How to Use penalty shot in a Sentence

penalty shot

noun
  • Mismash's goal, the last of the game, came on a penalty shot.
    — Star Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Both teams were unable to find a winner and the match went into a penalty shoot-out.
    — SI.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • One of them pots two goals including the rare sighting of a home penalty shot cashed in.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, OregonLive.com, 14 Jan. 2018
  • Gustafson had a very good game and had Seattle’s only point on a penalty shot.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Wagner used a snap shot to beat Francouz on the penalty shot.
    — Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Love drew a penalty shot early in the third quarter, and Kenney put it away.
    — Matt Szabo, latimes.com, 13 July 2019
  • The Flames’ lone goal came on a late penalty shot by Mikael Backlund.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2019
  • And England football teams are well known for their struggles in penalty shoot outs.
    — David Shearer, Quartz, 7 Dec. 2019
  • On the outside looking in, but showed well at Chicago (penalty shot goal).
    — David Pastrnak, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Rapinoe converted the penalty shot to score her sixth goal of the World Cup.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 7 July 2019
  • Or perhaps give the teams the option to decline the penalty shot in favour of the PP.
    — The Athletic Nhl Staff, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Nguyen scored a shorthanded goal with a nice finish, but took a bad key penalty and missed a game-icing penalty shot.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 29 Oct. 2022
  • After a penalty shot drop from the water, Pereira’s approach shot found the thick rough alongside the green.
    — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 22 May 2022
  • Brad Marchand scored twice, once on a penalty shot and once into an empty net in the final minutes.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Wolf was up to the challenge Wednesday, making eight saves against Spain in a game that turned on a penalty shot.
    — Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Crosby pulled down Bratt in the slot with three minutes left, leading to the deciding penalty shot.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021
  • The attempt was his third miss in seven penalty shot attempts over his World Cup career.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • Then all the confusion, but the result was a Belton winning penalty shot.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2023
  • But in the 81st minute, Naeher stopped a Lieke Martens a penalty shot to keep the game tied.
    — Sean Gregory/yokohama, Time, 30 July 2021
  • Also saved Reid Schaefer’s penalty shot to keep Seattle out of the game.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 14 May 2022
  • Adam Boqvist, the likely target for that pass, hooked Sissons and set up a penalty shot.
    — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Chelsea have now lost three of their last four matches and won just three of the last ten - including the penalty shoot-out win over Norwich.
    — SI.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Beauvillier, who was denied on a penalty shot midway through the first, shot the puck from just inside the blue line to elude Hutton.
    — Allan Kreda, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019
  • The first goal of the match came in the 26th minute as Nazon converted on a penalty shot to get Haiti on the board.
    — Mallory Schnell, sun-sentinel.com, 2 July 2021
  • Artturi Lehkonen and Laurent Dauphin, on a penalty shot, had the other goals.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Rinne’s biggest save came on a penalty shot by Matt Nieto in the second period to keep the game scoreless.
    — Pat Graham, The Seattle Times, 21 Jan. 2019
  • O'Brien even earned a penalty shot during the second period, but couldn't find puck luck against Lukas Dostal again.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2022
  • There was another playoff penalty shot a few weeks later, and then a total of three more in the 1970s, but none were goals.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • But each of those players is a career 1-for-2, meaning only one man has scored multiple playoff penalty shot goals.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • But on the penalty kill Cross Hanas inched behind Bear Hughes and was taken down for a penalty shot.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2022

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