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Bouchard doubled the lead six minutes later, firing a slap shot past Kuemper from the top of the circle three seconds after the Kings’ Andrei Kuzmenko went off for interference.
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Instead, the Maple Leafs kept their head above water through a testy first two periods and then in overtime, when Simon Benoit emerged as the unlikely hero with a slap shot from the point.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
But with the teams skating four-on-four near the midway point of the first, Vegas defenseman Alex Pietrangelo ripped a slap shot from just inside the blue line that fooled Gustavsson between the knees.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2025
Despite those changes and a significant early advantage, the Oilers didn’t go away quietly, starting with a Viktor Arvidsson’s slap shot goal with 41 seconds left in the first.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Instead, the Maple Leafs kept their head above water through a testy first two periods and then in overtime, when Simon Benoit emerged as the unlikely hero with a slap shot from the point.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
But with the teams skating four-on-four near the midway point of the first, Vegas defenseman Alex Pietrangelo ripped a slap shot from just inside the blue line that fooled Gustavsson between the knees.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2025
Despite those changes and a significant early advantage, the Oilers didn’t go away quietly, starting with a Viktor Arvidsson’s slap shot goal with 41 seconds left in the first.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Slap shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20shot. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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