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Originally Posted by HUSKER4FLAMES
So after looking at the points per game chart and assuming .500 means one point a game there are 22 teams playing above 500.
Obviously this standard does not hold up.
Surprised that 500 is just not a meaningful statistic for hockey.
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That's what happens when three points are handed out for games that end regulation tied. There have been 299 NHL games played this year, and 665 points have been earned. That's an average of 2.22 points per game. Divide that by 2 and that's likely where half the teams should fall above and below. Unsurprisingly, teams 15 and 16 both have 1.11 points per game. Unless the NHL hands out the same number of points per game, there will be a disproportionate amount of teams above .500, which will be correlated to the number of games that went into over time.