Only one of 16 playoff teams would change, and otherwise it is just some shuffling of first round match-ups.At the end of the day, this system better reflects each team’s performance over the season. This would produce much more movement in the standings throughout the season.This proposal would create a better on-ice product and do a better job of putting the league's best 16 teams in the postseason.Why the NHL's point system is broken and how it can be fixedWhy the NHL's point system is broken and how it can be fixedGet the latest trending sports news daily in your inboxCanucks' Stecher honors late father after scoring winner in ...NHL playoff picks: Canes to bounce back, even seriesCaps' Reirden condemns Lee's hit on Backstrom: 'It was preda...Islanders score 4 unanswered to rally past Caps in Game 1Brind'Amour fined $25K after calling NHL 'a joke' for Game 1...Capitals' Backstrom forced out of Game 1 after hit by Island...Get the latest trending sports news daily in your inboxThe ultimate, personalized mobile sports experienceCanadiens' Julien taken to hospital with chest pains, Muller to coach rest of seriesMajor storylines to track as Canucks race past Blues, Canadiens trail FlyersPoile: 'All options are on the table' as Predators aim to improveThe outside looking in: Insights on the bubble and watching from home
New York Rangers coach David Quinn called Sunday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets perhaps their biggest of the season, as his team trailed the Blue Jackets by eight points for one of the Eastern Conference’s two wild-card playoff spots.. After Oliver Bjorkstrand‘s tiebreaking goal with 26.5 seconds left in regulation, that gap is now 10 points. I don’t like yours either, with some games at 1 and some at 0. For example, losing a game 2-1 in overtime definitely shows a better performance than losing a game 5-0 in regulation. The point here is that the playoffs would better reflect teams that were able to win more often than lose, and also get it done in regulation more often than in overtime. A win is worth two points and a loss zero, but the flaw in the system is how points are awarded when a game goes to overtime.Upon reaching overtime, both teams playing receive one point in the standings. Interestingly enough, the Columbus Blue Jackets would fall out. But giving teams an incentive to win as early in the game as possible would provide crazier finishes in regulation, more exciting overtimes, and, most importantly, fewer shootouts.While extending overtime - even by just two minutes, as the ECHL Under the proposed system, going all the way to a shootout and losing would be deflating - but it wouldn't happen as often, and the losing team would have the comfort of knowing its opponent only earned one point.The standings tiebreaker for the new point system would follow a similar format:Here's how the league standings would look as of Monday, ranked in order using the new system:Of course, this doesn't tell the whole story, as the outcome of these games would be different if the incentives for winning were different. Those 14 overtime losses are essentially worth the same as seven wins…The league started awarding the automatic overtime points in the 1999-2000 season. The 3-2-1 points system -- three points for a regulation win, two points for a win and one point for a loss in the shootout or overtime -- is the methodology championed by standings reformers. The winner through overtime (or shootout if the five minute overtime period ends without a goal) then receives a second point. The teams that qualified for the post-season were the teams that both won more often than the rest of the league, and did so in regulation. Since there’s no advantage to overtime in the playoffs, this points system would also better predict the teams more able to succeed in the postseason.
However, remember that a team on a five-game regulation winning streak, for example, would earn 15 points.
In order to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, teams spend the entire year working to collect points in the standings. Far too often it appears both teams are more interested in getting the guaranteed one point than fighting to snatch two before regulation ends.Not only that, but there have been multiple instances where a team will qualify for the post-season despite having fewer wins than one or more teams that fail to make it. Teams would fight for the 3 point win in regulation right to the last second, rather than playing it safe for that overtime point. Number of wins.
They earned 14 points by way of overtime and shootout losses, propelling them into the playoffs (and ahead of both wild card teams, despite having two and three less wins than those teams too). Not all teams are included, just those which finished above the .500 mark using the current system. 3-2-1 points system. Personal stat.
Given how unpredictable the 3-on-3 overtime is, not to mention the shootout which is essentially a coin flip, it becomes a much larger gamble to just settle for overtime and hope for the best.The biggest advantage to this system is that it rewards winning to a better degree. Patrick McDermott / National Hockey League / Getty. That is a much more sensible system than suddenly creating a third point, as we see in the current system. This is a dilemma that has existed for far too long in the NHL.
There's no correlation between being a good hockey club and winning shootouts, yet shootout wins still result in two points.A suggestion that many people have backed, including A point system that gives three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win, one point for a shootout win, and zero points for any type of loss would have a greater effect.Eliminating the loser point is long overdue. A tie is rewarded just 2 points in total, instead of 3. They fell out because of just how often they went to overtime rather than being able to settle games in regulation.Playoff match-ups don’t change at all in the Western Conference, as seeding is identical on that side.
This essentially takes into account the quality of those wins, since again a regulation win reflects a “better” win than an overtime or shootout one does.In the 3-2-1-0 system, the Presidents Trophy-winning Nashville Predators would still be the league’s best team with a record of 42-11-11-18. Many lifelong fans from several places across the country refuse to buy seats, let alone season tickets.
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Not all teams are included, just those which finished above the .500 mark using the current system. But it’s wins. At a glance, the NHL points system makes decent sense.