How to Use wrist shot in a Sentence

wrist shot

noun
  • Larkin followed up on that chance with a wrist shot from the high slot.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Rossi skated in from the right, faked a move, then fired a wrist shot top shelf.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Elie took the rebound in front for a short wrist shot into the net.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2017
  • Ovechkin’s goal, a wrist shot past Knight, made the score 4-2.
    — Paul Gereffi, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Sam Steel scored a power-play goal on a glove-side wrist shot.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Groulx let go a wrist shot wired to the top of the net for his first goal of the season.
    — Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Skjei faked out Bernier and ripped a wrist shot for his third goal of the season.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2021
  • O’Leary snapped a low wrist shot about 20 feet out past Yegorov.
    — Barry Scanlon, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
  • But Askarov was able to blocker away Kaako’s wrist shot from the slot.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Kyrou’s wrist shot snapped a 4-4 tie midway through the third.
    — Joe Harris, SFChronicle.com, 18 Jan. 2021
  • Seider picked it up, skated to the net and scored on a wrist shot, earning his sixth goal.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Greaves, who earned his 17th win, deflects praise like a wrist shot from distance.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Stepan’s wrist shot from the left wing caps a comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the series.
    — Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Stepan’s wrist shot from the left wing caps a comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the series.
    — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2021
  • Faulk scored late in the first period on a wrist shot from between the circles.
    — Steve Overbey, ajc, 28 May 2022
  • Bonino had a little open space and snapped off a quick wrist shot that beat Jones on the short side.
    — Jim Diamond, SFChronicle.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Well … McDavid clinched this one with a wicked wrist shot past Shesterkin.
    — Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Zacha cut to the high slot and sizzled a wrist shot over Binnington’s glove arm.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Doughty flung a wrist shot from the left wall that Shesterkin could not see with four bodies in front of the crease.
    — Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Rakell added a score on a wrist shot that beat Martin Jones early in the third.
    — Joe Stiglich, Star Tribune, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The right wing faked a slapper, then pumped a wrist shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • First, Perron used a near-side wrist shot from the left circle to beat Grubauer.
    — Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Brazeau sprung him for a breakaway and Geekie beat Mrazek with a wrist shot under the glove.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2024
  • But with a quick wrist shot through the legs of Sergei Bobrovsky, Matthews broke through.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Eichel picked up his second of the game midway through the second, scoring on a hard wrist shot from the slot.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Crosby lifted Frans Nielsen’s stick and whipped a wrist shot into the net.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Burns netted the first of three straight Avalanche goals on a wrist shot midway through the first period.
    — CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Fabbri centered a pass to Suter, who fired a wrist shot from the high slot to put the Wings up by a goal.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Cale Makar added the fourth tally of the period with a wrist shot from near the top of the zone through traffic.
    — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Marchment broke his slump with a wrist shot from the slot following a give-and-go with Ryan Suter.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2023

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