12/05/2024Jeremy SonMats Zuccarello scores a shootout goal in 2021.Andy Clayton-King / APsportsShould NHL Get Rid of the Shootout?For decades, regular-season games could end in a tie. That changed in 2005, following the 2004–05 lockout when the NHL introduced the shootout to determine a winner in tied games. The most recent change to overtime came in 2015 when the league adopted the current three-on-three format.