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
  • 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
  • James Nichols stopped a penalty shot to preserve the win.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The Flames’ lone goal came on a late penalty shot by Mikael Backlund.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 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
  • Trailing, 2-0, in the final minute, the Irish pressured the Bull Dogs net to the point where a penalty shot was called.
    Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Rapinoe converted the penalty shot to score her sixth goal of the World Cup.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 7 July 2019
  • Stopped by Gauthier on a penalty shot with the score 4-1.
    Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 14 May 2022
  • Both teams were unable to find a winner and the match went into a penalty shoot-out.
    SI.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Gustafson had a very good game and had Seattle’s only point on a penalty shot.
    Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022
  • One of them pots two goals including the rare sighting of a home penalty shot cashed in.
    Dylan Bumbarger, OregonLive.com, 14 Jan. 2018
  • Service/East’s Leylay Tiernan tied it up with 7:16 to go in the third on a penalty shot.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Love drew a penalty shot early in the third quarter, and Kenney put it away.
    Matt Szabo, latimes.com, 13 July 2019
  • The Pride was awarded a penalty shot when the Whitecaps' Amanda Boulier covered the puck in the crease.
    Rachel Blount, Star Tribune, 27 Mar. 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
  • 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
  • Wagner used a snap shot to beat Francouz on the penalty shot.
    Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Also saved Reid Schaefer’s penalty shot to keep Seattle out of the game.
    Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 14 May 2022
  • Homier then added a penalty shot goal of his own in the final seconds of the period to make it 6-2.
    cleveland, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Dante Giannuzzi stopped a Chase Wheatcroft penalty shot with 3:13 left, and the Winterhawks got the late goal.
    Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The match in Berlin was heading for a penalty shoot-out; Mr Zidane, France’s captain, had already scored one in the game.
    The Economist, 7 June 2018
  • On the outside looking in, but showed well at Chicago (penalty shot goal).
    David Pastrnak, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Marchand marked his penalty shot goal, the first at TD Garden since June 7, with a simple stick twirl.
    BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The breakthrough score came in the 77th minute as Madalyn Nichols (Glenelg High) was fouled in the goal box and hit the ensuing penalty shot into the net for her 29th goal of the year.
    baltimoresun.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Yui Hasegawa added a second goal on a 41st-minute side-footed penalty shot to her right that hit the inside netting.
    Peter Warren, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • And England football teams are well known for their struggles in penalty shoot outs.
    David Shearer, Quartz, 7 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • Adam Boqvist, the likely target for that pass, hooked Sissons and set up a penalty shot.
    Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • Sweden’s Lina Hurtig doesn’t want to watch her game-winning penalty shot anymore.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Aug. 2023

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