Stars' Montgomery says Bishop is fine after exiting Game 6

Dallas Stars netminder Ben Bishop appears to have avoided injury after taking a hard slap shot up high from St. Louis Blues defenseman Colton Parayko in Game 6 on Sunday, according to head coach Jim Montgomery.

"He's fine. Stayed in the game. He's fine. We just wanted to put Doby (Anton Khudobin) in. He wasn't hurt, that's why we made the switch," Montgomery said after the game, per The Athletic's Jeremy Rutherford.

The play occurred around the 7:37 mark of the third period. Blues forward Jaden Schwartz took advantage of the situation, depositing the puck with Bishop down to make it 3-1. The Stars netminder allowed a fourth goal to Sammy Blais 33 seconds later before exiting the contest.

Jaden Schwartz redirected Alexander Steen's shot. Unbelievable! #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/hi8uj8IIyX

- St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 5, 2019

The play sparked controversy as fans and media believed the sequence could've been whistled dead. Referee series supervisor Kay Whitmore provided answers following the contest.

"Not in this situation," Whitmore said, according to The Athletic's Sean Shapiro. "The scoring chance is imminent and it happened bang-bang and the puck's in the net. It wasn't a long duration of time. But the rule is pretty clear that in that situation they're not going to kill it (the play).

"As soon as his team would have gotten possession, they would have killed it immediately," he continued. "That happens all the time. But in this situation, they didn't deem it serious enough to kill it immediately and they didn't get possession before the puck went in the net. It's pretty clear how that rule works."

The two teams will meet in a series-deciding Game 7 on Tuesday in St. Louis with a trip to the Western Conference Final on the line.

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