{"id":436285,"date":"2026-01-25T09:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/436285\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T09:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:38:11","slug":"morgan-geekies-100th-career-goal-caps-bruins-comeback-win-over-canadiens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/436285\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Geekie\u2019s 100th career goal caps Bruins’ comeback win over Canadiens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geekie\u2019s winner came off a rocket from the blue line that seemingly only the Boston winger saw. With everyone in the building looking for the puck, Geekie pointed to it, buried in the padded base in Montreal goalie Samuel Montembeault\u2019s net.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Mason Lohrei] was just telling me that he thought it was [in, too],\u201d said Geekie. \u201cIt took me a minute to think. I just saw [Elias Lindholm] looking up in the air, so I wasn\u2019t quite sure, either, but I saw a little black thing in the net. Figured the camera didn\u2019t go that far over, so just hoped for the best. I\u2019m glad I was right.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The referees took a second look to confirm, setting off a second storm of celebrations by the towel-waving Garden denizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d said a smiling David Pastrnak, when asked if he saw Geekie\u2019s winner. \u201cI honestly thought that the goalie had it under his pad. That\u2019s what I thought. When he got up and he didn\u2019t have it there, then I thought it might have been probably up to the netting or something, but I didn\u2019t see it.\u201d <\/p>\n

The victory was all the sweeter as Boston defenseman Nikita Zadorov<\/a> appeared to dodge what looked like a potentially nasty injury after a second-period collision with Zachary Bolduc and a subsequent awkward tumble to the ice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWarrior,\u201d said Pastrnak. \u201cObviously it was an ugly looking play and just to show how tough he is and how much he means to the group and how much he cares about the group. So, credit to him. He came back and we are all happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Much to the crowd\u2019s chagrin, there were no fisticuffs off the opening face-off this time around and very little to get excited about over the first 20 minutes. Boston was credited with just two shots on goal during a first period where the home team was just a tick off on most plays.<\/p>\n

Cole Caufield, fresh off an Olympic snub from Uncle Sam, continued his torrid season, scoring the first of his three goals to give Montreal a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

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Caufield split a pair of defenders through the slot, collected a feathery pass from Mike Matheson, and zipped one over the glove of Jeremy Swayman (22 saves).<\/p>\n

Pastrnak nearly tied the game with 11 seconds left in the period when his slot shot beat Montembeault, but it hit the post to the Montreal goalie\u2019s left. The goal horn sounded and the towels waved, but it was all for naught.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was not good,\u201d Bruins coach Marco Sturm said of the first period. \u201cIt was just a flat. For some reason it was very quiet, no energy, we made some really bad mistakes. Yeah, so it was a good response after that for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montreal maintained its one-goal lead after the second period as the teams traded power-play goals to make it 3-2.<\/p>\n

The Bruins tied it when Viktor Arvidsson buried his own rebound at the goal mouth with Montreal\u2019s Noah Dobson (interference) in the box.<\/p>\n

Caufield scored his second of the night, a wicked, heat-seeking power-play snipe from just above the goal line to Swayman\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

The Bruins went back on the power play (Kaiden Guhle for high sticking) and evened it when Geekie scored his 27th.<\/p>\n

It came off a great effort from Pastrnak, who collected a stretch pass from Charlie McAvoy, curled through the slot, popped an airborne pass to himself, and drew a pair of defenders \u2014 and Montembeault \u2014 with him before firing it to Geekie, who settled it and popped it in the open net for his 99th career goal and a 2-2 tie.<\/p>\n

Pastrnak was called for interference \u2014 Montreal\u2019s Mike Evans clearly flopped \u2014 and again it was Caufield wreaking havoc.<\/p>\n

From nearly the same spot above the goal line, the 5-foot-8-inch dynamo whistled one past Swayman for his 29th. It caused a brief blizzard of hats from our neighbors to the north, celebrating Caufield\u2019s second career hat trick and the first by a Canadien on Boston ice since Mark Recchi back in 1996.<\/p>\n

Rookie Fraser Minten tied it again with a nifty backhander at 13:55. Tanner Jeannot drew a holding call off the ensuing face-off, setting the stage for Geekie\u2019s power-play winner just 12 seconds after Minten\u2019s strike.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t come out very strong today,\u201d said Geekie. \u201cBut to be able to come back in the third and put together a solid performance \u2014 at the end of the day \u2014 to get the 2 points is all that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jim McBride can be reached at james.mcbride@globe.com<\/a>. Follow him @globejimmcbride<\/a>.<\/p>\n