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Mitch Marner set him up for an A-plus chance on the power play at the end of the second, but Pacioretty couldn’t capitalize and was soon hit in the side of the face by a Matthews slap shot.
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Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
With about seven minutes left in the game, Bouchard atoned for his embarrassment by MacKinnon earlier in the night by burying his slap shot in the top left shelf.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
Fox grabbed possession and took a slap shot from the blue line.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Here was a former seventh-round pick who was among the slowest players in the league in terms of straight-ahead foot speed; at 5-foot-11 wasn’t very big, and didn’t possess a slap shot that was going to overpower many NHL goaltenders.
—Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 23 July 2024
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Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
With about seven minutes left in the game, Bouchard atoned for his embarrassment by MacKinnon earlier in the night by burying his slap shot in the top left shelf.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
Fox grabbed possession and took a slap shot from the blue line.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Here was a former seventh-round pick who was among the slowest players in the league in terms of straight-ahead foot speed; at 5-foot-11 wasn’t very big, and didn’t possess a slap shot that was going to overpower many NHL goaltenders.
—Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 23 July 2024
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“Slap shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20shot. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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