St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington said he fully intended to give Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin his 900th goal puck back after hiding it down his pants during Wednesday night's game.
"Yeah, I figured I basically had an assist on the goal there, turning the puck over. [I] didn't think he'd mind sharing it," Binnington joked after the Blues' practice Thursday ahead of their game at the Buffalo Sabres. "I had full intention to give it back to him."
Ovechkin, already the NHL's leading career goal scorer, became the first player to score 900 goals with a second-period tally against Binnington.