St. Louis Blues

Colorado Avalanche center Nazem Kadri (91) goes after the puck after falling against St. Louis Blues defenseman Justin Faulk (72) in the second period at The ...

“I think it was Binnington,” Kadri told reporters when asked about the bottle. With the Avs nursing a 3-2 cushion late in the third period, as a raucous Blues crowd tried to scream the home side back into the game, Husso’s brain locked up. One problem — the Blues turned it over, and before the netminder could get back, the Avs were zipping his way off the break. Someone who’d stand up to the bullies. Never mind that donnybrook in the crease. Husso was sent to the bench. It was textbook hot-goalie mode, a combination of reflexes and anticipation that starts to put a Cup favorite on dangerously thin ice. Last spring, Bednar’s roster got worn down physically by Vegas and mentally by Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. Avs faithful were desperate for a rough-and-tumble anti-hero of their own. The Avalanche dug themselves a 1-0 deficit, on the road, some 6:45 into Game 3. It’s a muddle. And it’s unfortunate, but it is what it is.” An unfortunate hockey play, but a hockey play nonetheless.

Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington recently won back his starting gig in the playoffs. However, Binnington sustained a lower-body injury in the first period and ...

However, Binnington sustained a lower-body injury in the first period and never returned. Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington recently won back his starting gig in the playoffs. But the Blues didn’t get their wish, despite a fast start in front of the hometown fans.

ST. LOUIS — Despite regaining the edge in their second round series, the Colorado Avalanche aren't satisfied. Artturi Lehkonen scored twice, Darcy Kuemper ...

“I thought it was a legal check to be honest with you,” Bednar said. After the game, Bednar said Girard has a broken sternum and will be out for the remainder of the postseason. “We kind of lost our structure a bit and kind of having our numbers where we need them in order to generate some offense. “I think there was a little bit of a momentum swing there,” O’Connor said about the Blues changing goaltenders. “Of course it was a good answer from the last game,” Lehkonen said. “I was just kind of sitting behind him and just tried to poke it with my stick.

The St. Louis Blues dropped the game to the Colorado Avalanche Saturday, May 21, 2022, and lost goalie Jordan Binnington to injury.

St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) leaves with an injury during the first period of Game 3 of the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup ...

Where was the fire on the ice? It's pretty rare to have a goalie interference call in one game and a near one in the next. Maybe it was good news that he was up, walking and feeling feisty enough to lash out at Kadri after the loss. Berube made it sound like Binnington hoped to stay in the game or return to it. The last example with the Blues was when he nearly beheaded Justin Faulk in Colorado’s sweep of the Blues in last season’s first-round meeting. The Blues had chances after Husso was rushed into action, but they were not taken advantage of because of large swaths of minutes where the Blues looked about as threatening as, well, an empty water bottle. I think Kadri was simply following the same approach Valeri Nichushkin was following when he was called for goalie interference on Binnington in Game 2. Also photo confirmation -- regardless of how you feel about the play -- that Kadri saying he was "pushed" is not possible. Kadri scored a goal after the collision. Blues captain Ryan O’Reilly and defenseman Colton Parayko seemed to shrug off the idea of foul play after the loss. The hit that melted Twitter seemed like a non-issue to the Blues — until Blues coach Craig Berube stepped to the microphone, which must have happened around the same time Binnington opted for a creative method of recycling. Kadri notched an assist after the collision.

Another controversial play involving the Avalanche's Nazem Kadri could force Blues goalie Jordan Binnington to miss the rest of the second-round series ...

“I was kind of just sitting behind him and just tried to poke it with my stick. While Kadri was discussing the play on the TNT postgame show he paused at one point and did a double-take to his left. Binnington never returned as the Avalanche won 5-2 to take a 2-1 series lead.

St. Louis Blues star goalie Jordan Binnington is expected to miss at least Monday's Game 4 against the Colorado Avalanche with the knee injury he suffered ...

Things like that happen, we're a good team and we could have done a better job of getting momentum back." Binner is a heart and soul (player), playing unbelievable," Blues captain Ryan O'Reilly said of the play. “I was just kind of sitting behind him and just tried to poke it with my stick.

St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington was replaced by Ville Husso in Game 3 vs. the Avs after sustaining an injury.

Game 4 is set for Tuesday night, and the series will then return to Colorado for Game 5. Considering the Avs offense is one of the best in the league, not having him available is a huge loss. The St. Louis Blues were dealt a tough defeat on their home ice against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 3 on Saturday. The loss was made worse by the injury sustained by starting goaltender Jordan Binnington early in the game.

Binnington was hit by Avalanche players Calle Rosen and Nazem Kadri, who were driving to the net.

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