Bruins’ Geekie Bounces Back From Slow Scoring Start

The Boston Bruins are one of the NHL’s best teams this season. While the team was expected to be competitive after a surprising 100-point campaign a season ago, nobody could have predicted the Bruins would be competing not just for a playoff spot, but for the top spot in the entire NHL through 17 games. What’s been impressive about how the Bruins have won this season is that their offensive production has come from all over the lineup. Following Thursday’s win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, seven players on the Bruins have recorded 11 or more points, and nine players have scored at least four goals.

One such player is Morgan Geekie, who is always expected to score for the Bruins but struggled in the early stages of the 2026-27 season.

Geekie had scored just one goal and nine points in 14 games early in the season. Just one week later, after scoring three goals in as many games, Geekie’s production has jumped to four goals and 13 points in 17 games. That’s a significant improvement in terms of production, especially given that Geekie’s primary role on the team is to score goals.

It’s important to remember that Geekie is on one of the NHL’s best contracts and, though the goals weren’t coming, his production was still well worth the money he’s playing for this season and beyond. With that said, Geekie’s shot is elite and it was perplexing that he couldn’t find the back of the net, especially after his goal-scoring production in each of the last two seasons. Digging deeper into the issue, it appeared that Geekie’s shot tendency seemed to be part of the problem. Just six days later, though, Geekie’s total shot attempts, shots on goal and shooting percentage are all climbing drastically.

Morgan Geekie’s Numbers Are Trending Up

To recap how things looked after 14 games, Geekie had attempted just 50 total shots in 14 games, landing 17 of them on net and scoring on just one. This meant he was averaging 3.57 shot attempts and 1.21 shots on goal per game and had a shooting percentage of just 5.9%. Just three games later, those numbers are looking far more encouraging: 66 total shots (16 in the last three games), 24 shots on goal (seven in the last three games), and a 16.7% shooting percentage (42.9% in the last three games).

It was obvious Geekie needed to shoot the puck more to be more effective, but that probably didn’t tell the whole story. Throughout NHL history, many players known for their goal-scoring ability have experienced droughts that are difficult to explain. Oftentimes, though, it takes just one goal to break out of a rut and suddenly score in bunches.

Goal-scoring isn’t an exact science and confidence often plays a significant role in a player’s ability to score consistently. For Geekie, finding a way to break through and get back to his scoring ways is a great sign for the Bruins, especially given how well they were playing even before he was finding the back of the net.

A 12-4-1 record through 17 games is as good a start to the season as anybody could have hoped for in Boston. The Bruins are first in the Atlantic Division, second in the Eastern Conference and second in the NHL as of this writing and sport a plus-24 goal differential, second only to the first-place Carolina Hurricanes. The Bruins have been firing on all cylinders with production from all over the lineup and the team has gotten elite goaltending from whoever is standing between the pipes on any given night.

The Bruins’ ability to win even when some of their better players aren’t performing exactly as expected is an encouraging sign, all things considered. Another encouraging factor is that, despite not scoring goals, Geekie never seemed to hang his head. Finding a way to fix a problem rather than dwelling on one is exactly what the Bruins need to do this season, and through the first 20% of the 2026-27 campaign, that’s exactly how the team has operated.