From: wilson@cs.ucf.edu (tom wilson)
Subject: Re: Question re overtime
Organization: University of Central Florida, Orlando
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 07:58:53 GMT

diamong@gov.on.ca (Gerald Diamond) wrote:
>Does anyone know if there has been any statistics released on
>the effect of adding overtime to regular season games.

>For example team A finished the last two seasons about 12 points
>ahead of where they would have been had all their 60-minute ties
>remained ties.   etc

Last year I computed the number of overtime games that ended early. The
percentage is pretty reasonable. The discussion concerned the length of
OT. I included results as far back as 1988 so you can compute what you want.
It appears that an extra 5 points is about the max earned.

Tom

Database set to 88-89 season

Records in Overtime Games
 # TEAM                   GP   W  L  T  PTS   PCT   GF  GA  +/-  GFPG GAPG
-- ---------------------  --  -- -- --  --- -----  --- ---  ---  ---- ----
 1 Los Angeles Kings      14   6  1  7   19  .679   60  55    5  4.28 3.92
 2 Winnipeg Jets          20   6  2 12   24  .600   74  70    4  3.70 3.50
 3 Montreal Canadiens     11   2  0  9   13  .591   29  27    2  2.63 2.45
 4 St. Louis Blues        17   4  1 12   20  .588   68  63    5  4.00 3.70
 5 Detroit Red Wings      16   3  1 12   18  .563   60  58    2  3.75 3.62
 6 Calgary Flames         17   5  3  9   19  .559   60  58    2  3.52 3.41
 7 Pittsburgh Penguins     9   1  1  7    9  .500   33  33    0  3.66 3.66
 8 New York Rangers       10   1  1  8   10  .500   28  28    0  2.80 2.80
 9 New York Islanders     11   3  3  5   11  .500   41  41    0  3.72 3.72
10 Quebec Nordiques       11   2  2  7   11  .500   34  36   -2  3.09 3.27
11 Edmonton Oilers        14   3  3  8   14  .500   46  46    0  3.28 3.28
12 Minnesota North Stars  16   0  0 16   16  .500   52  52    0  3.25 3.25
13 Boston Bruins          18   2  2 14   18  .500   58  58    0  3.22 3.22
14 Chicago Blackhawks     17   2  3 12   16  .471   65  66   -1  3.82 3.88
15 Washington Capitals    16   2  4 10   14  .438   52  54   -2  3.25 3.37
16 Vancouver Canucks      14   2  4  8   12  .429   36  38   -2  2.57 2.71
17 Buffalo Sabres         13   2  4  7   11  .423   47  49   -2  3.61 3.76
18 New Jersey Devils      17   1  4 12   14  .412   54  57   -3  3.17 3.35
19 Toronto Maple Leafs    10   1  3  6    8  .400   28  30   -2  2.80 3.00
20 Philadelphia Flyers    13   1  4  8   10  .385   37  40   -3  2.84 3.07
21 Hartford Whalers       10   1  4  5    7  .350   32  35   -3  3.20 3.50

Database set to 89-90 season

Records in Overtime Games
 # TEAM                   GP   W  L  T  PTS   PCT   GF  GA  +/-  GFPG GAPG
-- ---------------------  --  -- -- --  --- -----  --- ---  ---  ---- ----
 1 Edmonton Oilers        20   5  1 14   24  .600   72  68    4  3.60 3.40
 2 Montreal Canadiens     17   4  2 11   19  .559   51  49    2  3.00 2.88
 3 Washington Capitals     9   2  1  6   10  .556   27  26    1  3.00 2.88
 4 Los Angeles Kings      12   3  2  7   13  .542   46  45    1  3.83 3.75
 5 Boston Bruins          14   3  2  9   15  .536   47  46    1  3.35 3.28
 6 Buffalo Sabres         15   4  3  8   16  .533   47  46    1  3.13 3.06
 7 New York Islanders     16   3  2 11   17  .531   58  57    1  3.62 3.56
 8 Detroit Red Wings      17   2  1 14   18  .529   57  56    1  3.35 3.29
 9 Hartford Whalers        9   0  0  9    9  .500   32  32    0  3.55 3.55
10 Chicago Blackhawks     10   2  2  6   10  .500   29  29    0  2.90 2.90
11 Pittsburgh Penguins    14   3  3  8   14  .500   47  47    0  3.35 3.35
12 New York Rangers       17   2  2 13   17  .500   53  53    0  3.11 3.11
13 Winnipeg Jets          19   4  4 11   19  .500   63  63    0  3.31 3.31
14 Calgary Flames         21   3  3 15   21  .500   75  75    0  3.57 3.57
15 New Jersey Devils      16   3  4  9   15  .469   54  55   -1  3.37 3.43
16 Minnesota North Stars  11   3  4  4   10  .455   29  30   -1  2.63 2.72
17 Toronto Maple Leafs    11   3  4  4   10  .455   51  52   -1  4.63 4.72
18 Quebec Nordiques        8   0  1  7    7  .438   32  33   -1  4.00 4.12
19 St. Louis Blues        15   2  4  9   13  .433   41  43   -2  2.73 2.86
20 Vancouver Canucks      21   2  5 14   18  .429   68  71   -3  3.23 3.38
21 Philadelphia Flyers    18   2  5 11   15  .417   66  69   -3  3.66 3.83

Database set to 90-91 season

Records in Overtime Games
 # TEAM                   GP   W  L  T  PTS   PCT   GF  GA  +/-  GFPG GAPG
-- ---------------------  --  -- -- --  --- -----  --- ---  ---  ---- ----
 1 Boston Bruins          17   5  0 12   22  .647   57  52    5  3.35 3.05
 2 Pittsburgh Penguins    12   4  2  6   14  .583   43  41    2  3.58 3.41
 3 Chicago Blackhawks     12   3  1  8   14  .583   32  30    2  2.66 2.50
 4 Los Angeles Kings      16   4  2 10   18  .563   61  59    2  3.81 3.68
 5 Toronto Maple Leafs    17   4  2 11   19  .559   60  58    2  3.52 3.41
 6 Philadelphia Flyers    11   1  0 10   12  .545   37  36    1  3.36 3.27
 7 Washington Capitals    14   4  3  7   15  .536   43  42    1  3.07 3.00
 8 Buffalo Sabres         24   3  2 19   25  .521   86  85    1  3.58 3.54
 9 Winnipeg Jets          13   1  1 11   13  .500   41  41    0  3.15 3.15
10 Vancouver Canucks      15   3  3  9   15  .500   48  48    0  3.20 3.20
11 Montreal Canadiens     17   3  3 11   17  .500   47  47    0  2.76 2.76
12 New Jersey Devils      17   1  1 15   17  .500   52  52    0  3.05 3.05
13 St. Louis Blues        18   3  4 11   17  .472   66  67   -1  3.66 3.72
14 New York Rangers       16   1  2 13   15  .469   50  51   -1  3.12 3.18
15 Edmonton Oilers        15   4  5  6   14  .467   56  57   -1  3.73 3.80
16 New York Islanders     15   2  3 10   14  .467   41  42   -1  2.73 2.80
17 Quebec Nordiques       18   1  3 14   16  .444   61  63   -2  3.38 3.50
18 Detroit Red Wings      14   2  4  8   12  .429   47  49   -2  3.35 3.50
19 Calgary Flames         14   2  4  8   12  .429   51  53   -2  3.64 3.78
20 Hartford Whalers       18   2  5 11   15  .417   51  54   -3  2.83 3.00
21 Minnesota North Stars  17   0  3 14   14  .412   41  44   -3  2.41 2.58

Database set to 91-92 season

Records in Overtime Games
 # TEAM                   GP   W  L  T  PTS   PCT   GF  GA  +/-  GFPG GAPG
-- ---------------------  --  -- -- --  --- -----  --- ---  ---  ---- ----
 1 New York Rangers       11   5  1  5   15  .682   36  32    4  3.27 2.90
 2 Toronto Maple Leafs    11   4  0  7   15  .682   37  33    4  3.36 3.00
 3 Boston Bruins          20   6  2 12   24  .600   69  65    4  3.45 3.25
 4 Vancouver Canucks      17   4  1 12   20  .588   52  49    3  3.05 2.88
 5 Montreal Canadiens     20   6  3 11   23  .575   59  56    3  2.95 2.80
 6 Detroit Red Wings      16   3  1 12   18  .563   57  55    2  3.56 3.43
 7 Pittsburgh Penguins    12   2  1  9   13  .542   45  44    1  3.75 3.66
 8 New York Islanders     16   3  2 11   17  .531   55  54    1  3.43 3.37
 9 Washington Capitals    12   2  2  8   12  .500   37  37    0  3.08 3.08
10 St. Louis Blues        15   2  2 11   15  .500   42  42    0  2.80 2.80
11 Buffalo Sabres         16   2  2 12   16  .500   63  63    0  3.93 3.93
12 Los Angeles Kings      16   1  1 14   16  .500   48  48    0  3.00 3.00
13 Chicago Blackhawks     19   2  2 15   19  .500   61  61    0  3.21 3.21
14 Hartford Whalers       18   2  3 13   17  .472   60  61   -1  3.33 3.38
15 Philadelphia Flyers    17   2  4 11   15  .441   49  51   -2  2.88 3.00
16 New Jersey Devils      17   2  4 11   15  .441   58  60   -2  3.41 3.52
17 Winnipeg Jets          20   1  4 15   17  .425   56  59   -3  2.80 2.95
18 Calgary Flames         19   2  5 12   16  .421   73  76   -3  3.84 4.00
19 Edmonton Oilers        12   0  2 10   10  .417   39  41   -2  3.25 3.41
20 San Jose Sharks         9   1  3  5    7  .389   24  26   -2  2.66 2.88
21 Minnesota North Stars   8   0  2  6    6  .375   23  25   -2  2.87 3.12
22 Quebec Nordiques       17   0  5 12   12  .353   59  64   -5  3.47 3.76

Database set to 92-93 season

Records in Overtime Games
 # TEAM                   GP   W  L  T  PTS   PCT   GF  GA  +/-  GFPG GAPG
-- ---------------------  --  -- -- --  --- -----  --- ---  ---  ---- ----
 1 New Jersey Devils       2   2  0  0    4 1.000   10   8    2  5.00 4.00
 2 New York Rangers        3   2  0  1    5  .833   13  11    2  4.33 3.66
 3 Boston Bruins           2   1  0  1    3  .750    6   5    1  3.00 2.50
 4 San Jose Sharks         2   1  0  1    3  .750    8   7    1  4.00 3.50
 5 Los Angeles Kings       2   1  0  1    3  .750   10   9    1  5.00 4.50
 6 Edmonton Oilers         2   1  0  1    3  .750    7   6    1  3.50 3.00
 7 St. Louis Blues         1   0  0  1    1  .500    5   5    0  5.00 5.00
 8 New York Islanders      1   0  0  1    1  .500    3   3    0  3.00 3.00
 9 Minnesota North Stars   1   0  0  1    1  .500    5   5    0  5.00 5.00
10 Washington Capitals     1   0  0  1    1  .500    2   2    0  2.00 2.00
11 Montreal Canadiens      2   0  0  2    2  .500    6   6    0  3.00 3.00
12 Toronto Maple Leafs     2   0  0  2    2  .500    7   7    0  3.50 3.50
13 Vancouver Canucks       2   0  0  2    2  .500    9   9    0  4.50 4.50
14 Quebec Nordiques        2   0  0  2    2  .500    8   8    0  4.00 4.00
15 Pittsburgh Penguins     2   0  0  2    2  .500    6   6    0  3.00 3.00
16 Philadelphia Flyers     3   0  0  3    3  .500   12  12    0  4.00 4.00
17 Buffalo Sabres          4   1  1  2    4  .500   17  17    0  4.25 4.25
18 Tampa Bay Lightning     3   0  1  2    2  .333   10  11   -1  3.33 3.66
19 Chicago Blackhawks      5   0  2  3    3  .300   21  23   -2  4.19 4.60
20 Ottawa Senators         2   0  1  1    1  .250    4   5   -1  2.00 2.50
21 Calgary Flames          2   0  1  1    1  .250    9  10   -1  4.50 5.00
22 Hartford Whalers        3   0  2  1    1  .167    8  10   -2  2.66 3.33
23 Detroit Red Wings       0   0  0  0    0  .000    0   0    0  0.00 0.00
24 Winnipeg Jets           1   0  1  0    0  .000    3   4   -1  3.00 4.00

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