: a shot in ice hockey made with a swinging stroke
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The Bruins goalie gloved Zach Whitecloud’s 57-foot slap shot.—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025 Girard took the pass, made a slick move to bypass the defender in front of him and then ripped off a slap shot that beat Ersson on the left side of the net to make it 1-0.—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2025 Vegas took a 1-0 lead at the 5:26 mark of the first period when McNabb blasted a slap shot from the left point past Knight’s glove side and into the top right corner of the net.—Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025 Mitch Marner set him up for an A-plus chance on the power play at the end of the second, but Pacioretty couldn’t capitalize and was soon hit in the side of the face by a Matthews slap shot.—Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slap shot
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