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.
• And worst of all, the Panthers are 0-for-25 on the power play.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Anchorage got on the board early in the first on the power play.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 22 May 2022
• 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
• Thompson picked up his second of the evening on the power play with 1:30 left in the second.
  — Mark Ludwiczak, ajc, 1 Nov. 2022
• Jones had five goals last season, but none came on the power play.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Oct. 2022
• On the power play Gustafson finds the net from the top of the right circle, through traffic, mostly Matthew Rempe.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 16 May 2022
• Coached by Luke Richardson, Mitchell spent most of his time at five-on-five and helped on the power play.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• Cody Glass finished off a play from Mikael Granlund and Josi on the power play for the final score.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2023
• Schandor brought the Huskies even with his first of two goals, coming on the power play at 18:30 of the second.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2023
• The Bruins have the personnel to pepper goalies with one-time blasts on the power play.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• Bennett then nabbed his second goal with a shot from up close on the power play.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
• The Bruins didn’t have a power play in Game 7 until Brendan Smith dumped the puck over the glass with 6:27 left.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
• The other goals came on the power play (four times) and with their goalie pulled (Eric Lindros in the last minute of the series).
  — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2022
• The power play, which let down the Bruins time after time this season, couldn’t make a dent.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
• Tyler Toffoli scored on a power play for New Jersey, which had won two in a row.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• The trick is to flip any doll stereotypes on their head and turn Barbie style into a power play.
  — Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2022
• The Panthers had another chance to go up two goals early in the third, but failed to score on a 5-on-3 power play.
  — Mark Anderson, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
• The Leafs got a power play less than a minute later, but were denied on three shots by Husso.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2023
• Stamkos was in the penalty box when Frank Vatrano tied the game on a power play at 13:07 of the third period.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 12 June 2022
• The Oilers’ power play is five for 11 in the series, while the Kings are one for 12 and have conceded a short-handed goal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2022
• But, Florida scored the next three — including two off the power play — to take a 4-2 lead into the third.
  — George Richards, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2023
• There are other players who are great at helping their clubs get set up on the power play.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024