Tanner Jeannot and Nicolas Deslauriers dropped the gloves, and the Boston Bruins now have another fight to talk about.

BarDown flagged the bout with ESPN credited on the post, and that is all we know about how it played out. No round-by-round, no winner declared here.

What we do know is who stepped in. Two 220-pounders, two left wingers, two guys whose jobs have always included this exact moment.

Jeannot is 29 and stands 6'2. He sits at 21 penalty minutes through 12 games this season, which tells you he has been in the middle of the physical stuff early.

Deslauriers is 35 and has been doing this for a long time. His career total is 808 PIM over 716 regular-season games, and he has 9 PIM through 8 games with Carolina this season.

That is the respect part of this. When a 35-year-old who has made a career out of this meets a 29-year-old in his prime, nobody is doing it for the highlight reel.

It is an old hockey language. You say your piece, you take yours, you shake it off. Both men understand the terms before the gloves hit the ice.

Bruins are winning while Jeannot brings the edge

The timing matters for Boston. The Bruins are 9-2-1, second in the NHL and first in the Atlantic Division.

They also won 6-4 over San Jose on Saturday, and the team sits at +22 in goal differential. A club playing that well rarely needs a spark, but the physical tone still counts.

Jeannot has chipped in too, with 1 goal and 2 assists for 3 points and a +4 rating. That is not a bad return for a guy whose cap hit is $3,400,000 through 2029-2030.

Deslauriers is a different kind of piece. He carries a $875,000 cap hit through 2027-2028, and he has 2 goals and a game-winning goal this season.

Is that the typical enforcer line? Not really. A fighter who scores a game-winner is a fun twist, and it explains why coaches keep these players in the lineup.

For Marco Sturm, the next test is Thursday at St. Louis. Whether another heavyweight moment follows, or this one stays a one-off, is the question hanging over that trip.

BarDown pointed to the fight between Deslauriers and Jeannot, with ESPN credited, as the moment worth watching.

Bruins fans will keep the respect in this one, and Hurricanes fans will too. But the next time these two meet, who blinks first?