This was a topic here last season, so I thought I would just take a look to see where the standings would be today if the NHL adopted the 3 points for a regulation win formula. Since this is an Islanders website I am only going to focus on the East and not the West.

Here are the actual standings:

1	Philadelphia	68	42	19	7	91
2	Washington	70	40	20	10	90
3	Boston	68	38	21	9	85
4	Pittsburgh	70	40	22	8	88
5	Tampa Bay	70	39	22	9	87
6	Montreal	69	38	24	7	83
7	Buffalo	69	34	27	8	76
8	NY Rangers	70	36	30	4	76
	Carolina	69	31	28	10	72
	Atlanta	69	29	28	12	70
	Toronto	70	30	30	10	70
	New Jersey	68	32	32	4	68
	Florida	69	28	32	9	65
	NY Islanders	70	27	32	11	65
	Ottawa	69	25	35	9	59

Here is what the standings would look like with the new formula

A couple of observations:

• Our Islanders would be in last place right now, unfortunately
• Ottawa likes their games to finish in regulation
• Atlanta appears to be the most negatively effected team by this.  They are kind of in the playoff hunt now, but with the new system, they would be all but out
• The Rangers appear to be the most positively effected team by this.  They only move up a spot but have a little more of a cushion over 9th.
• Overall, the standings are not really that much different with the new 3 point system.  So that begs the question, is it worth if for the league to go to this system?