empty net goal

A form of empty-net goal — A point scored when a player shoots the puck into the opposing team's net at a time when the opposing team's goalie has been withdrawn from the game for tactical reasons.

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Meanings

nounempty net goal (plural empty net goals)

plural empty net goals

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of empty-net goal.
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APA

empty net goal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empty%20net%20goal

MLA

“empty net goal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empty%20net%20goal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “empty net goal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empty%20net%20goal.

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