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Then their penalty kill was beaten for the first time in 10 tries when MacKinnon lined home a slap shot in from the center of the left circle 16 seconds after Kings defenseman Brian Dumoulin was sent off for interference.
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Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
The Bruins quieted the raucous Buffalo crowd when star center Morgan Geekie buried a slap shot into the back of the net from the high slot to give them a 1-0 lead about 11 minutes into the first period.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Raddysh tied it at 1 with a powerful slap shot in the second.
—ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
Gustavsson got most, but not all, of Colton Parayko’s slap shot from the blue line, and the puck trickled over the goal line, forcing the visitors to play from behind early.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
The Bruins quieted the raucous Buffalo crowd when star center Morgan Geekie buried a slap shot into the back of the net from the high slot to give them a 1-0 lead about 11 minutes into the first period.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Raddysh tied it at 1 with a powerful slap shot in the second.
—ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
Gustavsson got most, but not all, of Colton Parayko’s slap shot from the blue line, and the puck trickled over the goal line, forcing the visitors to play from behind early.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Slap shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20shot. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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