The number of qualifying drivers will remain at 12, but only the top 10 will qualify solely on regular-season points.
Chamberlain's 4,029 regular-season points made him the first and only player to break the 4,000-point barrier.
The Blackhawks led the league with 106 regular-season points and finished 38 ahead of Minnesota.
Teams will be re-seeded according to the same criteria with division leader seeded first and remaining teams seeded in order of regular-season points.
(The Flames had 105 regular-season points, most in the league; the Oilers were third best with 99).
He scores his share (74 regular-season points, 18 in the playoffs) but his role is more to distract foes.
New Jersey received home ice advantage by having more regular-season point than Dallas.
In 532 career games, all with the Bruins, Thornton has 169 goals and 285 assists for 454 regular-season points.
Chambers has 18,628 regular-season points.
Parramatta set a regular-season points scoring record in the premiership by scoring 839 points in 26 matches.
