MVP Matthew Tkachuk lifts Atlantic Division squad to NHL All-Star game win

SUNRISE, Fla. — Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk was right at home at the NHL All-Star Game. Detroit’s Dylan Larkin had a hat trick, Toronto’s Mitch Marner had three assists and the Atlantic Division topped the Central Division 7-5 in the All-Star Game final on Saturday. All-Star Game MVP Matthew Tkachuk — playing alongside his brother Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Senators — had seven points on the day, after a five-point outburst in a semifinal win over the Metropolitan Division. It was the first time the Atlantic won the All-Star Game, after six previous tries in the divisional format. “It was so much fun,” Larkin said after the first final game hat trick in this All-Star format.