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Do tight NHL standings strengthen the case for a three-point model?

Summary by Sound Of Hockey
With the NHL on Olympic break, I have been looking at how tight the league’s standings have been this season. Although they have spread out a bit over the past month-plus, and there is now a buffer after the final wild card team in each conference, things are still compressed. In the Western Conference, that buffer is three points. In the Eastern Conference, it is four points. On Jan. 1, there was a one-point buffer in the East and no buffer in …
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Sound Of Hockey broke the news in on Monday, February 16, 2026.
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