It's official: NHL stars will compete in another international tournament in 2027
![Feb 20, 2025; Boston, MA, USA; [Imagn Images direct customers only] Team Canada forward Sydney Crosby (87) lifts the trophy after defeating the United States during the 4 Nations Face-Off ice hockey championship game at TD Garden.](https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/669393.webp "Feb 20, 2025; Boston, MA, USA; [Imagn Images direct customers only] Team Canada forward Sydney Crosby (87) lifts the trophy after defeating the United States during the 4 Nations Face-Off ice hockey championship game at TD Garden.")
Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh announced Tuesday afternoon that the 2027 NHL All-Star Weekend is heading to Long Island with a new format.
The news dropped this afternoon from insider Frank Seravalli, and the structure is a real departure from anything the league has run at All-Star Weekend before.
February 5, 2027 is the Skills Competition. But there's a twist. Only 10 players, all 25 or younger, will be invited to compete.
That's a deliberate pivot toward the next generation. No veteran cameos. No legacy spots. Just the league's youngest stars trying to outshine each other in front of a Long Island crowd.
February 6 is where it gets loud. A full international 3-on-3 tournament between USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden, and a "World" team built from everyone else.
Eleven players per roster. Five teams. One weekend.
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4 Nations momentum reshapes the All-Star blueprint
The fingerprints of February 2025 are all over this. The 4 Nations Face-Off proved the league could sell a short international tournament with real stakes, and now that template is bleeding into the All-Star slot.
The Skills cap at 25 and under is the boldest call. It pulls the All-Star spotlight away from established names and hands it to the kids the league wants to market next.
There's a question buried in the announcement, though. Who exactly fills the "World" roster? The pool of non-USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden NHLers is deep with Russians, Czechs, Swiss, Germans, and Slovaks, but they're being lumped under one banner.
Long Island gets the host nod, which puts UBS Arena on the international stage barely two years after the 4 Nations buzz faded.
For the players, the math just changed. Making an All-Star roster used to mean a divisional ballot and a fan vote. Now it means cracking a national team or being one of ten under-25 names the league wants to showcase.
Bob's read: the under-25 skills cap is the right call, but capping it at 10 is too thin. A dozen and a half kids deserve that stage. The league left talent on the table to keep the broadcast clean.
The roster reveals are going to be the next domino. Eleven names per country, with selection committees that now matter as much as the Hart Trophy ballot in February.
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MAY 29, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Taylor Hall | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Logan Stankoven | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jackson Blake | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Seth Jarvis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Alexander Nikishin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | - | - | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | - | - | |
| Kirby Dach | - | - | - | |
| Phillip Danault | - | - | - | |
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