This might be a stupid idea, but maybe use shoot out logic. Make a rule that the teams have to rotate through the roster in OT before players can take another shift.
I get that it might be hard for the refs to track, but maybe an eye-in-the-sky system could be used?
Some teams would still just gas their best players and make them stay on as long as possible, but it would reward teams that might not have top superstars, but invested in roster depth.
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