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The NHL Points System: Time To Rethink Points for Losing

Posted: 18th May 2010 by Matthew Rutledge-Taylor in NHL
Something has been bothering me for 12 years now.  Its the point awarded for losing after regulation time has ended, in the NHL.  Before the 1999-2000 season, if a game was tied after regulation, the teams played up to 5 more minutes of 5-on-5 sudden death overtime.  If the game remained tied after overtime, that’s the way the game ended, tied.  There were no shootouts in the NHL until after the ...