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Boston Bruins at Los Angeles Kings

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Morgan Geekie scores twice to tie for NHL goals lead, Bruins beat Kings 2-1 in OT

Boston Bruins vs. Los Angeles Kings: Game Highlights

Geekie fired a snap shot from top of the right circle that beat goalie Darcy Kuemper high to the far corner for his 16th goal to match Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon for the league lead.

Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves to help the Bruins end a two-game skid. They opened a four-game trip with 4-3 loss at Anaheim on Wednesday night.

Geekie opened the scoring at 8:01 of the third with a one-timer from the middle of ice above the circles that also beat Kuemper high to the far corner.

Joel Armia tied it with a short-handed goal with 6:57 remaining. With Kevin Fiala off for tripping David Pastrnak, Armia beat Swayman off a rebound on a rush for his second short-handed goal in two games.

The Kings went to extra time for time second straight night after falling 4-3 at San Jose in a shootout Thursday night.

Kuemper stopped 24 shots. Los Angeles has lost three in a row after winning four straight.

Up next Bruins: At San Jose on Sunday night.

Kings: Host Ottawa on Monday night.

Regular Season Series

BOS leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 3rd Period 8:01 Morgan Geekie Goal (15) Slap Shot, assists: Alex Steeves (1), Nikita Zadorov (6)
Goal 3rd Period 13:03 Joel Armia Goal (5) Backhand, assists: Trevor Moore (4), Brian Dumoulin (3)
Goal 4th Period 2:27 Morgan Geekie Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: David Pastrnak (17), Nikita Zadorov (7)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/bos.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originBOS https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/la.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originLA
23 Blocked Shots 12
28 Hits 12
4 Takeaways 5
26 Shots 32
0 Power Play Goals 0
2 Power Play Opportunities 5
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 1
0 Shootout Goals 0
21 Faceoffs Won 34
38.2 Faceoff Win Percent 61.8
13 Giveaways 13
6 Total Penalties 2
20 Penalty Minutes 4
Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Mikey Anderson, D Injured Reserve Feb 18
Kevin Fiala, LW Injured Reserve Feb 18
Artemi Panarin, LW Day-To-Day Feb 6
Andrei Kuzmenko, LW Day-To-Day Feb 5
Alex Turcotte, C Injured Reserve Jan 31
Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE

Game Information

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Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 18,145 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 37 14 78 4
Montreal 32 17 72 8
Detroit 33 19 72 6
Buffalo 32 19 70 6
Boston 32 20 69 5
Ottawa 28 22 63 7
Toronto 27 21 63 9
Florida 29 25 61 3

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 27 16 68 14
Edmonton 28 22 64 8
Seattle 27 20 63 9
Anaheim 30 23 63 3
Los Angeles 23 19 60 14
San Jose 27 24 58 4
Calgary 23 27 52 6
Vancouver 18 33 42 6
Full Standings