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
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Trailing a rush up the ice, Mukhamadullin took a pass from William Eklund inside the blue line and fired a wrist shot past Oilers goalie Connor Ingram for his fourth goal this year.
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026
Holmstrom got the feed from Tony DeAngelo and had a clear path up the right side of the ice before cutting toward the net with a wrist shot to beat Columbus' Jet Greaves.
—CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar stumbled, springing a 2-on-1 break with Boldy feeding a cross-ice pass to Marcus Johansson, whose wrist shot hit the left post, then got a piece of the goalie before a Colorado defender swatted it away from the goalmouth.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2026
Rookie Matt Savoie then converted a rebound late in a power play for his 10th career goal, but Beckett Sennecke answered 46 seconds later with a slick wrist shot for his 19th goal — tops among NHL rookies.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2026
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026
Holmstrom got the feed from Tony DeAngelo and had a clear path up the right side of the ice before cutting toward the net with a wrist shot to beat Columbus' Jet Greaves.
—CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar stumbled, springing a 2-on-1 break with Boldy feeding a cross-ice pass to Marcus Johansson, whose wrist shot hit the left post, then got a piece of the goalie before a Colorado defender swatted it away from the goalmouth.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2026
Rookie Matt Savoie then converted a rebound late in a power play for his 10th career goal, but Beckett Sennecke answered 46 seconds later with a slick wrist shot for his 19th goal — tops among NHL rookies.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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