As I have posted on other threads, I like the 3-2-1-0 points system. Right now, teams don’t mind going to OT because they are guaranteed a point but still have a chance of getting two. They are OK going to the shootout because they still have their guaranteed point with a 50:50 chance of another.
But if teams automatically lose a potential point by going to OT and another potential point by going to the SO, and knowing that you will get no points for losing in the SO, every team will be highly motivated to get it done during regulation time, and you won’t see teams going into defensive shells in the last half of the third period just playing for the guaranteed loser point. No points should ever be guaranteed until a team wins the game, and only wins should be rewarded with points.
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