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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
The reason is to encourage games to end in regulation rather than go to OT. This makes for a more exciting last few minutes of regulation.
Currently teams should be motivated (especially against cross-conference opponents) to go to OT because it guarantees them a half win. If you make regulation wins worth more then teams actually have some incentive to win the game in the waning few minutes when it's tied. Right now they just play for OT. Against both in-conference and out of conference opponents teams would be motivated to win in regulation to get the most possible points out of the game. And especially against in-conference opponents where you want to deny them any points and pick up the most possible points.
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Yeah, the Wild and the Devils have made an art form of playing for the tie. Once the tie is established they have a 50% chance of getting the 2 points. If they can tie every game they'll have, I believe a 66% winning percentage.