face-off circle

His uncontested shot from the right face-off circle easily beat Irbe.

The shot, from the bottom of the right face-off circle, gave the Sabres a 1-0 lead at 3:53.

Leach then beat Potvin from the face-off circle at 12:32.

Both were made on slap shots from the top of the right face-off circle.

If one team's player isn't in the face-off circle on time, drop the puck anyway.

It came on a power play on a blistering shot from the spot inside the left face-off circle.

Samsonov received a pass while cruising near the goal line, just below the right face-off circle.

Messier was booed even when he stood still in the face-off circle.

In those areas, a good chunk of the view from beyond the top of the face-off circle was cut off.

Sinisalo scored his 15th goal of the season on a slap shot from the left face-off circle at 11:33.