NHL Power Rankings: Where Is Your Team in the Standings Without the Shootout?

To the misfortune of the Minnesota Wild's Devin Setoguchi, last night's highlights will show his awful shootout attempt, which helped the Montreal Canadiens win the game.

Phoenix Coyotes enforcer and Twitter star Paul Bissonnette wasted no time in finding humor with the situation, writing, "Never remember giving Setoguchi the ok to use my breakaway move. Whatever. I'm over it."

The shootout, to some, is an exciting way to decide the winner of a regular-season game.

To others, it's a joke that would be better off gone.

Two seasons ago, the final Eastern Conference playoff spot was determined by a shootout when the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers, thanks to goals by Claude Giroux and Danny Briere, plus Brian Boucher's stop on Olli Jokinen.

Though the excitement was certainly palpable, it's hard to say such an important moment should be decided by a shootout.

So the NHL made a rule change that stipulated regulation and overtime wins would be counted as a tiebreaker instead of shootout wins.

(Just a note, this would not have changed the outcome between the Flyers and Rangers in 2010; the Flyers finished with more points after the win).

Ever wondered what the current NHL standings would look like without the shootout wins and losses included?

Here are regulation and overtime wins and losses, plus each team's shootout record.

Their actual position in the standings is in the parentheses.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Team	Wins	Losses	SO
*(1) New York Rangers	38	16	3-5
*(2) Boston Bruins	31	22	7-2
*(9) Washington Capitals	31	28	1-3
(5) Philadelphia Flyers	33	16	2-5
(4) Pittsburgh Penguins	29	23	8-3
(6) Ottawa Senators	29	29	5-2
(8) Winnipeg Jets	27	31	4-4
(12) Tampa Bay Lightning	27	31	2-3
(3) Florida Panthers	26	26	4-7
(11) Toronto Maple Leafs	26	32	3-3
(7) New Jersey Devils	25	25	10-3
(13) Carolina Hurricanes	24	34	0-6
(10) Buffalo Sabres	23	31	6-4
(14) New York Islanders	21	35	5-3
(15) Montreal Canadiens	21	32	4-8

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Team	Wins	Losses	SO
*(4) St. Louis Blues	36	19	4-6
*(1) Vancouver Canucks	34	17	7-7
*(8) Dallas Stars	29	27	4-4
(2) Detroit Red Wings	35	20	7-2
(5) Nashville Predators	34	23	3-4
(6) Chicago Blackhawks	30	28	4-3
(3) Phoenix Coyotes	28	25	5-6
(7) San Jose Sharks	27	27	6-3
(10) Colorado Avalanche	26	31	7-1
(11) Calgary Flames	26	29	3-6
(9) Los Angeles Kings	25	28	4-7
(13) Anaheim Ducks	24	31	3-6
(12) Minnesota Wild	22	28	6-8
(14) Edmonton Oilers	22	34	3-4
(15) Columbus Blue Jackets	16	40	3-5

*Division Leader

Several notable changes occur here. In the East, fifth-seeded Philadelphia actually has the second-most regulation and overtime wins.

An atrocious shootout performance has them below that, however. Starting goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov didn't make a save in a shootout this season until January 31st.

The Rangers are still on top, by no surprise. The Capitals lead their division in regulation, plus overtime wins, but they're currently the ninth seed in the conference. The Devils have a NHL-leading 10 shootout wins.

Only four teams in the East have a winning record in regulation and overtime.

The West is even more scrambled. Two division leaders change.

The Stars jump from the last seed to the top of their division.

The standings aren't meant to reflect a restructuring of the points system, but more to show how a team performs while playing actual hockey instead of the shootout.

Since there is no shootout in the playoffs, these standings could be a better indication of each team's strength heading into the second season.

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