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empty-net goals

empty-net goals is the plural of empty-net goal.

Meaning of empty-net goal

Noun

empty-net goal (plural empty-net goals)

  1. 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scored when a player shoots the puck into the opposing team's net at a time when the opposing team's goalie has been withdrawn from the game for tactical reasons.
    • Malik added an empty-net goal with 55 seconds left on a length-of-the-ice shot.2001 February 19, “Carolina close in on Bruins”, in BBC Sport Online, retrieved 14 May 2008
    Synonyms:
    empty-netter

Questions about empty-net goals

What is empty-net goals the plural of?
Empty-net goals is the plural of empty-net goal.

Words near empty-net goals in the dictionary

  1. empty-hearted
  2. empty-hoofed
  3. empty-nest syndrome
  4. empty-nester
  5. empty-net goal
  6. empty-net goals
  7. empty-netter
  8. empty-netters
  9. empty-suited
  10. empty-vee
  11. Emptyhad

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