Blue Jackets' Johansen extends Team Foligno's lead with Breakaway Challenge victory

by Chris Battaglia
Rick Osentoski / USA Today

Fans selected Ryan Johansen as the winner of the All-Star skills competition breakaway challenge to continue Team Foligno's dominance.

Johansen got more votes than Vladimir Tarasenko, Alex Ovechkin, Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux or Johnny Gaudreau. All six participants were allowed three attempts, with a focus style and creativity.

The voting, which was conducted through Twitter hashtags, favored the Columbus Blue Jackets forward in his home building, but Johansen did his part to earn the votes. He donned an Ohio State jersey on his first attempt, had a kid shoot his second shot and orchestrated the flying V on his third attempt.

Cool move by Johansen

Not to be outdone, Voracek used Gaudreau as a prop for his final attempt.

Voracek copies Johansen, uses little Johnny Gaudreau for his shootout attempt

Tarasenko and St. Louis Blues goaltender Brian Elliott combined for three creative attempts. Tarasenko scored on Elliott while the netminder was blindfolded and shot another attempt through a target attached to Elliott's glove, but the first attempt was the one that went viral.

Gaudreau might have been able to sway the biased Blue Jackets crowd if he was allowed to light his stick on fire for an attempt, but his idea was rejected.

Team Foligno leads Team Toews 6-0 after two events.

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