overtime winner
Extra-period game-ender
An overtime winner is the goal, point, or score that ends a game during overtime—the extra period played when regulation time ends in a tie.
The term appears most often in hockey and soccer: She scored the overtime winner with two minutes left.
In basketball, the equivalent is usually called a game-winner.
- buzzer-beaterScore at the horn
- last minuteJust before deadline
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- goalDesired end result
- golden goalImmediate overtime decider
heroics · walkoff · dramatic · comeback · decisive · thriller · final whistle · champion · celebration · extra period · hat-trick · slapshot · breakaway · penalty · shootout · MVP · glory · do or die
- clutch playsbuzzer beater, walk-off hit, walk-off homer, hail mary, clutch hit
- sportssports, basketball, tennis, athletics, golf