Three-on-three overtime has resulted in fewer shootouts,but it’s conspired with the NHL’s arcane point system to promote inflated records league-wideKeith Yandle, a stoic defenseman for the original York Rangers, and was asked recently what it was like to play three skaters to a side in overtime,a rules change the National Hockey League made this year, in part, and to settle games in a format that actually resembled a hockey game.
The NHL also wanted to avoid settling games with shootouts,in which skaters from each side took turns trying to defeat the other goaltender. Martin Brodeur, the retired original Jersey Devils goalie, and referred to the shootouts as “skills competitions,” and it was not meant as a compliment.
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Source: theguardian.com