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The spontaneous moment of the Bruins’ “line brawl”

Sometimes you have to think outside the box amid frustrating times. The Boston Bruins did just that last week in the middle of their five-game losing streak.

During their practice outside of Washington D.C. a week ago Tuesday, the Bruins engaged themselves in a friendly line brawl a day after sustaining their third straight loss in Ottawa. Spontaneous in nature, the moment became an instant viral sensation.

Some of the Bruins caught wind of their lightheaded moment through various social media platforms after a fun, yet challenging practice at Capitals IcePlex in Arlington, Virginia.

“We were scrimmaging 3-on-3,” Charlie McAvoy recalled, “and at the end of it we celebrated like we won and we were actually losing by a million.