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Jordan Binnington, the longtime St. Louis Blues goaltender, offered more details about his thought process in the moments after he allowed Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin’s milestone 900th goal.

Binnington contended with some backlash after he put the puck into the back of his hockey gear. A linesman made sure to retrieve the puck from the stunned goalie.

Ovechkin was asked about it after the Capitals’ 6-1 win.

“Yeah, I just saw it,” he said when asked about it by a reporter. “You know, I’m not going to comment on it.”

Binnington is now making it clear that he fully intended to return the puck to the superstar Russian hockey player.

“Yeah, I figured I basically had an assist on the goal there, turning the puck over. [I] didn’t think

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