End-of-season Olympic point system standings

Here is our fourth look of the 2011-12 standings as if there was a different points system. The most popular solution is to dish out three points per game (and the one I’m in favor of the most) like they do in the Olympics.

A regulation win would be worth three points apiece, whereas an overtime/shootout victory will get you just two. The loser in extra time would still get a single point. The tiebreaker at the end of the year would be total wins, followed by regulation wins.

I’m a big supporter of this system (which was used at the 2010 Olympics), and did some ‘research’ as to what the standings would look like if this was indeed how we handed out the points. It would create more excitement for the final two minutes of regulation in a tied game. Also, this eliminates all of the extra point crap when a game goes to OT, plus rewards teams for getting the job done in 60 minutes.

Here’s what this year’s standings would have looked like…

			3 pts	2 pts	1 pt
	Key:	WINS	REG	OT/SO	OTL	PTS
1	Penguins	51	40	11	6	148
2	Bruins	49	38	11	4	140
3	Panthers	38	32	6	18	126
4	Rangers	51	39	12	7	148
5	Flyers	47	37	10	9	140
6	Devils	48	32	16	6	134
7	Capitals	42	31	11	8	123
8	Senators	41	30	11	10	122
9	Sabres	39	27	12	11	116
10	Jets	37	27	10	10	111
11	Hurricanes	33	29	4	16	111
12	Lightning	38	25	13	8	109
13	Maple Leafs	35	26	9	10	106
14	Islanders	34	24	10	11	103
15	Canadiens	31	24	7	16	102

			3 pts	2 pts	1 pt
	Key:	WINS	REG	OT/SO	OTL	PTS
1	Blues	49	42	7	11	151
2	Canucks	51	36	15	9	147
3	Coyotes	42	33	9	13	130
4	Predators	48	40	8	8	144
5	Red Wings	48	36	12	6	138
6	Blackhawks	45	34	11	11	135
7	Sharks	43	31	12	10	127
8	Kings	40	31	9	14	125
9	Flames	37	32	5	16	122
10	Stars	42	31	11	5	120
11	Avalanche	41	25	16	6	113
12	Ducks	34	29	5	12	109
13	Wild	35	22	13	11	103
14	Oilers	32	25	7	10	99
15	Blue Jackets	29	23	6	7	88