All-Star Reconds That are Not Likley to Be Broken This Year

Unbreakable? — Here are some All-Star records that are likely, if not certain, to survive this year’s game.

* Fewest shots in a game: The Campbell Conference won the 1978 game despite taking only 12 shots on goal. Since then, no team has had fewer than 26. The 29 by the East in 2004 matches the lowest total in the last 20 games.

* Fewest Goals: Two games in the pre-expansion era ended in 1-1 ties (1952 and 1956). Since expansion, the lowest-scoring game was the West’s 2-1 victory in Boston in 1971. The last game in which scoring didn’t reach double figures was 1996, when the East beat the West 5-4.

* Most Power-Play Goals: The record is three, accomplished three times in the pre-expansion era. There hasn’t been a power-play goal scored since 1997, and there haven’t been three power plays in a game since 1998. The last time there was a power play awarded was 2000, when Sandis Ozolnish of the World team was called for hooking in the third period.

* Most Goals in a Period: Five players have scored four times in an All-Star Game, and it’s not impossible that someone could match that mark. But while Mario Lemieux, Mike Gartner and Vincent Damphousse have scored three in a period, Wayne Gretzky’s four goals in the third period in the 1983 game on Long Island is a mark that has stood though 19 games and figures to last a while longer.

* Youngest Player: Not counting players who played in an All-Star Game as members of the defending Stanley Cup champions, Steve Yzerman is the only 18-year-old All-Star. Sidney Crosby likely would have broken that mark had the Olympics not intervened last year — he’s almost three months younger than Yzerman. Instead, he’ll have to settle for ninth on the all-time list.