empty-net goal
noun1
Hobbies, Ice hockey, Lifestyle, Skating, Sports 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scored when a player shoots the puck into the opposing team's net at a time when the opposing team's goalie has been withdrawn from the game for tactical reasons.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