I love the 3-2-1 point system. However, I wonder if tied games with 10 minutes left become a kind of prisoners dilemma. If you play defensively and make it to overtime you're going to get 1 or 2 points. If you try to push for the regulation win you risk 3 or 0 points.
Mathematically, I'm not sure what's the better option. It would probably depend on who you're playing (division vs non-division conference vs non-conference) and where you are in the standings.
The AHL should explore this, but since the Pacific division plays a different number of games than the rest of the league, changing the point system might make things even more difficult to calculate.
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