The NHL kicked off All-Star Weekend with the 2023 NHL All-Star Skills Competition at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, on Friday, and the festivities did not disappoint.

While the skills competition featured the classic Accuracy Shooting, Breakaway, Fastest Skater and Hardest Shot challenges, three new events with some South Florida flair debuted: the Splash Shot, Pitch 'n Puck and Tendy Tandem.

If you weren't able to catch all of the festivities, keep reading for a recap and some highlights of all of the events.

Preliminary round

Final round

Carolina Hurricanes star Andrei Svechnikov beat his preliminary round time of 13.757 seconds to claim the Fastest Skater crown, defeating Los Angeles Kings forward Kevin Fiala with a time of 13.699 seconds in the final round.

Svechnikov is just the second Hurricanes/Whalers player to win the Fastest Skater event, joining Sami Kapanen, who won in 2000 and 2002.

The Breakaway Challenge is always a fan favorite, as players get to show off their creativity and skill by going one-on-one with the goaltender and trying to score. However, this challenge is more about the theatrics than the goal-scoring, and it did not disappoint.

The duo of Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin combined to win the Breakaway Challenge thanks to a very special guest: Sergei Ovechkin, the son of Alex Ovechkin.

Sergei, commonly known as "Ovi Jr.," joined his father and Crosby on the ice to take the final shot on Roberto Luongo, sneaking the puck through the former NHLer's five-hole.

Some of the other competitors also put on a show.

Boston Bruins star David Pastrnak brought out a Happy Gilmore-inspired skit for his Breakaway Challenge attempt, even including one of his teammates, goaltender Linus Ullmark, as his caddy in the event.

Florida Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk brought out all the stops in front of the hometown crowd, including his brother, Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk, teammate Aleksander Barkov and Miami Dolphins captain Christian Wilkins in his Beach Boys-inspired Breakaway Challenge attempt.

As for Toronto Maple Leafs star Mitchell Marner, he could have had a far better attempt, to say the least.

Central Division teammates Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets) and Juuse Saros (Nashville Predators) defeated Pacific Division teammates Logan Thompson (Vegas Golden Knights) and Stuart Skinner (Edmonton Oilers): 13-11.

Atlantic Division teammates Linus Ullmark (Boston Bruins) and Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay Lightning) defeated Metropolitan Division teammates Igor Shesterkin (New York Rangers) and Ilya Sorokin (New York Islanders): 9-6

Hellebucyk and Saros combined to win the Tendy Tandem with 13 points, beating out all of the other duos.

Preliminary round

Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche defeated Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nathan MacKinnon of the Avalanche with a time of 25.5 seconds to advance to the final round.

Igor Shesterkin and Adam Fox of the New York Rangers defeated Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Senators and Matthew Tkachuk of the Florida Panthers with a time of 26.5 seconds to advance to the final round.

Final round

Makar and Rantanen defeated Shesterkin and Fox with a time of 18.7 seconds to claim the Splash Shot challenge crown.

Preliminary round

Connor McDavid continues to be ridiculous on every level. At this point, he should be getting moving targets because this accuracy challenge is simply too easy for him. The Edmonton Oilers superstar went four-for-four in under 10 seconds, smashing all of the targets without needing to take any extra shots.

However, McDavid went on to be eliminated in the semifinals by Calgary Flames forward Nazem Kadri.

Semifinals

Final

The brand new Pitch 'n Puck challenge was a hybrid event featuring both golf and hockey elements. The players competed on a par-four hole featuring an island green, and Suzuki claimed the victory with a nice shot for birdie.

Forwards don't typically win the Hardest Shot challenge, but that was the case this year, as Vancouver Canucks star Elias Pettersson recorded the hardest shot at 103.2 mph, beating out Alexander Ovechkin, who won it in 2018.

The 2023 NHL All-Star Game will take place Saturday at FLA Live Arena. The three-on-three matchup between the Central and Pacific Divisions begins at 3 p.m. ET and is followed by the matchup between the Metropolitan and Atlantic Divisions at 4. The championship game is at 5.