Unmasking the NHL’s Deceptive .500 Teams: Who’s Faking Success This Weekend?
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By the way, let’s slip in two more loser point-related notes here, both involving Boston. First, congratulations to the Bruins for being the last team standing without a loser point, an honor they earned when the Winnipeg Jets lost a shootout to the Montreal Canadiens last week. As we now know, they’ll be richly rewarded in some way during the 2026-27 season, because the hockey gods hate the loser point.
And in a related story that I didn’t catch until a reader flagged it for me: Because of their lack of loser points, the Bruins are now in a position where they could pull off one of the dumbest achievements that’s even possible in this dumb league. As of this morning, the Bruins were tied for second in the Eastern Conference in wins, while also being tied for first in regulation losses. Yes, there’s a realistic chance that at some point this year, the same team could be alone in first place in a conference in both the “W” and the “L” column.
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