High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ten goaltenders have scored a total of twelve goals in National Hockey League (NHL) games. A goalkeeper can score by either physically shooting the puck into the net, or being awarded the goal as the last player of his team to touch puck when the opponent scored an own goal. A goal scored by shooting the puck is particularly challenging as the goaltender has to aim for an empty net, six feet wide, at least 180 feet away, while avoiding opposing defensemen; in the case of own goals, the combined circumstance of the own goal itself in addition the goaltender being the last player to touch the puck makes it a very rare occurrence. Of the twelve goals, six were scored by shooting the puck and six were the result of own goals.