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The penalty box is a place to feel shame. It is not a place to smash your stick in a fit of rage — which is what Andrew Shaw did on Tuesday night.

The Canadiens trailed the Ducks 2-1 and were pressing for the tying goal with their goalie pulled when Shaw, who had gotten Montreal on the board minutes earlier, took a penalty for hooking Anaheim’s Sami Vatanen with 28 seconds left in regulation.

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Shaw was not a fan of the call. He kept his cool at first but had a meltdown once he got to the box — possibly after watching a replay of the incident — breaking his stick into pieces and unleashing a string of obscenities.