During Thursday night's game against the Islanders, Binnington was once again on the losing side going into the 3rd period. Instead of simply skating off and regrouping with his teammates, Binnington went out of his way to throw a stiff shoulder at Isles goaltender
Ilya Sorokin. Binnington was sure to do it while he had a linesman at his back to save him from the understandably angered Islanders.