wrist shot
nounDefinition of wrist shot
: a quick usually short-range shot in ice hockey made while the puck is against the blade of the stick by snapping the blade quickly forward
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Advertising Wagner tied it at 1 at 16:05, showing off his speed by racing past Blackhawks defensemen Carl Dahlstrom and Connor Murphy for a breakaway and burying a wrist shot into the top netting. — Dan Greenspan, The Seattle Times, "Kings beat Blackhawks 3-2 on Doughty’s power-play goal in OT," 31 Mar. 2019 His wrist shot beat Lehtonen with help from teammate Christian Fischer limiting Lehtonen's view of the puck on Arizona's second shot on goal of the game. — USA TODAY, "Shore's "lacrosse" goal helps Stars beat Coyotes 4-1," 1 Feb. 2018 His wrist shot beat the goalie but hit the crossbar, leaving Donato inches from scoring the game-tying goal. — Patrick Donnelly, The Seattle Times, "Saros’ shutout lifts Predators over Wild 1-0," 25 Mar. 2019 The read and subsequent interception were impressive, as was the quick wrist shot moments later that Gostisbehere – who followed the play as a trailer — unleashed for his ninth goal of the season. — Sam Donnellon, Philly.com, "Flyers' Shayne Gostisbehere is expanding his game," 10 Jan. 2018 Travis Konecny took the puck away from Shea Theodore near the offensive blue line, and Sean Couturier fed Giroux for a left-circle wrist shot that sailed over Fleury’s glove for his 25th goal, three shy of equaling his career high. — Sam Carchidi, Philly.com, "Flyers fall to Vegas on late goal," 12 Mar. 2018 Among DeSmith's better saves was a glove stop on Pesce, his former college teammate, on a wrist shot early in the first period. — USA TODAY, "Dea scores 1st NHL goal, Penguins beat Hurricanes, 3-1," 23 Jan. 2018 Former Flyer Zac Rinaldo tied the game at 3-3 with 18 minutes, 1 second left in regulation, putting a right-circle wrist shot over Elliott’s glove. — Sam Carchidi, Philly.com, "Nolan Patrick helps Flyers avenge loss to Coyotes; Brian Elliott injured," 10 Feb. 2018 Hagg, of all people, weaved through the Ottawa defense and scored one of the Flyers’ most artistic goals of the season, sending a right-circle wrist shot past Anderson to put the Flyers ahead, 2-0, with 12:46 left in the first. — Sam Carchidi, Philly.com, "Soaring Flyers move into first-place tie (temporarily) as they whip Ottawa," 24 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wrist shot.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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