odd-man

American  

[od-man] / ˈɒdˌmæn /

adjective

Sports.

1. noting or pertaining to a situation in which the players on one side outnumber those of the opposition.

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Example Sentences

To top it off, the Ducks then messed up an odd-man rush late in the period, coughed the puck up and watched the Kraken race back 3-on-2 the other way.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Murray always looked like the odd-man out in a three-way battle at the end of the Sony Open until he delivered the goods.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024

Carlsson brought the Ducks to 4-2 after getting a feed from Killorn on an odd-man rush.

From Washington Times • Nov. 11, 2023

“We always play good defense but gave up too many odd-man rushes. We still came back but we have to start better than that,” Necas said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2023

I had been down in the Argentine, and then in Chili, tramping the country and starving, mostly; and had come up from Valparaiso as odd-man on a cattle-boat.

From The Gadfly by Voynich, E. L. (Ethel Lillian)