from Joe Haggerty of CSNNE,

BY THE NUMBERS: 4 – the number of fighting majors for the Bruins on Friday night with Kevan Miller, Adam McQuaid and Tyler Randell all dropping the gloves to stand up for teammates, showing the Capitals that they won’t be pushed around. It could also create a little uncertainty in opponents where they hadn’t been any last season. If the Bruins are out to prove that last year’s soft, pale imitation of the Bruins wasn’t going to return this season, they did an effective job of expressing that on Friday.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "You saw tonight that guys are sticking up for each other, so that's also a good sign in my mind.” –Claude Julien, after watching his Bruins players standing up for each other in a fight-filled preseason game against the Capitals.

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