How to fix the NHLs 3-on-3 overtime problem

Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer.

Hearing someone say that the NHL’s 3-on-3 overtime has gotten boring is like hearing someone say, “Hey, remember when pizza was good?”

It’s pizza. Even when it’s bad, it’s good.

I’ve chanted the same mantra about the 3-on-3 overtime format, which the NHL implemented in 2015 to end games before they reached the shootout. All it takes is one errant shot and a rush the other way before the game detonates in mayhem. At its best, the 3-on-3 overtime encapsulates all the pinnacle of offensive hockey: Kinetic energy, nonstop action, star players making transcendent plays, unpredictable outcomes and goaltenders cursing its very existence.

At its worst … well, it looks like what we’ve seen in overtime this season.

I regret to inform you that they’ve changed the recipe, and the pizza is now inedible.

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