Meanings of swept a shot in English

After Michael Stone's shot was denied, Backlund pounced on a juicy rebound and swept a shot around the netminder.

Rookie Tyler Motte charged to the net and swept a shot past Elliott's right leg pad for his third goal.

He went close to a hat-trick when he swept a shot wide of the far post from a tight angle.

Soderberg struck 1:16 later when he swept a shot by Cole past DeSmith to make it 3-2.

Although Larsson subsequently connected with Altidore's unselfish pass and swept a shot past Davis, right footed it was not quite a perfect night for Poyet.