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Originally Posted by chrisbb
Edmonton and Atlanta are the teams really benefit from the SO. without it, those 2 would fall under .500; in Edmonton's case, way under
thanks Titanium
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Hate to break it to you Chris but the Oilers are one game under .500 even with those 11 shootout wins. Overtime and shootouts distort the winning percentage statistic however. The average winning % in the NHL is 0.550, not .500. If you adjust for that the Oilers winning percentage goes from .489 to .444, equivalent to 5 games under .500 rather than just one.