# Unusual scoring in tonight's hockey game

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 10, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-scoring-in-tonights-hockey-game/563617 "2010-12-10T02:48:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-scoring-in-tonights-hockey-game/563617/1 "2010-12-10T02:48:36Z")

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In the Bruins-Islanders hockey game tonight the scoring consisted of:  
1st period: Bruins power play goal  
2nd period: Islanders short-handed penalty shot goal  
2nd period: Bruins short-handed goal  
3rd period: Bruins power play goal  
3rd period: Islanders 6 on 5 (goalie pulled with \> 3 minutes left)  
3rd period: Bruins 5 on 6 empty net goal  
3rd period: Bruins 5 on 6 empty net goal

and one question does a penalty shot goal count in the +/- ratings for those on the ice when the penalty shot was called?

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**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-scoring-in-tonights-hockey-game/563617/2 "2010-12-10T03:28:08Z")

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Penalty shot goals don’t count towards plus-minus. Neither do powerplay goals.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-scoring-in-tonights-hockey-game/563617/3 "2010-12-10T16:44:08Z")

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> [@KennerTheGreat](#):
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> Penalty shot goals don’t count towards plus-minus. Neither do powerplay goals.

But short handed goals do count.

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**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-scoring-in-tonights-hockey-game/563617/4 "2010-12-10T18:23:54Z")

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> [@Ike\_Witt](#):
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> But short handed goals do count.

Yep. Even-strength and shorthanded goals count.

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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-scoring-in-tonights-hockey-game/563617/5 "2010-12-10T18:31:11Z")

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Yes, I know all that, the question was badly worded. Since the penalty shot occurred while the Islanders were short-handed, I wondered if it might count in the +/- scoring. I’m guessing not mostly because it probably wouldn’t have occurred to anyone to make the exception.