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How do NHL standings points work?

Standings points: 2 for a win, 1 for an overtime or shootout loss and none for a regulation loss, with one exception: a team that pulls its goalie for an extra skater in overtime and gives up the winning goal into the empty net gets no point, and the NHL counts the game as a regulation loss. Not the same as a player’s points, which are goals plus assists.

PTS · Standings points

Also called
  • PTS
  • points in the standings

Example: A team at 8-3-1 has 17 points: 2 for each of its 8 wins and 1 for its overtime loss.