At least the paper acknowledged the following. I would imagine GA would be horrible using this strategy.
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A team down a goal with short time remaining gains a lot by scoring, and loses little if the other team scores as losing by two goals is no worse than losing by one
With the minor exception that the final tiebreaker for determining NHL playoff standings when two or more clubs are tied in points is the greatest differential between total goals for minus total goals against for the entire regular season. We don’t incorporate this into our model.
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