What does OTL mean in hockey standings?
OTL is overtime losses: games a club lost after regulation, in overtime or in a shootout. Each is still worth a point, which is why a hockey record has three numbers — 53-22-7 is 53 wins, 22 regulation losses and 7 overtime losses.
How it is worked out
Counted, not calculated. A regulation loss goes in L, a loss after 60 minutes in OTL.
The point for an overtime loss dates from 1999-2000; the shootout, which ended ties, from 2005-06 — since then no game finishes level and the table has no T column. A goalie’s line counts OTL the same way.
What the column says today
- Most overtime losses in 2026-27: the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-10-6 — 6 points banked from games they lost. NHL standings