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Backhander meaning
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards. | A blow with the back of the hand. | A bribe, a secret payment.
Synonyms of Backhander
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And Game 4 came to a bounce going the Leafs way, a puck redirected off the skate of an official to an open Nylander and his backhander going off the post to Bobrovsky’s back and caroming into the net in the Leafs’ 2-1 win.
As Zucker tied up Fowler above the crease, Rust attacked the cage and snapped a backhander past Gibson’s right skate.
Hampus Lindholm sent Pastrnak in on a break up the right wing and Pastrnak scored his 53rd goal on a pretty backhander to seal the 2-1 victory.
But just 22 seconds later, Pastrnak tied it up, taking a great Lindholm feed, throwing a fake to draw Nedeljkovic out and tucking a backhander behind him.
She scored with a slap shot from the high slot off a Jordin Williams pass; converted a breakaway backhander after blocking a shot at the defensive blue line and capped the first-period scoring with a wraparound from behind the net while shorthanded.
Trevor Zegras was awarded a penalty shot in the second period, but he missed the net entirely when his backhander went over the crossbar.
First, he stopped a backhander from wraparound try to preserve the 2-0 lead.
Kelly Browne got the play started coming across the blue line, again with some good pace forcing the Wildcats into a retreat on the 3 on 2, and sent a nutmeg backhander through the legs of her defender over to Savannah Norcross.
Edmonton capitalized eight minutes into the first period on a backhander by Oscar Klefbom, but the Wild tied it 4:35 later when Soucy’s point shot clipped Greenway and bounced over Smith.
Not only were all of Zegras’ helpers primary assists, but his backhander to set up Jones to give U.S.A. the lead in the opening frame and his impression on Curtis Hall’s () goal in the second period highlighted his high-end vision.
Tatar opened the scoring when he went to the net and chipped a backhander over Binnington’s glove hand.
The second one was a dramatic breakaway backhander with 7.8 seconds left in a 2-1 Gophers win last Saturday.
Saskatchewan got on the board first, Kaitlyn Willoughby cut into the zone, toe dragged a defender and put a backhander over Rebecca Clark’s shoulder to make it 1-0.