The Bruins, who had eight shots on goal through two periods, tied the game 1-1 when Geekie scored 25 seconds into the third period. Geekie then gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead at 5:44. Pastrnak controlled the puck behind the Colorado net, skated around Wedgewood's right side, and found Geekie on the far post for the backdoor tap-in goal.

That title belongs to a player who was a healthy scratch in five of the Bruins’ first 16 games. “I wasn’t playing my best hockey,” Morgan Geekie acknowledged. “Definitely struggling. Inside, I definitely felt a little bit of pressure.