A two-goal night from Morgan Geekie helped the Boston Bruins rebound from a slow start and gain control of the game to defeat the Utah Mammoth, 4-1, at the TD Garden on Tuesday night.
The Bruins have now won five of their last six games.
Pastrnak assisted on both of Geekie’s goals while Jeremy Swayman made 20 saves in the win as the B’s improved to 12-5-0 at home.
On the power play, Sean Durzi sent a long shot on net which out front, Barrett Hayton tipped past Jeremy Swayman. 1-0 Mammoth.
The Bruins had their own power play chance at the end of the period after getting into rhythm to close out the first frame. David Pastrnak sent a pass through the seams to Morgan Geekie in the left-wing circle for a wrist shot into the net while Vitek Vanecek tried to reset. 1-1 game.
Geekie kept the momentum going when just 23 seconds into the period when out front, he picked up the rebound from Pastrnak’s shot to give the Bruins the lead. 2-1 Bruins.
Pavel Zacha’s shot went wide, but bounced off the end boards for Casey Mittelstadt to pick up the puck and put a quick shot past Vanecek from the goal line. 3-1 Bruins.
Michael Eyssimont backhanded exploded down the boards before cutting to the center and throwing a backhander past Vanecek. Final score: 4-1 Bruins.