Bruins’ Morgan Geekie leaves game to attend to family matter

“But it’s all good. We have to watch him to see if he comes back tomorrow.”

Morgan Geekie exited Saturday’s win over the Rangers. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

Amid the Bruins’ blowout victory over the Rangers on Saturday afternoon, Boston lost two top-six forwards over the course of the game.

Boston’s leading goal-scorer Morgan Geekie exited the game after the first period of play and did not return, with the Bruins announcing that Geekie left to attend to a family matter.

Boston’s top-line center Elias Lindholm also left Saturday’s game late in the second period with a lower-body injury.

Speaking after Boston’s eventual 10-2 win over the Rangers, Marco Sturm said that Geekie could be a game-time decision for Sunday evening’s home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

“Geeks had a family emergency, so he had to leave,” Sturm said. “But it’s all good. We have to watch him to see if he comes back tomorrow.”

Geekie has been a key cog in Boston’s lineup this season. Even though he hasn’t scored a goal in nine-straight games, Geekie still leads Boston with 25 goals over 45 games this season. He logged one shot on goal across 6:14 of ice time in the first period of Saturday’s win.

As for Lindholm, Sturm deemed his exit as more precautionary than a sizable setback for the veteran forward.

“With Lindy, we just want to make sure,” Sturm said. “We were up a bit. He has some nagging issues. He’ll probably be a game-time decision tomorrow.”