Bruins’ Morgan Geekie leaves game to attend to family matter

Amid the Bruins’ blowout victory over the Rangers on Saturday afternoon, Boston misplaced two top-six forwards over the course of the sport. 

Boston’s main goal-scorer Morgan Geekie exited the sport after the primary interval of play and didn’t return, with the Bruins asserting that Geekie left to take care of a household matter. 

Boston’s top-line middle Elias Lindholm additionally left Saturday’s sport late within the second interval with a lower-body harm. 

Talking after Boston’s eventual 10-2 win over the Rangers, Marco Sturm stated that Geekie could possibly be a game-time determination for Sunday night’s residence sport towards the Pittsburgh Penguins. 

“Geeks had a household emergency, so he needed to go away,” Sturm stated. “But it surely’s all good. Now we have to observe him to see if he comes again tomorrow.”

Geekie has been a key cog in Boston’s lineup this season. Despite the fact that he hasn’t scored a objective in nine-straight video games, Geekie nonetheless leads Boston with 25 objectives over 45 video games this season. He logged one shot on objective throughout 6:14 of ice time within the first interval of Saturday’s win. 

As for Lindholm, Sturm deemed his exit as extra precautionary than a large setback for the veteran ahead. 

“With Lindy, we simply wish to be sure that,” Sturm stated. “We had been up a bit. He has some nagging points. He’ll most likely be a game-time determination tomorrow.”

 

Conor Ryan is a workers author masking the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Crimson Sox for Boston.com, a job he has held since 2023.