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3-on-3 Overtime Format

Winnipeg Jets Are Suddenly Incompetent in Overtime

Declan Schroeder | December 28, 2025

The Winnipeg Jets used to be pretty much automatic in overtime; routinely surgical in the way they played three on three. But lately? They’ve been butchering their chances to leave…

Categories Winnipeg Jets

Jets Rediscover Overtime Success, But it May Be Too Late

Declan Schroeder | April 2, 2022

The Winnipeg Jets are finding extra time success as of late, which is a much-needed change of pace from recent history. But it may have come too late. Jets Riding…

Categories Winnipeg Jets

3-On-3 Overtime in NHL Has Evolved Over Past 5 Seasons

The Canadian Press | January 24, 2020

ST. LOUIS — Victor Hedman fondly recalls the NHL’s first 3-on-3 overtime because it was madness. “It was probably a minute and a half of just breakaways,” the Tampa Bay…

Categories Commentary

Islanders’ Adjustments Leading to Overtime Success

Matt Rothman | December 8, 2019

Since the 3-on-3 overtime has been in effect since the 2015-16 season, it sure seems like the New York Islanders have figured out how to be successful in the extra…

Categories New York Islanders

NHL Overtime: the Strategy Has Changed

Dan Rice | April 30, 2019

Prior to the 2015-16 season, the NHL announced that it was altering its overtime format from five minutes of 4-on-4 to five minutes of 3-on-3 in an attempt to have…

Categories New Jersey Devils

Why Minnesota Struggles in Overtime

Kirby Horgan | December 7, 2016

Sunday’s overtime victory over the Edmonton Oilers can be considered a bit of an anomaly. Since the new format was put in place, three-on-three has been a major thorn in…

Categories Minnesota Wild

The NHL Point System is Flawed

THW Archives | May 5, 2016

Originally published in July of 2016 by Cody Reiff, we still believe the point system and the ‘loser point’ need to be addressed by the league.   It may have…

Categories Advanced Stats

The Minnesota Wild Have No Time for Overtime

Danny Lambert | March 17, 2016

Tuesday night was a heartbreaker for the Minnesota Wild and their fans. With 7.1 seconds left in the third period, Mika Zibanejad scored to take the game to overtime where…

Categories Minnesota Wild

The NHL: The League That Rewards Losing

Mark Scheig | February 24, 2016

The NHL has a growing problem that won’t go away anytime soon, it appears. The problem is that losing teams keep getting rewarded in some capacity. Whether you are talking…

Categories Commentary, Editor's Choice, Trending

Minnesota Wild: 3 Thoughts for Thursday

Alli Baker | January 7, 2016

The New Year has come and gone, and the Minnesota Wild have already played three games in 2016. In these first three games, the Wild displayed a number of strengths,…

Categories Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild Christmas List

Alli Baker | December 9, 2015

The holiday season is here, and most of us have probably started filling our Christmas lists with requests for hockey tickets, jerseys, sticks and pucks. This December, the Minnesota Wild…

Categories Minnesota Wild

Winners and Losers of 3-on-3 Overtime

Trevor Beggs | November 18, 2015

The consensus around the hockey community is that 3-on-3 overtime is a hit in the NHL. With a barrage of odd-man rushes almost every shift, tons of chances being generated…

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