St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington picked up two penalties at the end of the second period during his team's 4-2 Game 4 loss to the Dallas Stars on Wednesday.

First, Binnington picked up a roughing call for an altercation with Stars captain Jamie Benn and then was called for slashing an unsuspecting Ben Bishop. 

Binnington appeared to slash Bishop at the conclusion of the second frame, while the Stars goaltender was entering his team's bench to head to the dressing room. The rookie goaltender denied making contact with Bishop post-game.

“No," Binnington responded when asked if he did anything to the opposing netminder. "Just skating off and emotions were high. Came back in here and regrouped. It’s playoff hockey and it’s exciting.”

When asked about the behaviour of the Blues as a whole, Binnington appeared to divulge further on his own actions.

“Well, you know it, it’s a 4-1 game, it happens," Binnington said, per The Athletic. "You just try to do what you can to change it up and see what happens. We’ve got players who want to win. Sometimes games aren’t going to go your way, it’s playoff hockey and stuff happens. You try to change the game up a little bit.”

Bishop was not injured on the play and said Binnington's whack did not make contact with him directly.

“He just hit my stick,” Bishop said. “I wasn’t looking. I didn’t even know he was there.”

The situation occurred just seconds after the second-period ended with a scrum in front of the Blues' net. That exchanged was sparked when Benn tapped Binnington in the groin area, leading the goaltender to throw a punch at Benn's head. Both players picked up minor penalties on that exchange.

“I don’t know what Jamie Benn’s doing, skating down there and he’s getting in Binner’s face,” St. Louis Blues head coach Craig Berube said. “He’s just reacting a little bit, but he’s a competitor.”

Binnington stopped 27 of 31 shots on Wednesday, dropping his save percentage to .904 in the second-round series. Teammate Ryan O'Reilly said the team wasn't concerned over Binnington's emotions running high. 

“That’s him,” O’Reilly said. “We like his emotion and we like the way he plays with an edge. That’s his game. He might be a rookie in that sense, but he’s a mature guy and you see the way he handles himself, the way he responds all year. We’re not worried at all. We’re confident in him.”

The two teams are tied 2-2 in the best-of-seven series with Game 5 scheduled for Friday night in St. Louis.