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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
With the current tiebreaker rules, there are scenarios where a team would pull their goalie in OT, because an OT win would help them, but a Shootout win would not.
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You would only see that happen at the very end of the season when a single point would mathematically eliminate the team from the playoffs. At any other time, it would be a foolish gamble because of NHL rule 84.2:
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84.2 Overtime – Regular-season – Extra Attacker - A team shall be allowed to pull its goalkeeper in favor of an additional skater in the overtime period. However, should that team lose the game during the time in which the goalkeeper has been removed, it would forfeit the automatic point gained in the tie at the end of regulation play, except if the goalkeeper has been removed at the call of a delayed penalty against the other team.
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