2015 Results: Score and Twitter Reaction

January 25th, 2015 by Matt Fitzgerald Leave a reply »

A two-year hiatus preceded Sunday's highly anticipated NHL All-Star Game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Team Toews emerged with a 17-12 win over Team Foligno in a contest that lacked defensive effort, overall energy and enthusiasm for how much hype surrounded it.



Despite being on the losing side, Ryan Johansen of the Columbus Blue Jackets managed to win the MVP award on the strength of two goals, two assists and some home-fan favoritism.   



Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated was among those underwhelmed by the quality of hockey on display from many of the NHL's biggest names:



Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times highlighted the historic scoring mark the two teams posted Sunday:



The 29 total goals bested the prior record for goals in an NHL All-Star Game of 26, which occurred in 2001.

SportsNation reacted to the action:



Leading all players with four goals was New York Islanders captain John Tavares. ESPN Stats & Info noted the elite company Tavares joined in adding to his hat trick: ...

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