wrist shot

noun

: a quick usually short-range shot in ice hockey made while the puck is against the blade of the stick by snapping the blade quickly forward

Examples of wrist shot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With Hayden Hodgson called for charging Mario Ferraro, Klingberg took a pass from Macklin Celebrini, took a stride forward and beat Senators goalie Linus Ullmark with a wrist shot from between the circles for his third goal of the season, all on the power play. —Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025

Gaudette raced in from the blue line and took a pass from Dellandrea then fired a wrist shot into the lower left corner of the net. —CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025

Instead, a wrist shot by Zach Werenski got blocked and the puck cleared the zone, sending the play into the Blue Jackets’ defensive zone. —Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025

But the Wild answered 31 seconds later, reclaiming the lead at 2-1 via a Faber wrist shot after set-up passes from Kaprizov and Marcus Johansson. —Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1899, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wrist shot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot