The problem: Three-on-three overtime is one of the best things that the NHL has going while the shootout is one of the worst. Even if you believe that 3v3 is somewhat of a gimmick and not a true representation of a team's overall hockey ability, you have to admit that it's often an insanely entertaining thrill ride that's impossible to look away from.
And you also have to admit it's less of a gimmick than the shootout, which is a glorified skills competition that somehow has too many rules no spin-o-ramas and not enough rules the speed at which players can approach. There's no bigger buzzkill than when a riveting three-on-three OT leads to a shootout. It's like getting off a roller coaster at a theme park and going straight to wait in line for the bathroom.
And while the number of shootouts has dipped since the league switched from 4v4 overtime to 3v3 in , it's still too high if you ask me. The solution: Just increase the length of three-on-three overtime to further minimize the number of games that ultimately make it to a shootout.
If you bump OT from five minutes to 10 minutes, you get more of the good stuff and less of the bad stuff. But if some games are going to still make it to the shootout, why don't we attempt to fix that too while we're at it?
There haven't been many memorable shootouts in recent memory -- at least not at the NHL level. Think about the last great shootout you remember. What was it? Let me guess, it was this one:. Yeah, thought so. Jocelyne Nicole Lamoureux-Davidson's game winner in the Winter Olympics of course comes to mind as well, but she only shot twice in that shootout.
Oshie was sent to the ice SIX times, and scored on four of them. That's the chaos I'm going for with this. NHL shootouts would be a lot more interesting if they took the international rules and allowed the best players to take multiple attempts, notably like Oshie did in the clip above.
You'd likely have more goals, more highlights and the potential for epic player-vs-player showdowns to remember. Imagine an Oilers-Avalanche game goes to OT and still can't find a winner. Are you bummed, or are you excited about the possibility of seeing Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon square off in a back-and-forth breakaway showdown?
Skip to content When following any new sport, it is important to figure out how to read the standings of the primary league, and following the NHL is no different. It is all about getting a chance to win the Stanley Cup! Embed from Getty Images A team does not qualify for the playoffs by getting a certain number of points, but instead by being one of the top point earners in the conference. L — Losses.
This is how many games the team has lost in the season. The teams who finish 2nd and 3rd place in the division will play each other in the first round of the playoffs The division winner with the most points will play the wild card with the least amount of points. The Wild Card winners are the two teams with the most amount of points of the remaining 10 teams in the conference who did not place in the top 3 division slots.
Any ties in the standings in points will be settled by who has the most ROW points. Remember this is whichever team has won the most games in regulation and overtime and does not include the shootout.
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A guide to shift lengths What is the ROW stat in hockey? What is a good save percentage in hockey? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Continue Reading. Do you think you know Wayne Gretzky? This was the first time teams were awarded a point for losing in overtime. At the time, the league suspected that teams were playing too conservatively against one another. By awarding each team with 1 point for making it past regulation time, the league now expected teams to be more aggressive during the overtime period.
The overtime rules were again changed following the lockout season. When the league resumed play in , teams were introduced to the shootout so that every game can decide a clear winner. As a result, ties were abolished from the standings and no longer required in the team records. Which brings us all the way to the present, where team records are displayed as Wins-Regulation Losses-Overtime Losses.
In the table below, we explain the possible game outcomes and how teams can earn points in the NHL standings. Regulation Win. Overtime Win. Shootout Win. Regulation Loss. Shootout Loss. You probably noticed that whichever way teams win a game, they earn 2 points in the standings. However, not all wins are seen in the same light - at least from the NHL's point of view.
The wins are weighted based on if they were accomplished in regulation time, overtime or in shootout. This number has actually increased since the 21st century began, showing how strategy and playmaking is advancing in the modern NHL.
In order for a team to earn a point in ice hockey they must score a goal. In order to score a goal a player on the offensive team must shoot the puck into the net. In order for the goal to count the puck must pass the goal line and goalie and go into the goal. Only one point maximum can be earned by a team at one time.
But the limit of points earned at the end of the game is limitless. Only one point is earned when an ice hockey player scores a goal. This goal can be scored by any one of the ten skaters on the ice at the time.
In order for the offensive team to earn a point they must make the puck cross the goalline and go into the hockey net without interfering with the goal or the goals positioning. Although uniquely in ice hockey a goal can be scored by any player anywhere on the ice, most of the goals scored are located in the offensive zone.
Because it is difficult to score in ice hockey, players typically score by shooting as close to the net and goalie as possible. In some special circumstances, however, goals have been scored by players in their defensive zone, on the opposing end of the goal.
Previous Next. Table of Contents. Goals The only way to truly score in hockey, the puck must pass under the goal's crossbar, between the posts, and across the goal line.
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