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Originally Posted by The Cobra
A .5625 winning percentage is about average. It equates to a team that is very average.
Loser points most definitely alter those records, so don't for a minute think a 90 point team somehow deserves to make the playoffs when they are basically losing as many games as they win.
Calgary has won 32 of 79 games. They are very lucky to be even sniffing a playoff chance this year.
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The idea of a loser point is false though.
For most of NHL history a team received 1 point for being tied after regulation.
If anything it's the opposite. The teams poor OT record is preventing them from accumulating enough "bonus" points to be in the playoffs.
Winnipeg is 10-3 in OT/SO.
Nashville is 10-8 in OT/SO.
Flames are 6-15 in OT/SO.
If anything their records are a bit inflated by the OT/SO wins (more so Winnipeg).
9 teams have played 20 OT/SO games or mo - so it's not like it's just the Flames playing lots of OT games. Issue is the Flames have been terrible in OT.