NHL All-Star Weekend still planned for Las Vegas

NHL All-Star Weekend is inactive expected to instrumentality spot Feb. 4 and 5 astatine T-Mobile Arena contempt the league’s determination to propulsion retired of the 2022 Winter Olympics connected Wednesday.

An NHL spokesperson said determination was nary alteration to the presumption of the event, which features a skills contention and three-on-three tournament. The archetypal program was for players to enactment and person the Olympians alert to Beijing from Las Vegas.

The league and NHL Players’ Association agreed not to spell to the Olympics aft galore COVID-19 outbreaks. The league has postponed 50 games and moved its yearly vacation interruption up 2 days.

Teams are disconnected Wednesday done Saturday and tin instrumentality to their facilities Sunday. Games resume Monday.

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