Trading their Boston jerseys for Atlantic Division sweaters this weekend, the Black and Gold contingent of winger David Pastrnak, goaltender Linus Ullmark, and head coach Jim Montgomery brought their winning formula with them down to Sunrise for the 2023 NHL All-Star Game.

The Boston influence was enough for the Atlantic to leave the weekend as winners, too, as the Atlantic defeated the Metropolitan Division by a 10-6 final in the opening round of action before winning the annual three-on-three tournament with a 7-5 final over the Central Division.

• Up front, Pastrnak kicked off the festivities with a one-goal and two-point outing in the Atlantic’s 10-6 win over the ‘rival’ Metro. For Pastrnak, the highlight of the first game came with a late-game takeaway of an Alex Ovechkin chance, which led to a Pastrnak breakaway goal to make it an even 10 goals for his squad.

  Pastrnak even managed to beat Ovechkin’s defense of a stick toss, too.

• Not even a stick toss can stop him. 🍝 pic.twitter.com/FmCeQrUQEw

  — Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) February 4, 2023

• And in the final, Pastrnak beat Connor Hellebuyck with a five-hole snipe that made it 5-1 for the Atlantic.

  The one for good measure. 🍝 pic.twitter.com/0IQhWmQpMA

  — Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) February 4, 2023

  It would hold as Pastrnak’s lone goal and point of the final and in what finished as a 7-5 win for his team.

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  Feb 4, 2023; Sunrise, Florida, USA; Atlantic Division forward David Pastrnak (88) of the Boston Bruins reacts after scoring a goal against the Central Division during the 2023 NHL All-Star Game at FLA Live Arena. (Jasen Vinlove/USA TODAY Sports)

• In goal, the 6-foot-5 Ullmark did about as well as you can hope for in an All-Star Game, with a 4-of-7 performance against the Metro to help punch the Altantic’s ticket to the finals.

  Ullmark’s saves in the win came on four different shooters, too, as he made stops on the Blue Jackets’ Johnny Gaudreau, Washington’s Alex Ovechkin, the Hurricanes’ Andrei Svechnikov, and New York’s Brock Nelson.

  The Lightning’s Andrei Vasilevskiy, meanwhile, stopped 10-of-13 for the Atlantic.

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  Feb 4, 2023; Sunrise, Florida, USA; Atlantic Division goaltender Linus Ullmark (35) of the Boston Bruins defends against the Metropolitan Division during the 2023 NHL All-Star Game at FLA Live Arena. (Jasen Vinlove/USA TODAY Sports)

• Ullmark brought in the finals, too, and turned aside all six shots he faced.

  An All-Star Game shutout? The man’s an animal. No other way to put it.

  That’s some ’99 Pedro Martinez at Fenway kind of stuff.

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  SUNRISE, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 04: Head coach Jim Montgomery of the Boston Bruins looks on during the 2023 NHL All-Star Game between the Central Division and the Atlantic Division at FLA Live Arena. (Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

• Behind the Atlantic bench, Montgomery did enough to manage his team to a win over Metro head coach Rod Brind’Amour and then Central head coach Pete DeBoer for the victory.

  And Montgomery got some help from his son Colin, who was on the bench with him throughout the game, to make some key switches to make it all possible for the Atlantic, as Montgomery revealed in his postgame interview with Bruins team reporter Eric Russo.

• 🎥 Coach Montgomery goes 1-on-1 with @erusso22 to look back on his first #NHLAllStar experience: "How privileged we are in the NHL to be able to enjoy incredible moments like this with our families among the stars of the game."#NHLBruins | @WarriorHockey pic.twitter.com/P5NSXyFW7I

  — Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) February 5, 2023

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