
Montreal forward Brandon Prust said referee Brad Watson insulted him repeatedly in the first period after a roughing penalty in the Canadiens' 6-2 loss to Tampa Bay on Sunday night. ''I thought the original call was kind of soft and I let (Watson) know on the way to the penalty box,'' said Prust, who ended the game with 31 minutes of penalties and a game misconduct. He tries to control the game and he did that tonight.'' Prust got back into penalty trouble late in the third period when he tripped Ben Bishop as the goalie played the puck behind his net. Whether that's the case or not, I don't know.'' After Prust was given the game misconduct, the 31-year-old forward threw his elbow pad at Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos on his way to the dressing room.
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