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Originally Posted by GirlySports
the opposite could happen though.
teams with the lead could really crack down to protect their 3 points or in a tied game sucky teams could just be satisfied with 1 point and grind out overtime, scared of losing that point or scared of giving the other team 2. With 4-on-4 it's actually more difficult to get the puck off a team who doesn't want to give it up.
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That's no different from how it is now though. If you have the point, protect it at the end. That's what you should be doing. It's the other team job to find a way to score to tie it. And you have lower quality teams trying to force the game to overtime to get a point. In OT, two points are up for grabs. Both teams are unlikely to be content with just one point. Especially late in the season if they need to make up points in the standings.