The NHL All-Star Game is heading to St. Louis a week from today as the Blues will host this year’s big event. As part of the celebration of the annual festivities, there are new NHL 20 All-Star cards featuring players that will be participants. Those items also carry dynamic ratings that will move up based on the players’ real game and event performances.
NHL 20 All-Star Game cards arrive in HUT
Each of the four divisions has 15 NHL 20 All-Star cards for their players. All of the players start out with 88 overall for their ratings but have different attribute ratings. For example, Artemi Panarin has a 98 for Skating, Patrick Kane has a 90 rating for Shooting, and Matthew Tkachuk has an 89 Check rating.
Other star players with cards in the promotion include former cover athlete Conor McDavid, Buffalo Sabres star Jack Eichel, and Boston Bruins star David Pastrnak. The current cover star Auston Matthews will also participate in the big game.
Here are all of the player cards released for the NHL 20 All-Star promotion:
How do the dynamic player cards work?
The cards are dynamic in that they’ll move up in ratings based on how the players perform during the All-Star skills competitions and the big game. As explained in NHL 20’s Ultimate Team mode, any player who wins a skills competition will have two of their card attributes go up by to 99 overall.
Every goal a player scores during the All-Star Game will boost their card’s overall rating by a point. The two goalies who are on the final winning team will go up by two points on their overall ratings.
The NHL 20 All-Star MVP’s card will go up to a 95 overall rating, while all of the players on the winning team will get additional team synergy. It makes for a fun promotion for fans as they watch the upcoming event and hope that their particular cards see some boosts in HUT mode.
The format of the All-Star Game has a bracket setup with the Metropolitan vs. Atlantic stars in one matchup and the Pacific vs. Central stars in the other. The two winning squads face off in the final game to determine the winning team. Last year’s game featured the Metropolitan squad winning 10-5 over the Central division. Sidney Crosby was named 2019 All-Star MVP.
The NHL 2020 All-Star Game takes place on Saturday, January 25 in St. Louis, Missouri. NBC will televise the game in the United States, with NBCSN showing the All-Star Skills competitions. CBC and Sportsnet will show the events in Canada.
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