Montreal goes 0-for-7 on the power play — including two lengthy 5-on-3 advantages — in 3-2 loss to Boston Bruins at the Bell Centre.

The Canadiens’ Jayden Struble and Arber Xhekaj were talking Friday afternoon about how they had to do something to fire up their teammates Saturday night against the Boston Bruins at the Bell Centre after losing their last two games at home while being outscored 12-1. Article content

Struble decided before the game started he would ask Bruins defenceman Nikita Zadorov to fight him. Struble is 6-foot and 207 pounds. Zadorov is 6-foot-7 and 255 pounds. Article content Article content

There’s a reason why there are weight divisions in boxing and UFC.

“He’s a big boy,” Struble said. “I thought I’d get the guys going. So I just asked him after the anthem a

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