goal line
noun
: a line at either end and usually running the width of a playing area on which a goal or goalpost is situated
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With Dylan Larkin in the box, Noah Cates put the Flyers ahead by three goals by shoving a loose puck over the goal line on the power play with less than four minutes to play in the second.
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CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
After the Sharks won a puck battle in their own zone, Dmitry Orlov, from below the goal line, tried to send a backhand pass to Will Smith near the boards.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
Olen Zellweger was caught puck-watching on a play below the goal line that came out front to a wide-open Tuch for the opening goal.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
Enright, on the right side, darted toward net along the goal line and ricocheted a shot off the post into the net to cap the scoring.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
After the Sharks won a puck battle in their own zone, Dmitry Orlov, from below the goal line, tried to send a backhand pass to Will Smith near the boards.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
Olen Zellweger was caught puck-watching on a play below the goal line that came out front to a wide-open Tuch for the opening goal.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
Enright, on the right side, darted toward net along the goal line and ricocheted a shot off the post into the net to cap the scoring.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
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“Goal line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20line. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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