MONTREAL, CANADA – NOVEMBER 15: Morgan Geekie #39 of the Boston Bruins looks on during the first period against the Montréal Canadiens at the Bell Centre on November 15, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Boston Bruins defeated the Montréal Canadiens 3-2. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images) Getty Images
BOSTON — On Nov. 29, 2024, Morgan Geekie had two goals through 21 games en route to 33 on the season.
On Nov. 29, 2025, he scored two against the Red Wings in one game to help lead the Bruins to a 3-2 shootout win on Saturday at TD Garden.
His two moved him back into a tie with Colorado superstar Nathan MacKinnon for the NHL lead in goals.
It doesn’t feel real.
“I’m not supposed to be there. It’s fun. It’s cool. I used to watch that guy growing up,” said Geekie, a 27-year-old Manitoban, about the 30-year-old Nova Scotian. “I know he’s not that much older than me, but he was in the league before I was. It’s fun. But it’s super early. There’s lots of season left.
“It’s not to say that I don’t think I’m a good player, but those guys are a different caliber,” Geekie said. “At least in my mind.”
Jeremy Swayman said Geekie isn’t giving himself enough credit.
“He’s humble. That’s the kind of guy he is,” Swayman said. “I’m so happy for him. He has his own elite self-culture. It’s powerful and it bleeds into the room.”
When Geekie had a shooting percentage of 27% from Dec. 1 through the end of the season last year, it seemed flukey. He had 31 goals on 115 shots. Surely nobody could keep doing that. It had to be unsustainable.
Except now, he’s got 20 goals on 70 shots, which is 28.6 percent. He has 51 goals in the last 365 days (84 games). He’s on pace to score 61 this season.
Some of his shots aren’t even shots. His first goal on Saturday and his only one on Friday were both tip-ins. In both instances, he redirected rising slapshots down into the goal from in front of the net. The change of direction comes too late for the goalie to react to.
It’s not something that he’s spent much time practicing.
“Honestly, not a lot. I’m more of a shooter,” he said. “But I’ve been in the right spot at the right time trying to get a piece of it.”
It’s not the product of his high-level baseball background either. Geekie was involved with Baseball Canada, the feeder system for the national team, as a kid. And Friday against the Rangers and Saturday vs. Detroit, he looked skilled bunter, getting the bat on a tricky fastball.
Except for one thing.
“I actually hate bunting,” said Geekie, who said he wasn’t good at it. “I probably swung and missed more often.”
He’s not missing much now. There’s plenty of credit to be shared for the Bruins’ better-than-expected start, but Geekie deserves a large chunk. His goals aren’t just a big part of Geekie’s eye-popping shooting percentage. They’ve been essential for Boston’s success.
With several players injured, the team is trying to stay afloat. With David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy out on Saturday, the short-handed Bruins were trying to steal points from a division rival. That wouldn’t have happened without Geekie.
Geekie has scored seven of his 20 goals this season in Bruins’ one-goal wins.
Just past the midway point of the third period, Geekie was slow to get up and slow to skate off the ice after a hit. The Bruins could ill-afford to lose anybody else, let alone their leading goal scorer.
“I just fell a little funny, but I’ll be alright,” he said.
But he got back up and scored his second goal of the game.
Is Geekie becoming a superstar or just playing like one.
The sample size is starting to get too big for Geekie’s success to be attributed to luck alone anymore. Some of his great shooting percentage has to come from his shot selection and the quality of shots he’s taking. If he keeps scoring, it can’t always be a surprise when he’s among the league’s leading goal scorers. But for now, the Bruins like Geekie believing he’s got something to prove.
“He’s been great. As a goal scorer, when you’re hot, you’re hot,” Bruins coach Marco Sturm said. “Right now everything goes in for him. But he works on it. He wants to get better every game.”