Water-bottle-gate: Binnington chucks some H2O at Kadri postgame

You thought this series was already spicy?

It’s about to get spicier.

The Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Saturday night in Game 3 of their Round 2 series to take a commanding 2-1 lead, but that was just the beginning of the drama.

Controversial Avalanche center Nazem Kadri collided with Blues goalie Jordan Binnington in the first period, knocking the St. Louis starter out of the game, and Binnington was ticked off.

After the contest, Binnington apparently chucked a water bottle at Kadri in disgust during his postgame interview with TNT. Water-bottle-gate is officially on.

"Not sure if he just threw a water bottle at me" 😳

Nazem Kadri appears to have a water bottle thrown at him while discussing the collision with Binnington 🔎 pic.twitter.com/6XLbAdxEEm

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) May 22, 2022

.@Liam_mchugh: pic.twitter.com/0FlVTGaJyn

— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) May 22, 2022

I've talked to two people who confirmed it was indeed Jordan Binnington who threw the water bottle at Nazem Kadri. https://t.co/QCBRoA9SZY

— Peter Baugh (@Peter_Baugh) May 22, 2022

Wow! How childish can Binnington be?! It’s clear Kadri did nothing wrong, and if this was any other player, the incident would have been discussed as simply unfortunate. After the game, St. Louis head coach Craig Berube was not pleased, but Avs head coach Jared Bednar had a much more rational take.

“Look at Kadri’s reputation, that’s all I have to say.” – Blues coach Craig Berube on the hit on Binnington

— Benjamin Hochman (@hochman) May 22, 2022

Bednar shows some irritation at question about Kadri's "reputation." Basically said it was a total hockey play, that Blues D and him going for loose puck, stuff happens. "Reputation has NOTHING to do with it" he says

— Adrian Dater (@adater) May 22, 2022

Buckle up, Game 4 is on Monday night with the Avs looking to essentially put the Blues to bed for a second straight season. We’ll see if any more water bottles get caught in the crossfire.
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