overtime Stories - Nucks Misconduct
Driving Play: Why the NHL Should Change Its Points System
Author's note: I'd like to give thanks and praise to 2+2er atakdog, who really started this project. Much of my work is just his with different presentation The new CBA opens up the opportunity to change the points system in the NHL. How does the current points system affect the way teams should...
A Case for Full Overtime In The NHL
Every NHL season, the discussion inevitably heads towards how the NHL handles and awards points for games tied after regulation. Currently, the NHL awards each team a single point if they are tied after regulation. The NHL also awards a bonus point to the team that is able to score in OT, or win...
Boucher is not worried about being outshot, just focusing on the task at hand
Although the Lightning have come out with both wins while in Washington, no one is counting out the Capitals just yet. The Lightning were outshot by the Capitals 37 to 23 in Game 2 and have been outshot by the opposition 322 to 227 through 9 playoffs. With a day off before the back-to-back set of...
A Proposal for Changing How NHL Games End
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The League of Extraordinary Statisticians: The Great Debate
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians (LOES) is a weekly forum bringing together the top analytical minds in the hockey world to answer a variety of questions that straddle the line between stats analysis and something you might hear floating around section 304. They have agreed to answer...
Announcement: Officially On Board!
So I am officially a part of KingsCast! I'm sure everyone who comes here is already intimate with Keith Korneluk and Chris Kaliszewski, the two huge Kings fans who simultaneously love and hate the team at all hours of the day. It took a bit of time for the boys over there to realize they needed...
Overtime Episode 9 - This Week In Hockey
Enough about Patrick Kane; on to more exciting stuff. The guys at KingsCast have put out a new Overtime Episode for Kings fans. There's talk of trade fodder for those who love them and an invitation to meet them at Frozen Fury in Las Vegas.The date is September 26th at the MGM Grand for those of...
Charts of the Day
This chart shows the percentage of regular season NHL games that were decided in regulation time, going back to the 1967-68 expansion. The introduction of overtime in the 1983-84 season did nothing to change the outcome of regulation play. In fact, it wasn't until the league-wide goal-scoring...
Playoff Offensive Levels 1968-2008
One unsurprising result here: there are fewer goals scored in the playoffs than during the regular season. If you're down by three in the second during the regular season, you'll probably rest your best players to keep them from getting hurt in a meaningless game. In the playoffs, there's no point,...
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