{"id":420730,"date":"2023-03-20T19:20:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=420730"},"modified":"2023-03-20T19:20:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:20:57","slug":"explained-nhl-overtime-rules-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/explained-nhl-overtime-rules-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: NHL Overtime Rules 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the NHL began using the 3-on-3 overtime rules during the regular season, it has become must-see television. Of course, there is nothing better than overtime playoff hockey during the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>There are some distinctions between the two, and for those who don&#8217;t understand how NHL overtime works, here is an explanation of what occurs in both the regular season and the playoffs when a game is tied after regulation.<\/p>\n<p>Before the 2015\u201316 season, the NHL adopted a 3-on-3 overtime system. This format was already in use by the AHL and ECHL when the NHL opted to switch it up from 4-on-4.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The key features of NHL overtime rules<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>NHL overtime rules for preseason and regular season<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Teams play a five-minute overtime period of 3-on-3 hockey<\/li>\n<li>The OT period is played sudden-death style, so the first team to score wins<\/li>\n<li>After the five minutes, if no one has scored, the game goes to a shootout<\/li>\n<li>Each team selects three shooters to go for the three rounds of the shootout. Each team shoots once per round<\/li>\n<li>The team with the most goals scored after the three rounds wins the game<\/li>\n<li>If the teams score the same amount of goals in the three rounds, then it goes round by round until one team scores and the other does not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Betting on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NHL<\/a> this week? \ud83c\udfd2<\/p>\n<p>If your Winner (Incl. Overtime and Penalties) selection is leading by 2 or more goals at the end of the 1st or 2nd period but end up losing, get paid out as a winner up to $100 anyway \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pstHpDIfke\">https:\/\/t.co\/pstHpDIfke<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YhsSYhSDZs\">pic.twitter.com\/YhsSYhSDZs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stake.com (@Stake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stake\/status\/1637862817046102019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>NHL overtime rules for playoff games<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If the game is tied after regulation, the teams will play another full 20-minute period of overtime at 5-on-5 hockey<\/li>\n<li>It is once again sudden-death style, so the first team to score wins the game<\/li>\n<li>If no one scores in the first OT period, the game continues into a second, and a third, and so on and so forth until a team scores to win it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MARTIN NECAS WITH 0.3 SECONDS LEFT IN REGULATION TO SEND IT TO OVERTIME. \ud83d\ude31 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7AwTp9Jv0v\">pic.twitter.com\/7AwTp9Jv0v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHL (@NHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHL\/status\/1637238236048248832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Changes to NHL overtime rules<\/h2>\n<p>The elimination of ties was the primary aspect of overtime that changed around the turn of the century (more particularly, before the 2005\u20132006 season).<\/p>\n<p>For a long time, if a game was tied after three periods, a fourth period would be played, and the winner would be the side who scored first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If there was no winner after the overtime period in the regular season, the result would be a tie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If it was a playoff game, the 2 teams would play as many periods as necessary until there was a goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Although the rules have changed, overtime games, at least during the regular season, have become a lot shorter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Darryl Sutter gives his assessment on the overtime loss to the Coyotes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NnpKEyKfws\">pic.twitter.com\/NnpKEyKfws<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLFlames\/status\/1635877496662130688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The difference between overtime in the regular season and the playoffs<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>NHL Regular Season Overtime Rules<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ice hockey overtime moves much more quickly during the regular season because there are less players on the rink.<\/p>\n<p>There is one additional 5-minute playing period after the normal playing time has ended. The overtime is played as a 3 on 3 game rather than a 5 on 5. In effect since the 2015\u201316 season is this regulation.<\/p>\n<p>If there remains a tie after the allotted five minutes, a shootout\u2014one of ice hockey&#8217;s most thrilling plays\u2014is then used to decide the winner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OVERTIME HERO MARK SCHIEFELE W \u0000\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bFp6tqmXYT\">pic.twitter.com\/bFp6tqmXYT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLJets\/status\/1634751072026673152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The side with the most goals at the end of the best-of-three shootout wins.<br \/>\nIf there is a tie at the end of the shootout, then there are subsequent rounds until one team has scored one more time against the opposing goalie.<\/p>\n<p>Overtime in the regular season affects both the winning and the losing team. The team that loses in regular overtime still gets one point in the standings.<\/p>\n<p>For those who aren\u2019t familiar with the way NHL division standings work, instead of simply counting wins and losses, there is a points system.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To overtime we go. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cvmcZloiua\">pic.twitter.com\/cvmcZloiua<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PredsNHL\/status\/1635129282409406468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">You get:<\/p>\n<ul data-rte-list=\"default\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">2 points for a win (regardless of whether or not it is regulation or overtime)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">1 point for an overtime loss (before these new rules were put in place, it had to be a tie)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">No points for a regulation loss<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Jets win! \u2708\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Neal Pionk scores the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Energizer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Energizer<\/a> overtime winner 55 seconds into extra time to give the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLJets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NHLJets<\/a> the victory in Nashville! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tEAWvFMHm1\">pic.twitter.com\/tEAWvFMHm1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHL (@NHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHL\/status\/1637196074816249858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>NHL Playoffs Overtime Rules<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The overtime regulations during the playoffs are very different, and the players must have a different kind of tenacity.<\/p>\n<p>Why? due to the fact that players participate in a subsequent 20-minute session, and if the score remains tied after that, they must play again.<\/p>\n<p>Up until one of the teams scores, both teams continue to play. The winning team is the one who scores the winning goal.<\/p>\n<p>The game proceeds into a second overtime if no one scores in the first one, and so on until someone does.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Won by 4-3 in Overtime \ud83d\ude0a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XboxShare?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#XboxShare<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PlayStation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PlayStation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NHL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnaheimDucks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AnaheimDucks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y7EgdY1oaO\">pic.twitter.com\/y7EgdY1oaO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Dude (@DudeBewoods6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DudeBewoods6\/status\/1637673680560963585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>History of NHL overtime rules<\/h2>\n<p>Before shortening it to 10 minutes in 1927, the NHL introduced a 5-on-5, 20-minute extra period in 1921. The league continued to employ the sudden-death style at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The league switched to non-sudden death the following season, making the session last the entire 10 minutes. At the conclusion of overtime, a draw resulted if the score remained the same.<\/p>\n<p>Due to constraints placed on rail timetables during the Second World War, overtime was taken out of regular-season games in 1942. Every game that remains tied after regulation ends in a draw. Sudden-death overtime sessions of 20 minutes were still used in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Calgary Flames are somehow still alive even after Saturday&#39;s league leading 15th overtime loss&#8230;what does that stay about the state of the NHL?<\/p>\n<p>Apple: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dPXq0zxASA\">https:\/\/t.co\/dPXq0zxASA<\/a> <br \/>Spotify: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RCBu9CP0FC\">https:\/\/t.co\/RCBu9CP0FC<\/a> <br \/>YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jlqUCKlfZ8\">https:\/\/t.co\/jlqUCKlfZ8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W89I1lJNwb\">pic.twitter.com\/W89I1lJNwb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Locked On Flames (@LO_FlamesPod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LO_FlamesPod\/status\/1637894339148894232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The NHL reinstated the overtime session more than 40 years later, adding a five-minute sudden-death period this time. Up until 1999, the league played in a 5-on-5 style. Then, for the 1999\u20132000 regular season, the league switched to a 4-on-4 model. Teams received one point for a loss in overtime and two points for a victory this season as well. Both teams received a point if there was no overtime scoring.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the NHL lockout in 2005, the shootout was implemented. The winner would be decided by a shootout if no team scored in overtime. This made hockey games without ties impossible.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, the 3-on-3 format was officially approved.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We came out flat.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Elias Lindholm talks to the media after the 6-5 overtime setback to the Stars. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PS0flyUktj\">pic.twitter.com\/PS0flyUktj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLFlames\/status\/1637323877767598081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Famous NHL overtime games<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>1936 NHL Semis<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">The 1936 NHL Semis game holds the record for the longest overtime game in NHL playoff history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">6 overtime periods were added to this game before the Detroit Red Wings eventually won!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight marked Kris Letang&#39;s third overtime goal of the season, setting a new franchise record for the most by a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/penguins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@penguins<\/a> defenseman in one season.<\/p>\n<p>Only two defensemen in NHL history have scored more overtime goals in one season (Shayne Gostisbehere, 4; Scott Niedermayer, 4). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YRvjwW6Dgs\">pic.twitter.com\/YRvjwW6Dgs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Penguins PR (@PenguinsPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PenguinsPR\/status\/1635055807212703745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2000 Eastern Conference Semis<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">In May 2000, the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins experienced a brutal game at the Eastern Conference Semis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">This game had 5 added overtime periods, making it the third longest NHL playoff game in history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Could NHL salary cap make a significant jump in the near future?  Overtime extended from 5 minutes to 7 minutes?  Here\u2019s a wrap up from the NHL general managers meetings.   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EMuJ71kTHf\">https:\/\/t.co\/EMuJ71kTHf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrenDreger\/status\/1636047638272389120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2020 East First Round<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">In the 2020 playoffs, Tampa Bay and Columbus played against each other in an East First Round game that experienced 5 additional periods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This meant that the game lasted over 6 hours in total!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wcy54pzjj-M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba\/\">NBA \u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl\/\">\u00a0NFL \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mlb\/\">MLB\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the NHL began using the 3-on-3 overtime rules during the regular season, it has become must-see television. Of course, there is nothing better than overtime playoff hockey during the postseason. There are some distinctions between the two, and for those who don&#8217;t understand how NHL overtime works, here is an explanation of what occurs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[6037,4093,6039,6038],"class_list":["post-420730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nhl","tag-nhl-2023","tag-nhl-news","tag-nhl-overtime-rules","tag-nhl-rules"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}