Seven universes, one season
Each card is a points system. Ours is the reference; the rest are real rules from NHL history or other sports, applied to this season's results.
| # | Team | Record | Pts | Move | Seed |
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Who makes it, and where
Every team against every universe. A lit cell means a playoff spot there; the number is the team's league rank in that universe. Tap a column to jump into it.
The team whose fate swings most
League rank in each universe, 1st on the left, 32nd on the right. A filled dot is a playoff spot.
How each universe is computed
- RW
- regulation wins
- OTW
- overtime wins (regulation-plus-OT wins minus regulation wins)
- SOW
- shootout wins
- OTL
- overtime and shootout losses, as the NHL counts them
- SOL
- shootout losses only
A game that ends tied after 60 minutes is a tie in Earth-1979 and Earth-Fútbol. Earth-1993 and Earth-2003 had overtime but no shootout, so only shootout games become ties. Today's overtime is 3-on-3 for five minutes; 1993's was 5-on-5. I count the goal the same either way.
The playoff cut is simplified. Every universe but ours takes the top 3 in each division plus the next 2 in the conference. Ties in points go to fewer games played, then more regulation wins, then whoever the NHL ranks higher. The real NHL tiebreakers go further, so a tie at the line is a coin flip. Ours uses the NHL's own ranks and wildcard order.
Another universe where overtime and shootout losses are just losses lives next door: No Loser Point.