crease
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Knight and Bouchier were predictably more methodical - with strike rates of 81.8 and 65.5 - at the crease when they could have shown some fearless aggression.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Marner opened the scoring with a spectacular breakaway goal, skating on to William Karlssson’s two-line pass as he entered the offensive zone and beating LaCombe up the center of the ice to the crease.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Vegas was also plagued by poor passing and puck handling while the Ducks defenders did a good job of keeping the crease clear.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Samson's deftness to use the crease to arrow square drives through backward point were particularly eye-catching.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
Shirley was young and pretty and she’d taught my sister, Lily, how to put a smudged brown line in the crease above her eyes and white shadow just beneath her brow.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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