Conor McGregor turned the TD Garden on its head Saturday night as he visited the Bruins to do the ceremonial puck drop.
The feeling was mutual, as McGregor took to Twitter to salute the Bruins and the Boston crowd.
Brad Marchand gave McGregor a tribute as well. After scoring the game-winning goal to complete the win over Columbus, he busted out McGregor's famous strut. The UFC legend retweeted the Bruins account's video of the celebration.
It turns out Marchand was planning on it all along, as Joe Haggerty details in his postgame story here.
With the win, the Bruins improved to a 43-20-9 record with 95 points, which is still good for second in the Atlantic division.
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