What’s Your Point? from THN
By Michael Schuckers | January 18th, 2012 | Category: Empirical Sports Blog, Featured, Hockey
We did an analysis of the ‘extra point’ gained by NHL teams that lose in overtime (OT) or via the shootout (SO) for The Hockey News. It has appeared in a recent issue under the heading “Just Win, Baby”. I’ve uploaded a more complete document with the fuller analysis. That document can be found here. In this paper we analyze how the past six NHL Stanley Cup Playoff Races would have played out under a couple of alternative scoring systems. The motivation for the [...]
