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Marchand calls Buffalo’s late timeout “disrespectful”

Steve Ott, Brad Marchand

Last night’s terrific game between the Sabres and Bruins at TD Garden, won 7-4 by the visitors, had almost everything a hockey fan could want.

And for those hockey fans that enjoy controversial timeouts, it had one of those too.

The timeout was called by the Sabres with 13.6 seconds remaining in the game, right after Jason Pominville had scored into an empty net to give his team an insurmountable lead.

Then came the controversial part -- big John Scott skating out onto the ice for Buffalo.

Earlier in the game, Scott had concussed Boston tough guy Shawn Thorton in a fight that, if you bought what the pre-game hype was selling, was intended to send a message that the Sabres would no longer be bullied by the Bruins.

What did the B’s think of the move by Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff?

“He wants to be a big shot, and it was not the best play to do…pretty disrespectful,” said Brad Marchand, per CSNNE.com. “If he wants to be like that, that’s fine and we just have to move on.”

Ah, but Ruff says he wasn’t doing it “to be a big shot.” He was doing it because Boston had sent one of its own pugilists, Lane MacDermid, out for the faceoff.

“When MacDermid was with one of our skill players I didn’t want anything to happen,” said Ruff. “That’s really all it was about.”

Ruff got what he wanted when the game ended peacefully, and the Sabres got the two points they badly needed.

Fortunately, fans won’t have to wait long until the teams meet again -- Buffalo hosts Boston next Sunday.