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Originally Posted by butterfly
If they insist on changing the game after the 3rd period, it should be 1 point for the winner and 0 for the loser.
Then there's never any incentive to collude with an opponent from the other conference who you wouldn't care if they get an extra point.
Since the 21-22 season, Flames have played 73 games against Eastern teams and 106 games against Western teams. 21 of the Eastern games (28.8%) went to OT/SO and 24 of the Western games (22.6%) did. I'd do a proper analysis for all games and teams except they make these larger data sets so difficult to access without manually counting.
Why should the rest of the league get penalized for two teams 'creating' a 3-point game?
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This has been asked and answered 1000000000 times.
The NHL and every owner in the league want as many meaningful games played down the stretch. If the league was concerned about separating the wheat from the chaff they would use the IIHF 3-2-1-0 scheme and this wouldn't be a part of the discussion.
It doesn't make sense because it's the NHL.