Marc-Andre Fleury Calls Henrik Lundqvist's Net Flip 'Baby Stuff' [VIDEO]

It's not often that All-World New York Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist loses his cool. Then again, it's just as rare to see Lundqvist allow four goals in a game and three in rapid succession. So, in that context, the Rangers' Thursday night loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins was an anomaly in more ways than one.

Lundqvist, upset after a collision with Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh left him shaken up, was whistled for delay of game by the referees. Why?

He tossed his own net off its moorings.

Penguins netminder Marc-Andre Fleury, who has often ended up with the short end of the stick in bouts against Lundqvist and the Rangers of late, was disappointed by Lundqvist's actions, adding that though he gets mad and will sometimes lash out in other, smaller ways, he'd never intentionally stop play in the manner Lundqvist did on Thursday.

"I think that's baby stuff," Fleury said.

After the game, a similarly frustrated Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault told reporters he thought Lundqvist was simply trying to get the referees attention to let him know that he was hurt or at the very least still feeling the after-effects of McDonagh's unintentional hit. Vigneault also said that Lundqvist was dealing with neck spasms at the end of the second. The netminder would not return for the third period.

But Lundqvist's suspiciously out of character actions also came shortly before a barrage of goals by the Penguins, with Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Patric Hornqvist all beating Lundqvist to run the score up just ahead of the close of the second period. The Penguins were pressing and attempting to enter the Rangers' zone when Lundqvist's outburst unfolded.

Considering the success Lundqvist has enjoyed against his Eastern Conference counterparts - in each of the team's last four games against one another, Lundqvist had allowed just 3 goals on 119 shots - it makes sense in a way that he'd be so frustrated by his poor performance. And with the playoff race heating up, every possible two points is much-needed.

But it was a strange night for one of the game's best players against a team that, though they look likely for a postseason berth, is highly flawed.

And considering just how difficult a season it has been in Pittsburgh, with the team barely holding onto a wild card playoff spot with less than 20 games remaining, it wasn't surprising to see the Penguins media team take the incident as a chance to gloat.