How to Use power play in a Sentence

power play

noun

• They scored their first goal on a power play.
• He made a power play to seize control of the company.
• The Hawks went 0-for-3 on the power play for the night.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• And worst of all, the Panthers are 0-for-25 on the power play.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2022
• The Kings were 0 for 12 on the power play in the playoff.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• The Gulls were 1-of-9 on the power play and Stockton was 1-of-6.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2021
• On the power play, the offense will run through the forwards.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
• The Kings have sharply felt his absence on the power play.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• The Wings went on a power play at 4:05 but the Kings still controlled the puck.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2022
• But Barzal returned to the ice before the end of the power play.
  — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• The goal came with three seconds left on the power play.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2022
• Larkin tied the game late in the period on a power play.
  — Dana Gauruder, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2023
• The prowess of the power play has carried the Coyotes in the first nine games of the season.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2022
• Hanus on the power play had the setup for the game-winner.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 22 Jan. 2022
• The Bears killed off a Wolf Pack power play as the second came to an end.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2024
• The penalty kill had a better night than the power play.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023
• Matthews' 50th came in the first period on the power play to give the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• Wang Taile — Tyler Wong — scored on a power play early in the third to make the score 3-2.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2022
• Anchorage got on the board early in the first on the power play.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 22 May 2022
• But for the second game in the past three, the power play produced two goals.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2022
• The Stars profited off the power play and took a 2-0 lead.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 20 Dec. 2021
• Five of his goals this past season were on the power play.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2021
• Spokane had cut the lead to 3-1 and had a power play early in the 2nd having a chance to cut the lead to one goal.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2022
• As good as the penalty killers were, the power play units squandered chances to dent the score.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2021
• The second goal was on the power play with 1:47 to play in the period.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2021
• Kessel, who turned 34 this month, said the team has good players on the power play units.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2021
• When the Avs finally had their first power play of the game, even that phase of the game was a mess.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2024
• Winger Arthur Kaliyev, 21, scored six of his 14 goals on the power play and can add punch to the second unit.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2022
• Perhaps the most stark difference in what Trocheck was saying came during the Rangers’ first power play.
  — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
• Is Turkey going to think about this in terms of just the stabilization of Syria or as part of its power play with Iran and Russia?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Jan 2025