"With the Bruins locked in an OT battle with the Los Angeles Kings on Friday, David Pastrnak made a nice play to corral Nikita Zadorov's long pass up at the LA blue line and sent a cross-ice pass over to the Geekie on the right side. With a Kings' defender in front of him, Geekie skated it down to the top of the circle and just let it rip, smoking a snap shot past Darcy Kuemper's far blocker side, lifting the B's"
""Maybe a little bit of opportunity, too, and just being able to seize it a little better, too, and take advantage of that. Just kind of trusting myself more in those situations," Geekie told reporters in LA after the game. "I don't know if this time last year I would have taken that shot in overtime, just with the situation and where I was. But it's easy to build confidence when you have confidence. I think over the last year, it's been building.""
Morgan Geekie delivered an overtime snap shot to beat Darcy Kuemper and give the Boston Bruins a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. The goal came after David Pastrnak corralled Nikita Zadorov's long pass and fed Geekie on the right side, where Geekie drove to the top of the circle and fired. The play underscored Geekie's rising confidence and willingness to shoot in high-pressure moments. The 27-year-old Manitoba native has developed into a genuine scoring threat after joining Boston as an unsigned free agent the prior summer.
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