Bruins

Trailing by two early in the third period, Boston even managed to close the deficit as Morgan Geekie buried its sixth win of the year.

From Associated Press

December 18, 2024 | 8:14 a.m

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Former Flame Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist and David Pastrnak scored 4:22 into overtime as the Bruins cruised to a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.

Morgan Geekie and Marc McLaughlin also scored for the Bruins, who have won six of their last eight games.

Matt Coronato, Nazem Kadri and Ryan Lomberg scored for Calgary in his first goal of the season.

Jeremy Swayman, who made 20 stops, has won five of his last six starts.

Rookie goaltender Dustin Wolf had 31 stops for the Flames.

Takeaways

Bruins: Lindholm traveled back to Calgary for the first time since joining the Vancouver Canucks in January, ultimately signing a seven-year contract with Boston as a free agent. After scoring a career-high 42 goals with the Flames during the 2021-22 season, Lindholm scored his first goal in twelve games.

Flames: After a poor start in which they lost all 11 faceoffs in the first period, Calgary finished faceoff 16:34.

Key moment

Trailing by two early in the third period, Boston equalized as Geekie picked up its sixth win of the year at 4:14. Less than three minutes later, McLaughlin equalized with a strange shot in which he fired his original shot but ended up going into the net and scoring his own rebound.

Key statistics

With a score of 3-1 after 40 minutes, it is the first time this season that Calgary has lost a lead after two periods of play. The Flames entered the night 7-0-0 and were one of six NHL teams that were perfect in this situation.

Next

The Bruins visit the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday and the Flames host the Ottawa Senators on the same day.