One thing with the 5 minute major is that if you manipulate it properly, you can likely force the PKing to take another penalty, resulting in a 5v3.
It's much harder to find additional penalties called on a team defending a 5v3, even blatant infractions.
The 5 on 3 for a full 2 minute is MUCH harder to defend. The likelihood of giving up a goal is probably 75%. A 5 min major is essentially two, 2 min penalties and another half, Average 5 on 4 PP is what, around 20%? So you should have around a 50% chance to score on that major.
But that isn't the question.But 5 on 3 you have a cap of two goals scored, with the second one in fewer than 2 minutes. A 5 minute major has no cap and if you score early you can have 4+ minutes to score a second one, not to mention a third is possible as well.
But that isn't the question.
The question was what is harder to kill off.
Was my thought as well. If it's an elite power play I'd absolutely rather just give them the 5 on 3. They'll almost certainly get one but maybe you'll get a kill on the 2nd one.Depends on the power play type facing. I think if you're playing against a bad power play, a 5 on 3 is worse because they're more likely to score 1 goal. If you're going against a team like Edmonton, they may score 3 in 5 minutes as opposed to 1-2 with a 5 on 3.
Depends on the power play type facing. I think if you're playing against a bad power play, a 5 on 3 is worse because they're more likely to score 1 goal. If you're going against a team like Edmonton, they may score 3 in 5 minutes as opposed to 1-2 with a 5 on 3.
Was my thought as well. If it's an elite power play I'd absolutely rather just give them the 5 on 3. They'll almost certainly get one but maybe you'll get a kill on the 2nd one.
A mid or bad power play still wouldn't be as likely to do much damage in 5 minutes of 5-on-4 whereas 5-on-3 would push it more in their advantage.
That’s not the question.5 minute major because during it you can be scored an infinite amount of goals against, or even 3 or 4, while 2min 5on3 can only get you scored 1 goal against, and potentially 1 more on 5on4(but 5on4 no longer is 5on3).
Even 10 seconds of 5 on 3 can be dangerous though. That's time to move the puck around and get the goalie moving left to right. Obviously more is better, but 5 on 3s can be really short affairs if the team can whip the puck around fast enough.Nothing is more dangerous than a 5on3 against. That's the harder PK situation.
Obviously some of them aren't a big deal when they're only for like a few seconds. But assuming it's for a decent amount of time, like 90 seconds, then it's way more likely to be converted than a 5 minute major.