Jordan Binnington loses it on Blues coach Jim Montgomery after getting pulled early in the 1st period

In case you missed it last night, the St. Louis Blues dropped a 4-1 decision to the Anaheim Ducks in a pretty lopsided game.

The Ducks were up 2-0 on just five shots and Blues starting goaltender Jordan Binnington was pulled just over 10 minutes into the game. When he was coming off the ice, Binnington glared in head coach Jim Montgomery’s direction, grew a little animated, and voiced his opinion strongly for all of his teammates to see.

Binnington reportedly "lost it" on his head coach before storming off the ice and to the team's locker room.

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Binnington would remain in the team's room until joining them on the bench for the 2nd period. In between periods, he and Montgomery reportedly hashed everything out.

You know, I love Jordan Binnington,” Montgomery said after the game. “He’s a competitor. He raises his games in the big moments all the time. I love him. He walked off the ice, he said, ‘I love you!’ I said, ‘I love you, too!’

“We’re both competitors, and at the end of the period, he waited for me, we apologized and we moved on. It’s over and done with.”

Binnington was not made available to reporters after the loss.

Asked after the game if his move with Binnington was a move to shake things up for his team, he confirmed as much.

“Yep, that and just wanted to switch momentum. We had a couple games earlier where I wish I would’ve done more and I didn’t want to have any regrets. So, I made the switch.”

Montgomery then explained he hadn't liked what he had seen from Binnington and he wanted to give backup Joel Hofer a chance to change the momentum of the game.

“For me, I’ve always looked at where the goals came from, and what’s the percentage that those goals should go in,” Montgomery said. “A lot of times you let goalies fight through it. But sometimes when I feel that the goalie looks off, just like a player, I pull back his minutes.

“I sit Buchy and Thomas for two minutes, they don’t play 19 minutes, they play 17 minutes and no one really notices. Unfortunately for a goalie, everybody knows that you’re pulling him.”

Binnington's teammates didn't seem to mind his mini-blow up.

“We’re all competitive,” defenseman Cam Fowler said. “We’re trying to win hockey games around here, and, yeah, of course, I like seeing the fire out of him.”

“We know what Binner is about and he’s competitive,” Jake Neighbours added. “He wants to play and he wants to compete and be with his teammates. That’s just who he is. That competitive spirit is what we love about Binner. He’s just being himself.”

The Blues don't play again until Thursday, it'll be interesting to see who earns the coach's assignment in goal that evening.