Marchand downplays blowout to Caps: 'It's f----- one game'

Warning: Story contains coarse language

Brad Marchand certainly has a way with words.

Following a 7-0 blowout loss to the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals, the Boston Bruins agitator summed up his feelings with some colorful language.

"It's fucking one game," Marchand told Stephen Whyno of the Associated Press. "It's nothing. We'll let it go and worry about tomorrow tomorrow."

In the team's season opener, the Bruins found themselves in an early hole after netminder Tuukka Rask allowed five goals before the midway point of the second period.

While the Bruins were shutout, Marchand wasn't entirely held off the scoresheet, as he ended the night with an instigator penalty and a game misconduct after fighting the Capitals' Lars Eller.

Marchand and Eller throw down... at least he didn't lick him? pic.twitter.com/y1Fd7vRdP7

- NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) October 4, 2018

Eller picked up the seventh tally for the Capitals but his reaction following the goal didn't sit well with Marchand.

"His celebration was unnecessary," Marchand told Whyno. "He took an angle in front of our bench and celebrated in a 7-0 game. So I just let him know."

The Bruins will have little time to dwell on the defeat as the squad is back in action Thursday against the Buffalo Sabres.

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