penalty kill

English

Noun

penalty kill (plural penalty kills)

1. (ice hockey) An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box.

   Synonym: PK

   Coordinate terms: power play, penalty killing

Translations

period during the game

• Finnish: alivoimapeli
• French: désavantage numérique m, infériorité numérique (fr) f