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The final score at the Bell Centre on Saturday night was Nashville Predators 3, Montreal Canadiens 2.

But there was also a game within the game and the final score there was Brendan Gallagher 1, P.K. Subban 0.

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The former teammates appeared to have their own private war going. There were words — although neither player would go into the details of the trash-talking — and there was some physical play. Gallagher, who would score his 20th goal was credited with four hits and three of them were delivered on Subban.

Gallagher tried to downplay the rivalry.

“I don’t know why we’re talking about him,” Gallagher said. “That ‘s what he wants. Let him talk about himself all night. I’m sure he’ll give you guys lots of stuff.”

Subban didn’t disappoint. Gallagher has a knack of smiling after he takes a hit or is knocked down and Subban was asked how it felt to see Gallagher smiling.

“I didn’t see a smile from him tonight to be honest with you,” Subban said. “I just saw the blood dripping down his face after he tried to hit me and fell down. That’s what I saw … I didn’t see anything else.”