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Beginning with the 1999–2000 season, teams received one point for losing a regular season game in overtime.
Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.
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"Atlanta Thrashers". Hockey-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 5, 2011.