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Originally Posted by Flaming Homer
Ive always taken win percentage to be the most literal sense. How many games you won over how many you didn't. Two different stats which people are mixing into the same thing. Win percentage doesnt care about an OTL or SOL. Points percentage does.
So wins over losses we are .500
Seperately, we have earned 3/4 points. So points percentage wise (the ultimately more important stat) we are .750
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I've never looked at a loss in OT as a loss. It's just a tie where we couldn't get the extra point. There's a reason why NHL tracks OT wins in the win column, but OT loss as a separate column (essentially a "tie" column).
Again, if you're going to argue the semantics of the term ".500", why even use the the term in the first place and confuse people? The term has always been meant to be used for mathematical reasons.