SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sidney Crosby now has one more reason to have good memories of the Shark Tank. Crosby had two goals and three assists to win the All-Star MVP, 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 of the NHL All-Star Game on Saturday night. Crosby finished the night with four goals and four assists in two games on the same ice where he won the Conn Smythe Trophy and Stanley Cup three years ago for Pittsburgh. "I have some great memories here for sure,'' he said. "It's always been a tough place to play. Obviously, when you win in a rink and have those memories, it's something you think about every time you go there. Being in that dressing room, it's automatic to bring you back to some of those moments.'' The memories aren't nearly as sweet for the Sharks fans, who booed Crosby when he won the award, joining Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, Joe Sakic and Jean Beliveau as the only players to win the Conn Smythe, the Hart Trophy and All-Star MVP. "It's cool,'' Crosby said. "You play, and you watch as a kid growing up, and you see that presentation, so it's pretty cool. I had a lot of fun today.'' Lundqvist stopped 11 of 13 shots in his two games to give the Metropolitan Division its second title in four years of the 3-on-3 All-Star format and the $1 million prize shared by the winners of the four-team divisional tournament. Mathew Barzal of the New York Islanders added two goals and three assists in the final game. Mikko Rantanen had two goals, and Colorado teammate Gabriel Landeskog added one for the Central. Landeskog finished with four goals and three assists, while Rantanen had four goals and two assists. "There's more pace, obviously, when it's the final and there's a million dollars on the line. A lot of guys were going a little bit harder, but it's good for the fans,'' Rantanen said. "Just too bad that we were not that ready to play.'' Crosby assisted on Barzal's goal against Devan Dubnyk just 22 seconds into the championship game and then made it 5-0 in the closing seconds of the first half off a pass from Barzal. Crosby also assisted on Pittsburgh teammate Kris Letang's goal in the first half and then helped seal the game with a goal in the second half that made it 6-2. Sidney Crosby finished the night with four goals and four assists -- including two goals and three assists in the championship round -- to lead the Metropolitan Division to victory in the NHL All-Star Game. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Lundqvist made big saves against Landeskog and Claude Giroux in the period one night after winning the save streak competition in the skills challenge. "It was good defense, good structure,'' Lundqvist said. "That helps, especially 3-on-3. Honestly, I thought we had pretty good structure, so much skill up front, so many goals. You don't get surprised; you get impressed.'' The first time the All-Star Game came to San Jose in 1997, hometown favorite Owen Nolan capped the night by calling his shot and pointing to the spot where he completed a hat trick that delighted the Shark Tank. Sharks fans didn't have as much to cheer for in the return, even though their three All-Stars started the night on the ice together for the Pacific. The Central blitzed the Pacific early for its first win in four years in this format, scoring seven goals on nine shots against John Gibson in the first half of the period in a 10-4 victory. Gibson, who plays for the rival Anaheim Ducks, drew derisive chants from the fans who later called for Vegas' Marc-Andre Fleury to take over. "Anytime you play it's a rivalry, and the fans take it personally. That's what makes it fun,'' Gibson said. "You're still at [the] All-Star Game and you're out there with some of the best players in the league. Stuff's going to happen.'' Landeskog had a hat trick and an assist, and Roman Josi had three assists and a goal for the Central. Pekka Rinne and Dubnyk combined to stop 23 of 27 shots, with Dubnyk providing one of the biggest highlights with a glove save that robbed Connor McDavid on a breakaway. The Metropolitan Division won the second semifinal 7-4 thanks to a tiebreaking goal by Letang with 3:38 to play. Sebastian Aho added an insurance goal seconds after Braden Holtby stopped John Tavares in close.<doc-sep>When you talk Sidney Crosby you talk a three time Stanley Cup champion, a two time Olympic gold medalist, a World Cup of Hockey champion and MVP, a multiple Conn Smythe, Hart and Art Ross winner. And now you can add the 2019 NHL All Star game MVP to the list as well. Crosby scored four goals and four assists in the two games of the 2019 NHL ASG to lead the Metropolitan Division team to two wins and the $1 million dollar championship. It came just one day after Crosby had to bow out of the skills competition with illness. Defenseman Kris Letang put up two goals and three assists in the two 3-on-3 All-Star games as well. It was a sterling day for the boys from Pittsburgh. The players who have won the Conn Smythe, Hart Trophy and NHL All Star MVP are Bobby Orr, Joe Sakic, Mario Lemieux and now Sid. Quite the list of all time greats right there and just another feather in the cap of the greatest active player right now. For Sidney Crosby, it’s all about celebrating the game. pic.twitter.com/3rM4zuG1Ss — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 27, 2019 The best goal was probably Kris Letang passing one over for Crosby to chip in from point blank range. It's almost like these two have played together before.#LetsGoPens pic.twitter.com/v9jYhj7YmN — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 27, 2019 The All Star game is always fun and just a bunch of the best players just having a good time and showing off their skill. And on this night, no one showed out more than Letang and Crosby just doing their thing and being great at hockey. The Penguins are back at it on Monday night at home against New Jersey. The stretch run is about to begin.<doc-sep>CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device SAN JOSE — Sidney Crosby will never be considered a fan favorite inside the walls of SAP Center, not after he hoisted the Stanley Cup on the arena’s ice surface less than three years ago when the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Sharks in six games for hockey’s holy grail. Saturday, he was given another award in front of thousands of fans in teal, a new car, as he was named the NHL All-Star Game’s Most Valuable Player for leading the Metropolitan Division All-Stars to the 3-on-3 tournament title. After recording two goals and an assist for the Metropolitan Division in its 7-4 win over the Atlantic Division in one semifinal, Crosby added two goals and three assists in the final, a 10-5 win over the Central Division. It’s the second time in three years the Metropolitan Division won the tournament, as they won a $1 million prize for the victory. For complete Sharks coverage follow us on Flipboard. Crosby sat out Friday’s skills competition due to illness, and local fans noticed. He was one of a handful of players Saturday — including Anaheim Ducks goalie John Gibson and Toronto Maple Leafs center John Tavares — that were soundly booed by the capacity crowd of 17,562. “I heard a few boos, but they’re great fans,” Crosby said on the ice right after the game. “It was a lot of fun today.” After he picked up the MVP award at one end of the ice, in nearly the same location in 2016 when he grabbed the Stanley Cup from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, Crosby again heard boos along with a smattering of applause. Crosby is the sixth NHL player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy, Hart Trophy and All-Star MVP, joining Joe Sakic, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr and Jean Beliveau. “I have some great memories here, for sure,” Crosby said. “When you win in a rink, it’s something you think about every time you go to it. That was the same when I played here a week and a half ago and again today.” Like our Sharks Facebook page for more San Jose Sharks news, commentary and conversation. Still, if anyone was looking for a signature moment from the game, like Owen Nolan’s in 1997, they might have been left wanting, especially since the local players were bounced from the tournament early on. The Pacific Division’s stay in the 3-on-3 tournament was a short one. In the first semifinal, the Central Division built up a six-goal lead in the first of the two 10-minute halves and cruised to a 10-4 win over the Pacific team, which included Sharks players Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns and Erik Karlsson, in the first semifinal game. Karlsson scored twice and Burns scored once for the Pacific team, which was down 7-1 after 10 minutes, as the Central team, and the capacity crowd, showed no mercy on Gibson. Pavelski added two assists. “It’s just a celebration,” Pavelski said. “A lot of great players coming together in a game. It’s fun playing in the city you play for. Every time our names got announced when we stepped on the ice, you hear the little extra roars. It was pretty cool to be a part of.” Gibson was booed often by the partisan Sharks crowd, as he allowed seven goals on nine shots, with Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen and Chicago’s Patrick Kane both scoring twice. The Avalanche’s Gabriel Landeskog added three goals and one assist. “I think any time you play a rival and their fans, obviously they don’t love you,” Gibson said afterward. “So, it is what it is. I think it’s just California teams. Us, San Jose, L.A., anytime you play it’s a rivalry and the fans take it personally, so I think that’s what makes it fun.” Tavares, who elected to sign a seven-year contract with the Maple Leafs last summer, instead of the Sharks, also heard it from the crowd. “I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but it’s obviously a very proud fanbase,” Tavares said. “They love their Sharks. I wasn’t the only one, so I guess it wasn’t too lonely.” It was the first time since the NHL introduced the 3-on-3 tournament format for the All-Star Game in 2016 that the Central Division team had beaten the Pacific team. The Pacific Division team had been 3-0 in semifinal games, winning the tournament in 2016 and 2018. 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Evgeni Nabokov, the winningest goalie in Sharks history and himself a two-time all-star, was given the same treatment when he was shown.<doc-sep>Tony Avelar/Associated Press The Metropolitan team earned an All-Star tournament victory on Saturday at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, as it defeated the Atlantic side 7-4 and then the Central Division 10-5 in the four-team competition. The Central Division crushed the Pacific team 10-4 in the semifinals to set up the championship matchup. Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby, who sat out the All-Star Skills Competition with an illness on Friday, looked perfectly healthy on Saturday. He had four goals and four assists for the tournament, with this score occurring just 15 seconds into the semifinal: Crosby saved his best for the final, however, as he had one goal and two assists in the first period to catapult the Metropolitan team to a 5-0 intermission advantage. He added another goal and assist in the second en route to his All-Star Game MVP, which is the first of his decorated 14-year career. He and his team will split $1 million for the tournament win. The 31-year-old was naturally booed by the San Jose crowd during introductions, as Crosby and the Pens beat the hometown Sharks in the 2015-16 Stanley Cup. He did make at least one friend before the game though: The moment of the night occurred when the NHL announced that it was donating $25,000 each to the "charities or hockey programs of choice" for Canadian women's hockey stars Rebecca Johnston and Renata Fast and United States women's hockey stars Brianna Decker and Kendall Coyne Schofield. Video Play Button Videos you might like The quartet participated during the NHL All-Star Skills Challenge. Coyne Schofield competed and finished seventh in the "Fastest Skater" event, while Johnston, Decker and Fast demonstrated in puck control, premier passer and accuracy shooting, respectively. Although Decker didn't officially take part in her contest, an unofficial time clocked her at 1:12 or 1:13, per Sportsnet hockey reporter Elliotte Friedman, which would have netted her second. The Atlantic vs. Metropolitan semifinal matchup was the game of the night. The matchup was tied at four with 3:37 remaining in the second period, but three straight Metropolitan goals put the game away. The goal of the evening occurred in this contest, with Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos performing some on-ice sorcery for one of the filthier goals of the year: Here's another look in slow motion: The Central vs. Pacific matchup was characterized by a remarkable stat: Central only took 18 shots on goal but scored 55.5 percent of the time. Pacific had four goals on 31 shots on net. The Central team scored five goals in a 3:03 span in the first period to take a 7-1 lead. Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog had three goals during the game, including this one from the top shelf: Despite the high scoring, the play of the night came via a goalie, Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators (unintentionally): Rinne didn't receive an assist for his efforts on the scoresheet, although he deserved one. Next year's All-Star tournament will take place on Sunday, January 26, 2020 in St. Louis. Where to Watch: NHL broadcasts are available through fuboTV.<doc-sep>
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Sidney 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 of the NHL All-Star game Saturday night. Selected the MVP, Crosby finished the night with four goals and four assists in two games on the same ice where he won the Conn Smythe Trophy and Stanley Cup three years ago for Pittsburgh. 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. Mathew Barzal of the New York Islanders added two goals and three assists in the final game. Mikko Rantanen had two goals and Colorado teammate Gabriel Landeskog added one for the Central. Landeskog finished with four goals and three assists, while Rantanen had four goals and two assists. Crosby assisted on Barzal’s goal against Devan Dubnyk just 22 seconds into the championship game and then made it 5-0 in the closing seconds of the first half off a pass from Barzal. Crosby also assisted on Pittsburgh teammate Kris Letang’s goal in the first half and then helped seal the game with a goal in the second half that made it 6-2. Lundqvist made big saves against Landeskog and Claude Giroux in the period one night after winning the save streak competition in the skills challenge. The first time the All-Star game came to San Jose in 1997, hometown favorite Owen Nolan capped the night by calling his shot and pointing to the spot where he completed a hat trick that delighted the Shark Tank. Sharks fans didn’t have as much to cheer for in the return, even though their three All-Stars started the night on the ice together for the Pacific. The Central blitzed the Pacific early for its first win in four years in this format, scoring seven goals on nine shots against John Gibson in the first half of the period in a 10-4 victory. Gibson, who plays for the rival Anaheim Ducks, drew derisive chants from the fans who later called for Vegas’ Marc-Andre Fleury to take over. “Anytime you play it’s a rivalry and the fans take it personally. That’s what makes it fun,” Gibson said. “You’re still at All-Star game and you’re out there with some of the best players in the league. Stuff’s going to happen.” Minutes played for the Metropolitan: 30 Points scored for Crosby and Letang: 10 NBD. pic.twitter.com/DPVXBpJkt9 — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 27, 2019 Landeskog had a hat trick and an assist and Roman Josi had three assists and a goal for the Central. Pekka Rinne and Dubnyk combined to stop 23 of 27 shots with Dubnyk providing one of the biggest highlights with a glove save that robbed Connor McDavid on a breakaway. The Metropolitan Division won the second semifinal 7-4 thanks to a tiebreaking goal by Letang with 3:38 to play. Sebastian Aho added an insurance goal seconds after Braden Holtby stopped John Tavares in close. To the sound of boos in San Jose… Your 2019 #NHLAllStar MVP is… SIDNEY CROSBY! pic.twitter.com/LPo7Wm1tm3 — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 27, 2019 NOTES: The NHL honored four women’s hockey players who participated in All-Star weekend, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Brianna Decker of the United States, and Rebecca Johnston and Renata Fast of Canada. The four women got a standing ovation and a $25,000 donation in their name to a hockey charity of their choice. Coyne Schofield was the first woman to compete in the skills competition on Friday night, finishing seventh in the fastest skater competition. (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)