wrist shot

Example Sentences

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But Laughton, making his Kings debut, got that back two minutes later, lining a low wrist shot from a tough angle off the pads of Canadiens goalie Jakub Dobes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Then, as the Americans desperately searched for a breakthrough, Hughes blasted a wrist shot into the back of the net—and made history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

From there on, Team USA began to settle into the game and Jack Eichel, who had provided the assist for Tkachuk earlier, produced a wrist shot that evaded Sogaard.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

Hoglander skated through the Kings’ defense and put a wrist shot over Rittich’s glove to put Vancouver on top midway through the first period.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

Zooming past would-be customers, a mother dragging a young kid by the wrist shot toward my stand.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas