slap shot
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That proved costly when Montreal’s Jake Evans drove a slap shot by Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper from the top of the left circle to tie the score in the second period.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026
Leave it to “SNL” to bungle what should have been a slap shot straight into an open goal.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
Keller then blasted a slap shot that Carpenter redirected in for a 1-0 lead.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
“Russian Machine never breaks,” Ovechkin once said, after limping off the ice courtesy of a slap shot to the foot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2025
As Becky Amigliato’s slap shot made for my face that fall day, the events of the last half year flickered in my possibly-soon- to-be-extinguished consciousness.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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