Sundqvist takes a cheap shot at Bishop and gets blindsided behind the play.

There are many rules in the National Hockey League's rule book that make it very clear you are not to touch a goaltender during the normal process of a play, but in spite of that "don't touch my goalie," remains an unwritten rule that every single person who has ever laced up a pair of skates to play hockey can understand.

It seems though that St. Louis Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist either missed that memo or, more likely, simply decided to ignore it on Saturday afternoon. Sundqvist and his St. Louis Blues were taking on the Dallas Stars on Saturday for Game 2 of their second round series in the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs and there was a moment in the second period where Sundqvist appeared to forgo his better judgement and landed himself in a little bit of hot water. 

Sundqvist was racing down the ice for a puck that was being handled by Dallas Stars goaltender Ben Bishop and, although it was pretty safe to say that Sundqvist was never going to close the gap in time to make the play, he decided to take a few liberties with Bishop while he was all the way down in the other end. As he skated past the Stars goaltender Sundqvist appeared to give Bishop somewhat of a slash on the leg, enough of a shot that it sent Bishop falling to the ice. Now it's hard to tell how much of that was a result of Bishop over selling the slash and how much of it was genuine on the part of the Stars netminder, but it was more than enough for Bishop's defenseman.

Although Sundqvist got away with his cheap shot to Bishop, no penalty was called on the play, he would pay a heavy price after the fact when he was completely blindsided by Stars defenseman John Klingberg. Klingberg had obviously seen what had happened to his goalie and was none too pleased about it. The result was Klingberg skating down the ice and delivering a completely unexpected shoulder to shoulder hit to Sundqvist, although Klingberg did try rather unsuccessfully to make it look like an accident. 

He did it right in front of the referee no less, certainly one way to send a message.

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