blue line

noun

: either of two blue lines that divide an ice hockey rink into three equal zones and that separate the offensive and defensive zones from the center-ice neutral zone

Examples of blue line in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Kings’ blue line is too old, slow and limited at breaking the puck out, as Joel Edmundson, Brian Dumoulin and Cody Ceci are redundant stay-at-home defensemen. — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Verhoeff is not only expected to be a big part of North Dakota’s blue line this upcoming season but will likely once again play at the World Junior Championships, possibly captaining the Canadian team with the tournament taking place in Edmonton. — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Should Gudas sign with Florida, the Panthers’ likely blue line group to begin the season will be Aaron Ekblad, Gustav Forsling, Seth Jones, Niko Mikkola, Dmitry Kulikov, Uvis Balinskis and Gudas. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026

With that in mind, the Minnesota Wild used their first pick in the NHL draft on some blue line girth. — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blue line

• affine
• airline
• align
• aline
• assign
• baseline
• beamline
• benign
• bloodline
• bovine
• brucine
• byline