empty-net goals

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scored when a player shoots the puck into the opposing team's net at a time when the opposing team's goalie has been withdrawn from the game for tactical reasons.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

noun
  1. pluralplural of empty-net goal
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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