Why hasn't the NHL changed to a 3 point system for regulation win? Are they considering it?

[Channelcat]

Fake parity

 

[Foppberg]

I don't understand the logic.

If you got two points for a win and zero points for a loss that would "encourage teams to really go for it" because if they don't, they get zero points.

I just woke up, yeah what I said didn’t really make sense. Forget that last sentence.

 

[tsujimoto74]

What they should consider is getting rid of the bonus 3rd point altogether. Just let ties be ties (after a 5-10min OT if you must). Make every game worth 2 points. I'm sick of the gimmicks and people whining about the "loser point".

 

[Curufinwe]

Wouldn't make a big difference.

Fixing the awful playoff format is more important, and easier to do.

 

[Lt Dan]

Bad idea

Make every game a win or loss and get rid of the loser point

 

[ES]

All the explanation how teams stay in hunt for longer is mostly false. In most cases the difference is that in system A you'll get eliminated on Thursday and in system B on Saturday. It's never about weeks of difference.

3-point system allows teams to catch at faster rate. And in some cases teams stay in the hunt longer with 3-point system than with current NHL system.

This is how Finnish Liiga looks today. Top 6 qualify for the quarterfinals, 7th to 10th go play 1st round for two remaining spots. Each team plays 60 games.

Lukko 41/81
Tappara 37/73
Ilves 39/72
Pelicans 40/67
KalPa 42/64
TPS 40/64
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Kärpät 40/63
Ässät 40/58
Jukurit 41/56
HPK 41/54
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KooKoo 39/53
HIFK 38/53
JYP 41/52
Sport 39/49
SaiPa 40/38

Only SaiPa is really out of the hunt.

I will try to make a comparison on elimination/clinching dates in NHL this season with different point systems.

 

[Shocker]

The current system makes no sense, when some games give out 3 points and some 2, NHL should pick their lane and stay on it.

 

[member 305909]

They say that North-American professional sports are allergic to ties games. If a game ends in a tie it's like a movie ending without knowing what eventually happened.

 

[westc2]

If they're going to keep the shootout, then they should give the points out like this:

regulation/OT win: 2 points
shootout win: 1 point
any type of loss: 0 points

This is the winner right here.

-Keeps all the excitement of getting max points for Reg/OT win. (Partial points for an OT win is a bad idea). OT winners aren't supposed to be bittersweet.."oh we won!...but we only got 2 out 3 points..."
-Gets rid of the senseless "loser point".
-Keeps games from ending in a boring tie by still allowing 1 point to the shootout winner, and incentivizes them to end the game in regulation or OT.