Boston Bruins at Los Angeles Kings

· National Hockey League

Boston Bruins

13-10-0

Final
2 - 1

Los Angeles Kings

10-6-6

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

BOS		LA
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