Usually means: Strategic advantage during opponent's penalty.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word power play:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. power play: Merriam-Webster
  2. power play: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. power play: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. power play: Collins English Dictionary
  5. power play: Vocabulary.com
  6. Power-Play, Power-play, power-play: Wordnik
  7. power play: Wiktionary
  8. power play: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. power play: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. power play: Dictionary.com
  11. Power Play (Angel), Power Play (April Wine album), Power Play (Doctor Who audio), Power Play (Dragon album), Power Play (Pretty Little Liars), Power Play (TV series), Power Play (audio drama), Power play (sport), Power play (sporting term), Power play: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. power play: Rhymezone
  13. power play: FreeDictionary.org
  14. power play: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. power play: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. power play: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. power play: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Power Play, power play: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Power play: Sports Definitions

(Note: See power_playing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (power play)

noun:  Tactics used to magnify power or influence.
noun:  A strategy or maneuver with a similar intention.
noun:  (ice hockey) A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.
noun:  (sports) A similar situation in other ball games, such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby, and cricket.
noun:  (curling) A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet.

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