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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Wedgewood then stopped a wrist shot by Jack Roslovic, opening the door for MacKinnon's game-winner.
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ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
With the Sharks inside the Canucks’ zone, Chernyshov, on his second goal, took a pass from Celebrini and beat goalie Lankinen glove side with a wrist shot from the slot for his seventh goal in 25 NHL games this season.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
The lone shot that beat Hicks was a laser of a wrist shot by Zelenov, who used the defender to shield the release from Hicks’ vision.
—Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
The Avs fell in overtime, 3-2, when the Golden Knights’ Jack Eichel drilled a wrist shot past Avs goalie Mackenzie Blackwood.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
With the Sharks inside the Canucks’ zone, Chernyshov, on his second goal, took a pass from Celebrini and beat goalie Lankinen glove side with a wrist shot from the slot for his seventh goal in 25 NHL games this season.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
The lone shot that beat Hicks was a laser of a wrist shot by Zelenov, who used the defender to shield the release from Hicks’ vision.
—Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
The Avs fell in overtime, 3-2, when the Golden Knights’ Jack Eichel drilled a wrist shot past Avs goalie Mackenzie Blackwood.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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