Geekie Hat Trick Not Enough: Breaking Apart Bruins OT Loss to Carolina
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James Guillory-Imagn Images The Boston Bruins picked up another crucial point, but overtime losses continue to follow them as the season nears its end. The Bruins (43-26-10) jumped to a lead, fell behind, clawed back in the third period, but lost 6-5 in overtime to the Carolina Hurricanes (50-22-6) on Tuesday night at the Lenovo Center. Morgan Geekie (37) scored a hat trick, Pavel Zacha (30) hit 30 for the first time in his career, and Hampus Lindholm (5) scored his first goal since January.
Geekie’s three-goal showing comes after having none in the last 17 games. “It’s always nice, but on days like today, it doesn’t really mean anything, right? ” Geekie said about getting on the scoresheet.
“Sure, for like, mentally I guess, yeah. It feels like you come in here, it doesn’t matter if you score six goals, you know. It’s just one of those things that, losses like that are tough to swallow, for sure.
” It was Geekie’s second game on a line with David Pastrnak and Elias Lindholm , who both assisted his first goal. Pastrnak had another one and directly set up Geekie for his first two goals. “Oh, 100%.
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