slap shot
Example Sentences
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Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb was forced to leave Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Thursday after taking a puck to his face on a slap shot midway through the first period.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Moore, playing for just the second time in the series, doubled the lead 3:43 into the third period, lining in a slap shot from well above the right circle.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Leave it to “SNL” to bungle what should have been a slap shot straight into an open goal.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 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
