<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In ice hockey, a penalty shot is a type of penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player . A player from the non-offending team is given an attempt to score a goal without opposition from any defending players except the goaltender . This is the same type of shot used in a shootout to decide games in some leagues . </P> <P> A penalty shot is awarded to a player who is deemed to have lost a clear scoring chance on a breakaway by way of a penalty infraction by an opposing player . A breakaway, in this case, means that there are no other players between the would - be shooter and the goaltender of the defending team . Generally, the penalty shot is awarded in lieu of what would normally be a minor penalty, so the fouled team will not get both a penalty shot and a power play from a single infraction, even if they did not score on the former . </P>

When is there a penalty shot in hockey