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NHL overtime rules, explained: How the OT format works in hockey for regular season, playoffs

After three periods, there are different sets of rules for the regular season and playoffs in the NHL.
NHL Fan Central on MSN

NHL overtime rules breakdown: Inside 2026’s longest battles

Multiple NHL playoff games during the 2026 postseason extended into sudden-death overtime as teams competed through extended ...
Des Moines Register

NHL playoff overtime rules: Postseason hockey bracket changes OT format

The NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs are underway, meaning a major change in the overtime format. Unlike the Olympics, where 3-on-3 overtime is played even in the gold medal game, the NHL switches things up ...
Columbus Dispatch

NHL overtime rules explained: Longest games, 2026 OT results

The NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs mean a major change in the overtime format. There won't be any more 3-on-3 play. It is 5-on-5 instead, just like in regulation play. There won't be any more shootouts ...

Why Sabres-Canadiens OT rules are different than NHL regular season, and how long it will last

The Habs led 2-0. The Sabres got both goals back. The NHL playoffs don't operate the way the regular season does. The league ...

NHL Commissioner Bettman backs ruling that allowed Ducks’ OT goal to stand in Game 4 win vs. Oilers

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman offered his unequivocal support for the ruling that upheld the Anaheim Ducks’ overtime goal against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series.