Usually means: Chance to score without opposition.
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  1. penalty shot: Merriam-Webster
  2. penalty shot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. penalty shot: Collins English Dictionary
  4. penalty-shot: Wordnik
  5. penalty shot: Wiktionary
  6. penalty shot: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. penalty shot: Dictionary.com
  8. Penalty shot (ice hockey), Penalty shot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. penalty shot: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. penalty shot: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Penalty shot: Sports Definitions

Definitions from Wiktionary (penalty shot)

noun:  (ice hockey) A penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player. A player from the non-offending team is given an attempt to score a goal without opposition from any defending players except the goaltender.

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