Sometimes, some hockey players just need to be humbled. And there is nothing more humbling than getting your ass kicked by 5-foot-9 Jared Spurgeon.
On Tuesday night, as the Montreal Canadiens visited the Minnesota Wild — and suffered a 4-1 defeat because of Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy having a great time — they got all heated and bothered as just minutes remained. They tried to start something, just any amount of offense with Marc-Andre Fleury turning back the clock and every Wild skater committed to punishing any opposing player on the forecheck.