The nebulous Olympic send-off event at UBS Arena scheduled for February is off. In its place will be a real All-Star Game and skills competition at the Islanders’ home the following year.

An NHL source confirmed ESPN’s initial report on the league’s decision to scrap the event planned prior to the Winter Games in Italy. While the NHL had planned a marquee event for UBS Arena prior to sending its players to the Olympics, it never officially announced the event’s full format.

Instead, UBS Arena will host an All-Star weekend from Feb. 5-7, 2027.

The NHL first announced on Feb. 18, 2024, that UBS Arena, which opened in 2021, would host the 2026 All-Star Weekend.

But on April 29, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, speaking to the Associated Press Sports Editors at the NHL office in Manhattan,

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