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Crossword clues for goals in a game.

AnswerClue
ITEMCOLLECTIONObject-oriented video game goal
LIFEBoard game whose goal is Retirement
POLOGame with goals
LOSERPOINTWhat an NHL team gets in the standings if they give up the game-winning goal in overtime or the shootout, slangily
PELEHe averaged almost a goal a game
EMPTYNETUncontested, as a late-game hockey goal
EMPTYNETLike some late-game hockey goals
TWENTYONECasino game's goal
MIKEBOSSYNHL player with the all-time highest goals-per-game percentage
USAWorld Cup team who scored a record 13 goals in one game
ICEDLike some kickers who miss game-winning field goal attempts
LASTSECONDLike some game-winning field goals
HAT__ trick: hockey player's three goals in a game
HATTRICKSThree-goals-in-one-game hockey scoring feats ... or what the ends of 17-, 28- and 46-Across are when they're rearranged?
BASKETSGoals in a game.
SCORINGPOINTSGoal of most games (and a hint to this puzzle's theme)
DAVISCUPGoal in a certain game.
PELEScorer of 1,281 goals in 1,363 games
SOCCERGame for the goal-oriented?
HATTRICKThree goals in a single game
OOOGoal of a popular game
HOMEGoal in the board game Sorry!
ENDITScore an insurance goal to put the game effectively out of reach, say
ELAMHe kicked a 63-yard field goal in a 1998 NFL game
TIMHOWARDU.S. soccer goalkeeper who scored a 102-yard goal in a 2012 British Premier League game
TARASThe harp that once through ___ halls . . . ” nyt 1952 TARAWA One of the Gilbert Islands. nyt 1952 TARAWA One of the Gilbert Islands. nyt 1952 TARAWA One of the Gilbert Islands. nyt 1952 TARAWA The Marines took it, November, 1943. nyt 1952 TARBELL Ida M. ___, famed writer on economics. nyt 1952 TARDE Afternoon, in Madrid. nyt 1952 TARDE Afternoon: Spanish. nyt 1952 TARDY Slow. nyt 1952 TARE A weed, in the Bible. nyt 1952 TARE Biblical weed. nyt 1952 TARE Darnel. nyt 1952 TARE Weed. nyt 1952 TARENTINES Inhabitants of an Italian city. nyt 1952 TARES Vetches. nyt 1952 TARES Weeds sowed among the wheat. nyt 1952 TARES Weeds. nyt 1952 TARGET A goal to be reached. nyt 1952 TARHEEL Native of North Carolina. nyt 1952 TARIFF Formerly a big political issue. nyt 1952 TARNS Lakes in the mountains. nyt 1952 TARO A plant called elephant's-ear. nyt 1952 TARO Cocoroot. nyt 1952 TARO Food for Polynesians. nyt 1952 TARO From which poi is made. nyt 1952 TARO Tropical food. nyt 1952 TAROT Card played no more. nyt 1952 TAROT Oldtime playing card. nyt 1952 TARPEIA Vestal virgin who was hurled from a rock by the Sabines. nyt 1952 TARPON Florida game fish. nyt 1952 TARPON Prized catch off Florida. nyt 1952 TARPON Prized game fish. nyt 1952 TARPONS Game fish caught off Florida. nyt 1952 TARR Tease: Var. nyt 1952 TARRED Describing roofs and roads. nyt 1952 TARRING Finishing off a roof. nyt 1952 TARRY Stay awhile. nyt 1952 TARS Briny men. nyt 1952 TARS Covers with pitch. nyt 1952 TARS Dick Deadeye and his pals. nyt 1952 TARS Men of the sea. nyt 1952 TARS Sea dogs. nyt 1952 TARSI Lower leg joints. nyt 1952 TART Small pie with no top crust. nyt 1952 TART Sour. nyt 1952 TARTANA Two-wheeled carriage of Valencia. nyt 1952 TARTAR Intractable person. nyt 1952 TARTE French dessert. nyt 1952 TARTEN Make pungent. nyt 1952 TAS Heap or pile: French. nyt 1952 TAS Heap or pile: French. nyt 1952 TASCO Clay for making melting pots. nyt 1952 TASHA River in China. nyt 1952 TASK A kind of master. nyt 1952 TASK Duty. nyt 1952 TASK Job. nyt 1952 TASK Job. nyt 1952 TASM Island south of Australia: Abbr. nyt 1952 TASMAN Discover of Fiji Islands, 1643. nyt 1952 TASMANSEA Expanse of water W of New Zealand. nyt 1952 TASS Its newsmen are suspect in U. S. nyt 1952 TASS Red news agency. nyt 1952 TASSE Cup: French. nyt 1952 TASSE Cup: French. nyt 1952 TASSEL Decoration on a mortarboard. nyt 1952 TASSELED Put forth inflorescence. nyt 1952 TASSELS Ornaments, on maize. nyt 1952 TASSO Epic poet. nyt 1952 TASSO Italian 16th century poet. nyt 1952 TASSO Italian poet of the 16th century. nyt 1952 TASSO Italian poet who wrote Jerusalem Delivered."