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

Leave it to “SNL” to bungle what should have been a slap shot straight into an open goal.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

That’s when Hilary Knight deflected a Laila Edwards slap shot past Canadian goalie Ann-Renée Desbiens to even the score and eventually send the game to overtime.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

With the seconds melting away, team captain Hilary Knight redirected a Laila Edwards slap shot between her legs and into the net to tie the score at 1-1—a dramatic goal to force overtime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

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