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Schaefer, the 18-year-old rookie defenseman, fired a slap shot from the point in the closing seconds of the first to give the Islanders a 2-1 lead.
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CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Lukas Dostal was 4 1/2 minutes from Anaheim’s first shutout in 137 games when Jordan Eberle redirected Jared McCann’s slap shot in front for his team-high 20th goal.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Born in 2007 on a frozen river just a long slap shot from the Canadian border in Baudette, the event which started as a one-day affair has grown a little bit here and there over the past decade-plus.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026
Edmundson, who had a goal disallowed earlier, found a loose puck and cranked a slap shot.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
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CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Lukas Dostal was 4 1/2 minutes from Anaheim’s first shutout in 137 games when Jordan Eberle redirected Jared McCann’s slap shot in front for his team-high 20th goal.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Born in 2007 on a frozen river just a long slap shot from the Canadian border in Baudette, the event which started as a one-day affair has grown a little bit here and there over the past decade-plus.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026
Edmundson, who had a goal disallowed earlier, found a loose puck and cranked a slap shot.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Slap shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20shot. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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