NHL All Star Game, more fun than defense

Sunday night at Philips Arena was more about having fun that a deathly struggle for the victory at the NHL All Star Game.

The victory appeared to be sealed by the West who had the lead 5-1 by the end of the first period, but Columbus Rick Nash scored the 5-2, then Anaheim's Scott Niedermayer converted for the 5-3, almost at the end of the third Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf scored for the tie.

This is just a proof of the poor defense that was applied by the two conferences during the whole game, first Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood allowed 5 during just a single period and then the West is given permission to convert for a tie, something that probably wouldn’t had happened in a regular NHL game, but as I said, this was more a game for showing off offensive talent, something that fans and TV viewers were happy to watch.

Thanks to the lack of pressure, we watched a really amusing game, where Carolina's Eric Staal received the MVP honors as he scored two assisted for the victory goal.

But besides being just a fun game, the West had no reason to be smiling, as Boston Bruins center Marc Savard scored within 20 seconds left on the clock after being tied giving the East a 7-8 victory.