Ovechkin, Malkin both winners

MONTREAL - Russian superstars Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin teamed up to the delight of the Bell Centre crowd and both were winners in the NHL's All-Star SuperSkills competition Saturday night.

Ovechkin successfully defended his breakaway challenge title as the evening's six events were conducted independently of one another, unlike previous years that featured an overall title contested by the two conferences.

The high-scoring Washington left wing played to the crowd and garnered 42.8 percent of the fan voting via text messages. The Hawks' Patrick Kane (6.8 percent) came in fifth out of six competitors.

Malkin claimed the shooting accuracy title, hitting 3 of 4 targets in a playoff with Ottawa's Dany Heatley after both nailed all four targets in 4 shots in the opening round. The Hawks' Jonathan Toews was fifth out of eight competitors by hitting 4 of 8 targets.

Boston captain Zdeno Chara broke Al Iafrate's 16-year-old hardest shot record with a blistering 105.4 mph slap shot on the final attempt of the event.

Boston rookie Blake Wheeler was awarded the YoungStars game MVP after scoring 4 goals to lead the rookies to a 9-5 victory over the sophomores. The Blackhawks' Dave Bolland scored once for the sophomores.