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In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck entirely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to (see also own goal ).
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Alex Nedeljkovic, then with the Pittsburgh Penguins, was the first goaltender to record a goal and assist in the same game, as well as score goals in the NHL, American Hockey League, and ECHL. Sixteen goaltenders have scored a total of nineteen goals in National Hockey League (NHL) games. Such goals are often called a "goalie goal."
In ice hockey, an awarded goal is an unusual situation in which a goal is awarded to a team rather than scored. A penalty shot is a type of penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Team winter sport This article is about the contact team sport played on ice. For the overall family of sports involving sticks and goals, see Hockey. For the sport played on fields and using a hockeyball, see Field hockey. For other uses, see Ice hockey (disambiguation). This article ...
SHA – Shorthanded assists – Number of goals the player has assisted in while his team was shorthanded. GWG – Game-winning goals – Number of game-winning goals the player has scored (a goal is considered game winning when the team would win the game without scoring any more goals, for example, the winning team's third goal in a 5–2 win).
Ice hockey, referred to simply as hockey in Canada, the United States, and most of Europe including Finland, Sweden, Russia and the Czech Republic, is a team sport played on ice. It is one of the world's fastest sports, with players on skates capable of going high speeds on natural or artificial ice surfaces.
Goaltender Tyler Weiman makes a save with his stick.In casual hockey terms, it may simply be referred to as a "stick save". In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as the goalie) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their own team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. [1]