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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
If there's solid evidence that proves NHL teams are willing to play more defensive hockey in tied games, that's definitely an issue and makes for less entertaining hockey. Not for the sake of having more goals, but having players show more urgency to end the game in 60. I'd be willing to switch over to a 3 point regulation win system if this is proving to be an issue with the game.
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The NHL should do this to make the end of game more exciting, which should lead to more goals/lead changes that would make the game more appealing. There are lots of games where the 3rd period is the least exciting period since either the team with the lead plays conservative and the opposing team can't get anything exciting going, or the game is tied and the intensity drops since they want to secure a loser point at the least. The former isn't related to the points system, but the latter surely is.
The loser point hurts the individual games since it encourages conservative play in what should be the most exciting phase of regulation.