Martin St-Louis loses his cool post-game and repeats the same answer five times to all questions

The Canadiens lost their 12th regulation game of the season in a 4-3 loss to the Rangers in New York.

Trailing 3-1 entering the third period, Montreal rallied with an early goal from Cole Caufield and a clutch equalizer by captain Nick Suzuki with under six minutes to play.

But their comeback hopes were dashed when Kaapo Kakko scored the game-winner on a Rangers power play with less than a minute left. The winning goal was sure controversial.

Replays, though, showed Canadien forward Joel Armia getting blatantly tripped by Will Cuylle the split second before he set up Kakko with a pass out of the slot, an instance that had fans and analysts alike, quickly point out the no-call for a penalty, right after the NHL pushed out the goal on social media.

Frustration wasn't limited to fans. Canadiens head coach Martin St-Louis, clearly irked, addressed reporters after the game but offered only one repeated response to their questions.

He delivered this message in both English and French before ending the press conference after multiple similar exchanges.

While St-Louis' comments appeared to be directed at the officiating, he carefully avoided any direct criticism of the referees, no doubt to avoid a fine from the league.

Whether his subtle jab will draw any response from NHL commissioner Gary Bettman remains to be seen. Stay tuned for any fallout.