# A hockey Power play scoring question **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 24, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hockey-power-play-scoring-question/522408 "2009-12-24T02:29:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hockey-power-play-scoring-question/522408/1 "2009-12-24T02:29:14Z")
In the third period of the Boston-Atlanta game tonight we had: 6:59 penalty on Boston 7:34 penalty on Atlanta 8:17 penalty on Atlanta start of 4 on 3 8:59 Boston penalty over start of 5 on 3 9:32 Boston scores goal first Atlanta penalty canceled PP continues 4 on 3 10:17 second Atlanta penalty ends. For the purposes of Power play or penalty kill percentages is that 1 for 1 as the whole thing lasted only two minutes? 1 for 2 as there was one goal and two penalties 1 for 3 as there were three different scenarios? My guess is the second. An unrelated question. If there are two penalties called on one team at the same time and there are 2 minutes of 5 on three which are killed, is that counted as 0 for 2? ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hockey-power-play-scoring-question/522408/2 "2009-12-24T05:00:22Z")
First question: Boston’s powerplay is 1/2 in that stretch. (one goal, two power plays) Second question: I believe that would be counted as 0 for 2. I don’t think both penalties would end if one goal was scored.