Vocabulary – ice hockey etc – does one ' "score" two assists'?
The context is ice hockey:
- And one sees: to get an assist or more formally, to be awarded an assist, to be credited with an assist.
Assist
- USA Hockey
Up to a maximum of two assists shall be awarded to those player(s) who had possession of the puck immediately prior to the goal being scored.
National Hockey League
You score a point when you shoot the puck through the goal posts, and whoever helped you is given or awarded an assist.
- He scored two goals and got or had two assists in the game.
score is only for goals. Not for assists.
However, you can say: He was awarded two goals and two assists.
(When a goal is scored, there can be up to two players who get assists. Assists are recorded for a player.)
I just heard on TV re the Bruins: He made two goals and four assists.