blue line

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The U.S. finally found one midway through the second period with Larkin, a Detroit Red Wings’ forward, deflecting in a one-timer from Jack Hughes at the blue line.

From Los Angeles Times

Faber, who plays for he Minnesota Wild, made it 3-0 with less than 2:30 left in the second period, playing the puck off the boards near the blue line and flicking it on goal where Eichel got a stick up in front of Franzreb, distracting the goalie as he reached up unsuccessfully to glove the puck.

From Los Angeles Times

But Knight, playing in her fifth Olympics, pulled that back 2:10 before the second intermission, taking a pass from Carpenter at center ice, skating across the blue line near the right boards, then using her body to fend off a challenge from Czechia’s Klara Seropszkova before lifting the puck over the shoulder of goalie Klara Peslarova.

From Los Angeles Times

Barbora Jurickova got Czechia on the board with just more than 11 minutes left in the second period, emerging from the penalty box to take a pass from Natalie Mlynkova at the blue line, setting up a one-on-one with U.S. goalie Aerin Frankel.

From Los Angeles Times

So when they did finally turn him out, he dragged himself to the blue line, and got on without paying, and he didn’t see any cops, and he didn’t get arrested.

From Slate