face off, face-off, faceoff

Face off is the verb, while the spellings face-off and faceoff for the noun are correct (the National Hockey League uses faceoff for the noun).

  • The Senators and the Leafs faced off in this year’s semi-finals.
  • How many Stanley Cup face-offs have you seen?

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