Flyers, Panthers could have play-in game to determine final playoff berth
Would take place Tuesday if they are tied for second Eastern wild card at end of regular season


The play-in game would be played under Stanley Cup Playoff rules. Sudden-death overtime, with 5-on-5 skaters and 20-minute periods, would replace the 3-on-3, five-minute overtime and shootout used during the regular season.


thats crazy they dont just go by tie breaker anymore? they make them play an extra game

https://www.nhl.com/news/philadelphia-flyers-florida-panthers-could-need-play-in-game/c-297737130

This post was edited by dragoneth on Apr 7 2018 03:00pm

It's in the instance that all the tiebreaker are also ties. Let me look for the article that I read. It said that it's possible if you guys lose. AND florida WINS both their last 2 in a SHOOTOUT only. They would play this game lol. It would of been unlikely to happen even if you guys didn't win yours.

If at the conclusion of the regular season two teams competing for the final playoff berth in a conference are tied in points, ROW (regulation plus overtime wins), points in their season series (excluding the first home game for the team that has the extra game) and goal differential for the season, a tiebreaking game will be played.
As it stands, the Flyers (41-26-14, 96 points) currently hold the final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, with the Florida Panthers (42-30-8, 92 points) the only team capable of grabbing it away from them.
The Flyers (81 games played ) and Panthers (80 games played ) are tied in ROW (39), split their season series (after eliminating the odd home game between them), and Philadelphia currently is +3 in goal differential for the season, while Florida is -1.
Therefore, the teams would play a tiebreaking game if Philadelphia loses its final game of the season by two goals exactly (Saturday vs. Rangers) and Florida wins its final two contests, both in shootouts (Saturday vs. Sabres, Sunday at Bruins).
An equally weighted draw will be conducted to determine home ice advantage.

why do they only have 3 tiebreakers though not like 4-5 so this doesnt happen
i mean its not likely going to but the fact it could is pretty crazy lol ive never seen it or knew it was a thing



has there been a play-in game played to decide before?

This post was edited by dragoneth on Apr 7 2018 03:04pm

Not sure why the NHL bothered releasing that , the odds of it occuring had to be close to 1mil:1. Florida winning last 2 games both in shootouts ...

Doesn’t seen that crazy, maybe 20:1

Based on how often this season a Florida game resulted in a shoot out win the odds of it happening are 1in700 , that’s not accounting for it occuring consecutively.

Hard to up your ga/gf differential by winning in shootout. So philly would also have to lose by exactly 4 to nyr.

This post was edited by remco6 on Apr 7 2018 03:23pm

they only had to lose by two, shootout winners count as goals in the team's goal counts for no good reason. the rangers really blew this anyway, too bad.

Interesting , I didn’t know that. Shootouts are stupid , mess up all the stats. With 3v3 overtime they should be eliminated and bring back the tie , loser point needs to go.