MONTREAL – Martin St. Louis didn’t bother dancing around his team’s glaring issue.

Saturday night’s throwback Montreal-Boston rivalry matchup at the Bell Centre had a bit of everything — big fights, heavy hits, highlight-reel goals — but the Canadiens’ failure to capitalize stood out above all of it in a 3-2 loss to the Bruins.

“The power play is obviously the story of the game,” the Canadiens coach said.

Montreal came up empty on seven opportunities, including two lengthy 5-on-3s — one lasting 1:28, the other 1:50.

A talented unit of Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson, Cole Caufield, Ivan Demidov and Nick Suzuki mustered just two shots with the two-man advantage as a mix of groans and jeers rained down from the crowd.

“That’s the (saying) in hockey,” Bruins forward David Pastrnak said. “You do

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