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The Pittsburgh Penguins stumbled against the New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon, losing 3-2 in a shootout.
Dominic James scored in the fifth round of a shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning made it 15 straight games without a regulation loss, outlasting the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Friday night.
Just as in the NHL, if an Olympic game is tied after 60 minutes, there will be overtime and a possible shootout. But there are differences in rules.
The Olympic men's hockey tournament has introduced changes to overtime and shootout rules, emphasizing 3-on-3 play and altering formats for knockout and gold medal games.
The NHL switched to a 3-on-3 overtime format ahead of the 2015-16 season in the hopes of reducing the number of games decided by a shootout. However, Skip
During the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, T.J. Oshie scored four times in one shootout to help beat Russia.