As you might have heard, the NHL recently rejected a proposal to use 3-2-1
scoring for the standings. Under that system, a team would receive three
points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime or shootout win,
and one point for an overtime loss. Currently, a team receives two points
for any win -- regulation, overtime, or shootout -- and one point for an
overtime loss. For reasons too numerous to state here, the current system
is horribly and irretrievably broken, putting overtime op****tunists on the
same footing as teams that dominate their opponents in regulation.
In the interest of showing how the 3-2-1 system would work in practice, I
will be posting these 3-2-1 standings from now to the end of the regular
season. I hope this stimulates some thought and discussion on the subject.
REVISED SECTIONS:
REGULATION GOALS-FOR AVERAGE, REGULATION GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE, REGULATION
GOAL DIFFERENTIAL AVERAGE
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE STATISTICS -- GAMES THROUGH MARCH 14, 2007
RK - Position in standings OL - Overtime losses
GP - Games played SL - Shootout losses
RW - Regulation wins PTS - Points
OW - Overtime wins PCG - Points percentage
SW - Shootout wins RGF - Goals scored in regulation
RL - Regulation losses RGA - Goals allowed in regulation
3-2-1: Points and points percentages under format where 3 points
are awarded for a regulation win, 2 points for an overtime
win, and 1 point for an overtime loss.
2-2-1: Points and points percentages under current format, where
2 points are awarded for a win in regulation or overtime,
and 1 point is awarded for an overtime loss.
--- LEAGUE ---
3-2-1 2-2-1
RK GP RW OW SW RL OL SL PTS PCG PTS PCG RGF RGA
1 DET 71 | 40 3 2 | 17 5 4 | 139 0.653 | 99 0.697 | 222 168
2 NSH 72 | 37 3 6 | 20 2 4 | 135 0.625 | 98 0.681 | 237 184
3 ANA 71 | 35 3 4 | 17 4 8 | 131 0.615 | 96 0.676 | 221 171
4 SJS 70 | 40 1 1 | 25 1 2 | 127 0.605 | 87 0.621 | 209 169
5 BUF 69 | 29 5 10 | 19 2 4 | 123 0.594 | 94 0.681 | 245 199
6 OTT 70 | 36 2 2 | 23 3 4 | 123 0.586 | 87 0.621 | 237 186
7 NJD 70 | 31 3 8 | 20 1 7 | 123 0.586 | 92 0.657 | 175 162
8 CGY 70 | 34 1 2 | 23 5 5 | 118 0.562 | 84 0.600 | 224 182
9 DAL 69 | 30 5 6 | 23 1 4 | 117 0.565 | 87 0.630 | 172 161
10 VAN 70 | 26 10 5 | 22 4 3 | 115 0.548 | 89 0.636 | 173 169
11 PIT 70 | 24 6 9 | 21 4 6 | 112 0.533 | 88 0.629 | 225 207
12 ATL 71 | 27 4 6 | 24 7 3 | 111 0.521 | 84 0.592 | 209 208
13 CAR 71 | 31 4 0 | 28 3 5 | 109 0.512 | 78 0.549 | 202 204
14 MIN 71 | 22 8 10 | 24 1 6 | 109 0.512 | 87 0.613 | 185 169
15 TBL 71 | 25 4 10 | 28 3 1 | 107 0.502 | 82 0.577 | 209 215
16 COL 70 | 29 2 4 | 29 3 3 | 105 0.500 | 76 0.543 | 222 212
17 TOR 70 | 28 2 4 | 27 3 6 | 105 0.500 | 77 0.550 | 213 218
18 NYI 69 | 26 2 6 | 25 5 5 | 104 0.502 | 78 0.565 | 199 185
19 MON 71 | 28 2 5 | 30 1 5 | 104 0.488 | 76 0.535 | 201 217
20 NYR 70 | 24 2 8 | 28 4 4 | 100 0.476 | 76 0.543 | 190 185
21 FLA 70 | 26 2 1 | 28 6 7 | 97 0.462 | 71 0.507 | 199 207
22 EDM 70 | 27 1 2 | 34 3 3 | 93 0.443 | 66 0.471 | 174 204
23 BOS 69 | 21 4 8 | 31 2 3 | 92 0.444 | 71 0.514 | 186 236
24 STL 69 | 21 3 5 | 29 5 6 | 90 0.435 | 69 0.500 | 175 201
25 CBJ 70 | 21 3 4 | 35 2 5 | 84 0.400 | 63 0.450 | 167 209
26 CHI 69 | 20 3 3 | 34 2 7 | 81 0.391 | 61 0.442 | 167 208
27 PHX 69 | 21 2 5 | 38 2 1 | 80 0.386 | 59 0.428 | 179 232
28 WSH 70 | 19 4 1 | 34 2 10 | 79 0.376 | 60 0.429 | 198 239
29 LAK 70 | 17 2 4 | 34 8 5 | 76 0.362 | 59 0.421 | 191 229
30 PHI 70 | 15 3 1 | 40 5 6 | 64 0.305 | 49 0.350 | 181 251
--- EASTERN CONFERENCE ---
3-2-1 2-2-1
RK GP RW OW SW RL OL SL PTS PCG PTS PCG RGF RGA
1 BUF 69 | 29 5 10 | 19 2 4 | 123 0.594 | 94 0.681 | 245 199
2 NJD 70 | 31 3 8 | 20 1 7 | 123 0.586 | 92 0.657 | 175 162
3 ATL 71 | 27 4 6 | 24 7 3 | 111 0.521 | 84 0.592 | 209 208
4 OTT 70 | 36 2 2 | 23 3 4 | 123 0.586 | 87 0.621 | 237 186
5 PIT 70 | 24 6 9 | 21 4 6 | 112 0.533 | 88 0.629 | 225 207
6 CAR 71 | 31 4 0 | 28 3 5 | 109 0.512 | 78 0.549 | 202 204
7 TBL 71 | 25 4 10 | 28 3 1 | 107 0.502 | 82 0.577 | 209 215
8 TOR 70 | 28 2 4 | 27 3 6 | 105 0.500 | 77 0.550 | 213 218
9 NYI 69 | 26 2 6 | 25 5 5 | 104 0.502 | 78 0.565 | 199 185
10 MON 71 | 28 2 5 | 30 1 5 | 104 0.488 | 76 0.535 | 201 217
11 NYR 70 | 24 2 8 | 28 4 4 | 100 0.476 | 76 0.543 | 190 185
12 FLA 70 | 26 2 1 | 28 6 7 | 97 0.462 | 71 0.507 | 199 207
13 BOS 69 | 21 4 8 | 31 2 3 | 92 0.444 | 71 0.514 | 186 236
14 WSH 70 | 19 4 1 | 34 2 10 | 79 0.376 | 60 0.429 | 198 239
15 PHI 70 | 15 3 1 | 40 5 6 | 64 0.305 | 49 0.350 | 181 251
--- WESTERN CONFERENCE ---
3-2-1 2-2-1
RK GP RW OW SW RL OL SL PTS PCG PTS PCG RGF RGA
1 DET 71 | 40 3 2 | 17 5 4 | 139 0.653 | 99 0.697 | 222 168
2 ANA 71 | 35 3 4 | 17 4 8 | 131 0.615 | 96 0.676 | 221 171
3 CGY 70 | 34 1 2 | 23 5 5 | 118 0.562 | 84 0.600 | 224 182
4 NSH 72 | 37 3 6 | 20 2 4 | 135 0.625 | 98 0.681 | 237 184
5 SJS 70 | 40 1 1 | 25 1 2 | 127 0.605 | 87 0.621 | 209 169
6 DAL 69 | 30 5 6 | 23 1 4 | 117 0.565 | 87 0.630 | 172 161
7 VAN 70 | 26 10 5 | 22 4 3 | 115 0.548 | 89 0.636 | 173 169
8 MIN 71 | 22 8 10 | 24 1 6 | 109 0.512 | 87 0.613 | 185 169
9 COL 70 | 29 2 4 | 29 3 3 | 105 0.500 | 76 0.543 | 222 212
10 EDM 70 | 27 1 2 | 34 3 3 | 93 0.443 | 66 0.471 | 174 204
11 STL 69 | 21 3 5 | 29 5 6 | 90 0.435 | 69 0.500 | 175 201
12 CBJ 70 | 21 3 4 | 35 2 5 | 84 0.400 | 63 0.450 | 167 209
13 CHI 69 | 20 3 3 | 34 2 7 | 81 0.391 | 61 0.442 | 167 208
14 PHX 69 | 21 2 5 | 38 2 1 | 80 0.386 | 59 0.428 | 179 232
15 LAK 70 | 17 2 4 | 34 8 5 | 76 0.362 | 59 0.421 | 191 229
--- ATLANTIC DIVISION ---
3-2-1 2-2-1
RK GP RW OW SW RL OL SL PTS PCG PTS PCG RGF RGA
1 NJD 70 | 31 3 8 | 20 1 7 | 123 0.586 | 92 0.657 | 175 162
2 PIT 70 | 24 6 9 | 21 4 6 | 112 0.533 | 88 0.629 | 225 207
3 NYI 69 | 26 2 6 | 25 5 5 | 104 0.502 | 78 0.565 | 199 185
4 NYR 70 | 24 2 8 | 28 4 4 | 100 0.476 | 76 0.543 | 190 185
5 PHI 70 | 15 3 1 | 40 5 6 | 64 0.305 | 49 0.350 | 181 251
--- NORTHEAST DIVISION ---
3-2-1 2-2-1
RK GP RW OW SW RL OL SL PTS PCG PTS PCG RGF RGA
1 BUF 69 | 29 5 10 | 19 2 4 | 123 0.594 | 94 0.681 | 245 199
2 OTT 70 | 36 2 2 | 23 3 4 | 123 0.586 | 87 0.621 | 237 186
3 TOR 70 | 28 2 4 | 27 3 6 | 105 0.500 | 77 0.550 | 213 218
4 MON 71 | 28 2 5 | 30 1 5 | 104 0.488 | 76 0.535 | 201 217
5 BOS 69 | 21 4 8 | 31 2 3 | 92 0.444 | 71 0.514 | 186 236
--- SOUTHEAST DIVISION ---
3-2-1 2-2-1
RK GP RW OW SW RL OL SL PTS PCG PTS PCG RGF RGA
1 ATL 71 | 27 4 6 | 24 7 3 | 111 0.521 | 84 0.592 | 209 208
2 CAR 71 | 31 4 0 | 28 3 5 | 109 0.512 | 78 0.549 | 202 204
3 TBL 71 | 25 4 10 | 28 3 1 | 107 0.502 | 82 0.577 | 209 215
4 FLA 70 | 26 2 1 | 28 6 7 | 97 0.462 | 71 0.507 | 199 207
5 WSH 70 | 19 4 1 | 34 2 10 | 79 0.376 | 60 0.429 | 198 239
--- CENTRAL DIVISION ---
3-2-1 2-2-1
RK GP RW OW SW RL OL SL PTS PCG PTS PCG RGF RGA
1 DET 71 | 40 3 2 | 17 5 4 | 139 0.653 | 99 0.697 | 222 168
2 NSH 72 | 37 3 6 | 20 2 4 | 135 0.625 | 98 0.681 | 237 184
3 STL 69 | 21 3 5 | 29 5 6 | 90 0.435 | 69 0.500 | 175 201
4 CBJ 70 | 21 3 4 | 35 2 5 | 84 0.400 | 63 0.450 | 167 209
5 CHI 69 | 20 3 3 | 34 2 7 | 81 0.391 | 61 0.442 | 167 208
--- NORTHWEST DIVISION ---
3-2-1 2-2-1
RK GP RW OW SW RL OL SL PTS PCG PTS PCG RGF RGA
1 CGY 70 | 34 1 2 | 23 5 5 | 118 0.562 | 84 0.600 | 224 182
2 VAN 70 | 26 10 5 | 22 4 3 | 115 0.548 | 89 0.636 | 173 169
3 MIN 71 | 22 8 10 | 24 1 6 | 109 0.512 | 87 0.613 | 185 169
4 COL 70 | 29 2 4 | 29 3 3 | 105 0.500 | 76 0.543 | 222 212
5 EDM 70 | 27 1 2 | 34 3 3 | 93 0.443 | 66 0.471 | 174 204
--- PACIFIC DIVISION ---
3-2-1 2-2-1
RK GP RW OW SW RL OL SL PTS PCG PTS PCG RGF RGA
1 ANA 71 | 35 3 4 | 17 4 8 | 131 0.615 | 96 0.676 | 221 171
2 SJS 70 | 40 1 1 | 25 1 2 | 127 0.605 | 87 0.621 | 209 169
3 DAL 69 | 30 5 6 | 23 1 4 | 117 0.565 | 87 0.630 | 172 161
4 PHX 69 | 21 2 5 | 38 2 1 | 80 0.386 | 59 0.428 | 179 232
5 LAK 70 | 17 2 4 | 34 8 5 | 76 0.362 | 59 0.421 | 191 229
--- CURRENT PLAYOFF MATCHUPS ---
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--- CURRENT DRAFT DRAWING ORDER ---
RK - Position in draft drawing
PCG - Probability of winning drawing
HI - Highest possible pick in draft
LO - Lowest possible pick in draft
RK PCG HI LO 3-2-1 2-2-1
1 25.0% 1 2 PHI PHI
2 18.8% 1 3 LAK LAK
3 14.2% 1 4 WSH PHX
4 10.7% 1 5 PHX WSH
5 8.1% 1 6 CHI CHI
6 6.2% 2 7 CBJ CBJ
7 4.7% 3 8 STL EDM
8 3.6% 4 9 BOS STL
9 2.7% 5 10 EDM FLA
10 2.1% 6 11 FLA BOS
11 1.5% 7 12 NYR MON
12 1.1% 8 13 MON NYR
13 0.8% 9 14 NYI COL
14 0.5% 10 14 COL TOR
--- SCHEDULE STRENGTH ---
Weighted average current 3-2-1 points of teams
faced to date. A higher number implies stronger
schedule.
LAK 109.64 | BOS 106.01 | OTT 104.06
PHX 108.38 | MON 105.83 | FLA 104.01
CHI 108.23 | WSH 105.37 | DET 103.30
EDM 108.07 | TOR 105.33 | NSH 103.03
MIN 107.94 | SJS 104.97 | NYI 102.72
CBJ 107.90 | DAL 104.84 | ATL 102.70
STL 107.74 | CGY 104.60 | TBL 102.61
COL 106.74 | NYR 104.51 | CAR 102.58
PHI 106.43 | BUF 104.39 | PIT 101.89
VAN 106.30 | ANA 104.31 | NJD 101.41
--- PHANTOM POINT STATUS ---
Under the 2-2-1 system, a standings point is
created when a game goes into overtime. These
phantom points inflate point totals and point
percentages, making it virtually impossible to
compare team performance from year to year.
GAMES PLAYED 1051
REGULATION 810 77.1%
OVERTIME 99 9.4% 41.1%
SHOOTOUT 142 13.5% 58.9%
POINTS CREATED 241
POINTS INFLATION 11.5%
Currently, 23 of 30, or 77%, of the teams in
the NHL have 2-2-1 point percentages of .500
or greater. In other words, a ".500 team" is
pretty bad.
--- OVERTIME ADDICTS ---
Percentage of team's games decided in overtime or by
shootout.
GP PCG GP PCG GP PCG
PIT 70 35.7% | NYR 70 25.7% | CBJ 70 20.0%
MIN 71 35.2% | TBL 71 25.4% | DET 71 19.7%
VAN 70 31.4% | BOS 69 24.6% | CGY 70 18.6%
BUF 69 30.4% | WSH 70 24.3% | MON 71 18.3%
ATL 71 28.2% | DAL 69 23.2% | COL 70 17.1%
STL 69 27.5% | FLA 70 22.9% | CAR 71 16.9%
NJD 70 27.1% | CHI 69 21.7% | OTT 70 15.7%
LAK 70 27.1% | PHI 70 21.4% | PHX 69 14.5%
ANA 71 26.8% | TOR 70 21.4% | EDM 70 12.9%
NYI 69 26.1% | NSH 72 20.8% | SJS 70 7.1%
LEAGUE AVERAGE: 22.9%
--- OVERTIME OP****TUNISTS ---
Percentage of team's total wins resulting from overtime
or shootouts.
TW PCG TW PCG TW PCG
MIN 40 45.0% | NJD 42 26.2% | TOR 34 17.6%
PIT 39 38.5% | LAK 23 26.1% | COL 35 17.1%
VAN 41 36.6% | PHX 28 25.0% | ANA 42 16.7%
BOS 33 36.4% | CBJ 28 25.0% | CAR 35 11.4%
TBL 39 35.9% | NYI 34 23.5% | DET 45 11.1%
BUF 44 34.1% | CHI 26 23.1% | FLA 29 10.3%
NYR 34 29.4% | PHI 19 21.1% | OTT 40 10.0%
STL 29 27.6% | WSH 24 20.8% | EDM 30 10.0%
ATL 37 27.0% | MON 35 20.0% | CGY 37 8.1%
DAL 41 26.8% | NSH 46 19.6% | SJS 42 4.8%
LEAGUE AVERAGE: 22.9%
Percentage of team's total 2-2-1 points resulting from
overtime or shootout wins.
PTS PCG PTS PCG PTS PCG
MIN 87 41.4% | PHX 59 23.7% | COL 76 15.8%
TBL 82 34.1% | STL 69 23.2% | TOR 77 15.6%
PIT 88 34.1% | CBJ 63 22.2% | ANA 96 14.6%
BOS 71 33.8% | NYI 78 20.5% | CAR 78 10.3%
VAN 89 33.7% | LAK 59 20.3% | DET 99 10.1%
BUF 94 31.9% | CHI 61 19.7% | OTT 87 9.2%
NYR 76 26.3% | MON 76 18.4% | EDM 66 9.1%
DAL 87 25.3% | NSH 98 18.4% | FLA 71 8.5%
NJD 92 23.9% | WSH 60 16.7% | CGY 84 7.1%
ATL 84 23.8% | PHI 49 16.3% | SJS 87 4.6%
LEAGUE AVERAGE: 20.6%
Percentage of team's total 2-2-1 points resulting from
overtime. This includes wins and losses in overtime or
by shootout.
PTS PCG PTS PCG PTS PCG
MIN 87 49.4% | WSH 60 36.7% | FLA 71 26.8%
PIT 88 45.5% | ATL 84 35.7% | MON 76 26.3%
LAK 59 42.4% | CHI 61 34.4% | NSH 98 24.5%
VAN 89 41.6% | CBJ 63 33.3% | COL 76 23.7%
BOS 71 40.8% | NYI 78 33.3% | CAR 78 20.5%
STL 69 39.1% | NJD 92 32.6% | DET 99 19.2%
TBL 82 39.0% | DAL 87 31.0% | CGY 84 19.0%
PHI 49 38.8% | PHX 59 28.8% | EDM 66 18.2%
BUF 94 38.3% | TOR 77 27.3% | OTT 87 17.2%
NYR 76 36.8% | ANA 96 27.1% | SJS 87 8.0%
LEAGUE AVERAGE: 30.9%
--- REGULATION WINS ---
GP RW GP RW GP RW
DET 71 40 | COL 70 29 | PIT 70 24
SJS 70 40 | TOR 70 28 | MIN 71 22
NSH 72 37 | MON 71 28 | PHX 69 21
OTT 70 36 | ATL 71 27 | STL 69 21
ANA 71 35 | EDM 70 27 | CBJ 70 21
CGY 70 34 | VAN 70 26 | BOS 69 21
NJD 70 31 | NYI 69 26 | CHI 69 20
CAR 71 31 | FLA 70 26 | WSH 70 19
DAL 69 30 | TBL 71 25 | LAK 70 17
BUF 69 29 | NYR 70 24 | PHI 70 15
--- REGULATION GOALS-FOR AVERAGE ---
RGF AVG RGF AVG RGF AVG
BUF 245 3.551 | ATL 209 2.944 | MIN 185 2.606
OTT 237 3.386 | TBL 209 2.944 | PHX 179 2.594
NSH 237 3.292 | NYI 199 2.884 | PHI 181 2.586
PIT 225 3.214 | CAR 202 2.845 | STL 175 2.536
CGY 224 3.200 | FLA 199 2.843 | NJD 175 2.500
COL 222 3.171 | MON 201 2.831 | DAL 172 2.493
DET 222 3.127 | WSH 198 2.829 | EDM 174 2.486
ANA 221 3.113 | LAK 191 2.729 | VAN 173 2.471
TOR 213 3.043 | NYR 190 2.714 | CHI 167 2.420
SJS 209 2.986 | BOS 186 2.696 | CBJ 167 2.386
--- REGULATION GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE ---
RGA AVG RGA AVG RGA AVG
NJD 162 2.314 | OTT 186 2.657 | CHI 208 3.014
DAL 161 2.333 | NYI 185 2.681 | TBL 215 3.028
DET 168 2.366 | CAR 204 2.873 | COL 212 3.029
MIN 169 2.380 | BUF 199 2.884 | MON 217 3.056
ANA 171 2.408 | STL 201 2.913 | TOR 218 3.114
VAN 169 2.414 | EDM 204 2.914 | LAK 229 3.271
SJS 169 2.414 | ATL 208 2.930 | PHX 232 3.362
NSH 184 2.556 | FLA 207 2.957 | WSH 239 3.414
CGY 182 2.600 | PIT 207 2.957 | BOS 236 3.420
NYR 185 2.643 | CBJ 209 2.986 | PHI 251 3.586
--- REGULATION GOAL DIFFERENTIAL AVERAGE ---
RGD AVG RGD AVG RGD AVG
DET 54 0.761 | NJD 13 0.186 | MON -16 -0.225
NSH 53 0.736 | DAL 11 0.159 | STL -26 -0.377
OTT 51 0.729 | COL 10 0.143 | EDM -30 -0.429
ANA 50 0.704 | NYR 5 0.071 | LAK -38 -0.543
BUF 46 0.667 | VAN 4 0.057 | WSH -41 -0.586
CGY 42 0.600 | ATL 1 0.014 | CHI -41 -0.594
SJS 40 0.571 | CAR -2 -0.028 | CBJ -42 -0.600
PIT 18 0.257 | TOR -5 -0.071 | BOS -50 -0.725
MIN 16 0.225 | TBL -6 -0.085 | PHX -53 -0.768
NYI 14 0.203 | FLA -8 -0.114 | PHI -70 -1.000
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