slap shot

Example Sentences

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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

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

“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

Now she looks up . . . and Amigliato takes a slap shot!

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides