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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoston Bruins\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t“I think it’s just a great example of playing ’til the last whistle.”<\/p>\n

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\n\tMorgan Geekie gave Boston a two-goal lead against Colorado. (AP Photo\/Jim Davis)\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Conor Ryan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 26, 2025 | 7:30 AM\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Morgan Geekie didn\u2019t mince words earlier this week when asked about the state of the Bruins after a sixth-straight loss<\/a> on Thursday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just embarrassing, to the fans, to everybody,\u201d the 27-year-old forward said after Boston fell to the Ducks, 7-5. \u201cIt\u2019s just poor. Everything is poor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Little had seemingly gone right for the Bruins over their extended slide \u2014 be it their leaky defensive-zone coverage, knack for coughing up goals after lighting the lamp, and struggles in crunch time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In search of a breakthrough, Marco Sturm and his staff dialed up an extended video session combing over Boston\u2019s defensive miscues on Friday at Warrior Ice Arena <\/a>\u2014 followed up by a lengthy practice close to 45 minutes after they were first scheduled to hit the ice.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But to snap their losing streak and outlast a skilled opponent like the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday afternoon, the Bruins were going to need more than just tighten up their defensive system to come away with points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Boston attempts to staple down Sturm\u2019s defensive preachings, what the Bruins can control on every shift is effort and pace \u2014 regardless of their opponent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And on Saturday, Geekie led by example to help Boston secure its first win in two weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the closing seconds of the second period \u2014 and with Boston clinging to a 2-1 lead \u2014 Geekie beat out an icing after Pastrnak chipped a puck down the ice toward Colorado goalie Scott Wedgewood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By the time Geekie corralled the puck at the end boards, there was just 6.7 seconds left in the period.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pressed for time and unable to put a puck on net, Geekie instead pounced as Wedgewood shifted to his left \u2014 tucking a puck past the netminder with a quick bid from the inside post to give Boston a 3-1 lead with just 4.5 seconds left on the clock.<\/p>\n

Geekie\u2019s sneaky shot and his willingness to play to the whistle gave Boston a two-goal cushion going into the final 20 minutes of play \u2014 and served as the Bruins\u2019 game-winning goal en route to a much-needed 3-2 victory over Colorado.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, my dad would be proud of that one, probably,\u201d Geekie said of playing to the final seconds of the period. \u201cIt was maybe the perfect storm. I mean, that\u2019s not going to happen every time. But when you get those opportunities to get in behind the D like that, I\u2019m just trying to get it on net as fast as I can.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Given both the skill present on Colorado\u2019s roster and Boston\u2019s struggles with manufacturing some breathing room while holding leads as of late, Sturm believed that Geekie\u2019s last-second goal shifted the fortunes of a Bruins team (4-6) that was in desperate need of a break to go their way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought that was the biggest goal today, probably besides the first goal [from Viktor Arvidsson]. But going into the [third] period with a two-goal lead, I think that was huge for us,\u201d Sturm said. \u201cBut again, there was only a few seconds left, but it started with almost like a breakout. We know they\u2019re going to pinch hard and Geeks was pushing the pace.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bruins aren\u2019t expecting Geekie to go 0-to-60 down the ice in the same vein as Colorado\u2019s Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, or Martin Necas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Geekie\u2019s motor, willingness to engage down low, and knack for pepping the net made him the type of player that Boston wanted to invest in after a breakout 33-goal campaign in 2024-25.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fresh off of inking a six-year, $33 million contract extension in late June, Geekie has done little to stoke fears that his scoring surge last winter was an outlier. <\/p>\n

Through 10 games, Geekie has now found the back of the net six times, and he\u2019s currently on a 49-goal pace across an 82-game season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s just a great example of playing \u2019til the last whistle,\u201d Jeremy Swayman said of Geekie\u2019s goal. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to do. We had a lot of games in a short amount of time, and he\u2019s a player that doesn\u2019t give up on any play, so it\u2019s really good to see him get success.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no wonder why he has so much success early on. It\u2019s a sneaky little shot, and I gave him a little kudos for it. But it\u2019s exactly what we want as this team, as a culture.\u201d\u00a0Geekie\u2019s tally wasn\u2019t the lone factor that helped Boston get off the schneid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A strong showing in net from Swayman (31 saves) helped negate some of the quality chances that the Avalanche managed to generate, while a committed defensive approach from Sturm\u2019s skaters \u2014 headlined by 34 total blocks \u2014 snuffed out some of Colorado\u2019s firepower.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a formula that the Bruins will need to continue to rely on if they plan on putting their extended losing streak in the rearview mirror.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI spoke a lot about just the character of the guys we had, and I think we came in yesterday and had a long video session and a lot of teaching and cleaned up a lot of those things today,\u201d Geekie said of Boston\u2019s response. \u201cObviously, there\u2019s still room for improvement, and we\u2019re not going to stop at one. But it\u2019s a good step in the right direction. It\u2019s really easy to build off a game like today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Conor Ryan is a staff writer covering the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Red Sox for Boston.com, a role he has held since 2023.<\/p>\n

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