“I wanted to hug him after the game, I can tell you that,” head coach Marco Sturm said. “He was outstanding. He calmed everything down, made some good plays, good reads, he helped his partner a lot.”
The Bruins pulled ahead at 7:48 thanks to a tap-in tally from Mikey Eyssimont. Charlie McAvoy unleashed a shot from down low that Eyssimont redirected in to earn the 3-2 advantage.
Morgan Geekie then extended the Bruins’ lead while on the power play in the third period. McAvoy picked up his second assist of the night, sending the puck over to Geekie to blast from above the left circle for the 4-2 scoreline at 5:48. It extended Geekie’s point streak to five games, during which he has scored six times. The forward tops the team with eight total goals.
“I keep telling him, keep reminding him, he has a heck of a shot and he has the goal-scorer instinct,” Pastrnak said of Geekie. “The shot that he has is amazing, it’s the best on our team. We just need to get him the opportunities and keep reminding him to shoot more.”
Fraser Minten’s empty-net goal with 3:23 on the clock sealed the 5-2 win, backstopped by 33 saves from Joonas Korpisalo.
Jonathan Aspirot made his NHL debut on Tuesday, too. The defenseman signed a one-year offer with the Bruins in July and had three points (one goal, two assists) in five games with Providence before getting called up on Sunday. He was on the third pair with Henri Jokiharju against the Islanders.
“Probably one of the best days of my life,” Aspirot said. “I think my brain was going 1,000 miles an hour. Just trying to enjoy the moment. It was great.”
The Bruins are back at TD Garden on Thursday for a 7 p.m. matchup with the Buffalo Sabres.
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