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Old 01-14-2008, 12:06 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Titanium Cat View Post
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.
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