blue line

noun

: either of two blue lines that divide an ice hockey rink into three equal zones and that separate the offensive and defensive zones from the center-ice neutral zone

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Traded Josh Bloom to the Vancouver Canucks for Riley Stillman Riley Stillman was supposed to bring physicality and toughness to Buffalo’s blue line. —

Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 Players stand up and start skating to different blue lines – one group to work on the power play, the other to play mini-games. —

Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2025 Devon Toews caught the puck out of the air near his own blue line then quickly sent it ahead to MacKinnon while the Oilers were trying to change. —

Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025 Andrew Poturalski could not control a loose puck near the Montreal blue line, resulting in a 2-on-1 the other way. —

Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for blue line