“It’s a competitive game” – Blues goalie Jordan Binnington admits throwing water bottle at Avalanche center Nazem Kadri

Jordan Binnington collided with Nazem Kadri

St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington on Tuesday admitted that he did throw a water bottle at Colorado Avalanche center Nazem Kadri. This bizarre incident took place after Game 3 of Blues-Avalanche’s second-round series.

Earlier, the Richmond Hill native Binnington left the game in the first period with a lower-body injury that he suffered after Kadri and his teammate Calle Rosen crashed the net seeking a loose puck at Enterprise Center. The injury resulted at an end to Binnington’s season, as Ville Husso played the rest of the six-game series, which St. Louis lost to the Avalanche 2-4.

Following this, Kadri, 31, was doing a postgame interview with TNT and talking about the collision. However, he paused midway for a moment and then continued, eventually not shying away from telling the broadcast that Binnington might have thrown a water bottle at him.

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“Yeah, I think it was Binnington. But I was a little tied up, so you’ll have to ask him,” Kadri told the reporters. “I think it was him. I don’t know for sure.”

“Felt like it was a God-given opportunity”

“I went to get my knee checked out, midgame. I was coming back to the rink. The game just ended. Walking down the hallway, I couldn’t find a recycling bin on my way down the hallway. Right before I walked into the locker room, I see him kind of doing an interview there. Smiling, laughing there, and I’m there in a knee brace limping down the hallway,” Binnington said, as quoted by ESPN.com.

Nazem Kadri’s wife shares what their family has endured for the past 48 hours through the Jazzy Kadri Instagram account.

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He added: “I just felt like it was a God-given opportunity. I don’t know, I could just stay silent and go in the room or I could say something and just have him look me in the eye and understand what’s going on. [Give him] something to think about. Yeah, I just threw the water bottle. An empty water bottle. It landed like 2 feet from him. It is what it is there. It’s hockey and it’s a competitive game. So, that’s it.”

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