The Dallas Stars’ season would look quite a bit different if a few – or all – of their ten overtime losses went their way. How different, you may ask?
With the NHL’s 3-on-3 tiebreaker format, those aforementioned mistakes are amplified tenfold. Dallas held a nearly-even 8-9 record in overtime games last season, one in which they won 50 games and garnered 109 points, so the nine overtime losses were not nearly as significant as this season’s record in extra time.
The Stars this year? Well, 2-10 in overtime, only 19 wins altogether through 49 grueling games.