Dallas Stars: Second half of match 4 ends with goalkeeper-to-custodian crime as Jordan Binnington's tough relationship with the Stars continues

In the corner of the Blues Jordan Binnington, rookie goaltender of St. Louis, has 6 feet 1 inch and 174 pounds.

At the corner of the stars, striker Jamie Benn is 6-foot-2 and 205-pound.

Binnington-Benn took part in a series of goaltender skirmishes at the end of the second period of the Stars' 4-2 win over American Airlines Center on Wednesday.

Their elimination began in the closing seconds of the period, with "a group of adult men who are donkeys out there," Benn said.

With the Stars 4-1, Benn hit Binnington with a well placed stick after a stop. Binnington responded by charging Benn and shooting at him.

"Sometimes things do not go as planned," Binnington said. Things happen. You are trying to change the game a bit. & # 39; & # 39;

Binnington insisted that he did not know where Benn had been with the stick.

"Things are coming," says Binnington. "It's an effective guy, we have to manage it."

Blues coach Craig Berube defended the actions of his goalkeeper.

"It's competitive," Bérubé said. "I do not know what Jamie Benn is doing, skating there and putting me face to face with Binner, he's just reacting, he's a competitor."

Binnington was not finished. When the teams left the ice, he cruised past the all-star goalie, Ben Bishop, and hit his stick for the rare penalty of a goalkeeper on a goalkeeper.

"I did not even know he was there," Bishop said.

Stars striker, Jason Dickinson, said: "It's a very hot moment." Probably something that (Binnington) will look at and say, "I would have liked not to have do that. "… we can not be too excited about this stuff."

Before the start of the last period, Binnington was hit with a double miner for brutality and slashing. Benn was fined for unsportsmanlike conduct.

"The emotions were strong," Binnington said. "As I said, it's hockey playoff, it's exciting and the fans are interested in it."

It all started when David Perron of St. Louis cut Bishop in the back, an area in which he does not wear padding. Perron insisted that he was trying to play the puck behind the goal, and Bishop's 6-foot-7 body made the task difficult.

Perron had also raced at Bishop earlier in the period.

"I do not think our goalkeeper has anything to do with that," said Stars coach Jim Montgomery, "I thought they had lost some of their emotional control."

Binnington had only allowed 14 goals in the last six games, winning four wins. The Blues do not worry about his psyche after this defeat.

"It may be a beginner in that sense, but it's a mature guy," said Ryan O'Reilly, of St. Louis center. "You see him in the way he behaves, that he has reacted all year, he is confident and we trust him."

Nor was Binnington's first confrontation with the Dallas organization. As a member of San Antonio Rampage, Binnington was right in November of Texas, affiliated with the AHL, Stars, after hitting Joel L'Esperance as a result of a goal.