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Originally Posted by squiggs96
And two of the losses got a point. Two games ago they had exactly 50% (.500) of the points they could have earned. Now they have 53% of the points or 0.533. There isn't just one column to put losses. There are two of them. If all losses were equal, the records would be ##-##. Instead, they are ##-##-##. When the NHL had ties, and a team had a 15-13-2 record (15 wins, 13 losses, 2 ties), did you also say they were only .500? That also is 0.533.
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When the NHL had ties, games that ended in a tie did not
have a winner or loser. An OTL point is still a loss, with the other team winning - and losing is not tying. So if you want to point to that era then you have to take all the shootout wins and 3v3 overtime wins out of the conversation. In which case, 9-13-6 would have been under .500 by traditional rules (and also under .500 points percentage as that would be 24 of 56 possible points)
Anyways I am just glad to finally be .500 - if you think 13 Wins 13 losses 2OT Loss is .500 you have every right to an opinion, but that's not .500 to me. It's a .500 point percentage, but not a .500 winning percentage which in sports lingo is what we call "five-hundred"