Jamie Benn had a simple explanation for the extracurricular activities between his Dallas Stars and the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 on Wednesday night.

"Just a bunch of grown men being donkeys out there," the Stars captain told reporters postgame, according to NHL.com's Mike Zeisberger.

Late in the second period of Dallas' 4-2 victory, St. Louis forward David Perron slashed Stars goaltender Ben Bishop in the back.

"I was just reaching to prevent him from playing, and he’s a big guy, he’s 6-6," Perron said postgame, according to The Athletic's Jeremy Rutherford.

Before the teams skated off for the second intermission, Benn exchanged words with Blues netminder Jordan Binnington, who took a swing at him and then hacked Bishop on his way off.

Overhead (and only) angle shown by NBCSN of the Binnington chop on Bishop: pic.twitter.com/yr7pQyUuzS — Alex Prewitt (@alex_prewitt) May 2, 2019

Bishop didn't have much to say about it afterward.

Ben Bishop seemed to downplay Jordan Binnington's slash.



Did he say anything to you?

“No.”

Just gave you a whack?

“Yeah, I wasn’t looking. I didn’t know he was there.”

Did you feel it in the moment?

“He just hit my stick.” — Matthew DeFranks (@MDeFranks) May 2, 2019

Blues head coach Craig Berube wasn't pleased with Benn going after Binnington.

"Heck, I don’t know what Jamie Benn's doing skating down there and he's getting in Binner's face," Berube said, according to the Dallas Morning News' Matthew DeFranks. "He's just reacting a little bit to it. He’s a competitor.”

Binnington was assessed roughing and slashing minors as a result, and Benn was handed an unsportsmanlike conduct minor.