Bruins 6, Mammoth 1 on October 8, 2026
Boston Bruins hosts Utah Mammoth at TD Garden. Final.
BOS6VS
UTA1Thursday, October 8 at 4:00 PM PDT
TD Garden
- USNESN, Utah16
BOS
- Casey Mittelstadt (1)
- PPDavid Pastrnak (1)
- Mason Lohrei (1)
- PPDavid Pastrnak (2)
- PPMorgan Geekie (1)
- Matthew Poitras (1)
UTA
- Jack McBain (1)
Recap
On October 8, 2026, the Boston Bruins beat the Utah Mammoth 6-1 at TD Garden. David Pastrnak scored two power-play goals and added two assists for his first four-point game of the season. Morgan Geekie had a goal and two assists, all on the power play, and Matthew Poitras also scored. Jeremy Swayman made 36 saves as Boston outshot Utah 37-22 despite trailing in shots for much of the night.
Utah entered with the NHL's top-ranked power play but went 0-for-7 on Thursday. Jack McBain scored Utah's only goal on a deflection at 9:48 of the third for his first point of the season. Sebastian Cossa allowed three goals on eight shots before Karel Vejmelka made 11 saves in relief.
Pastrnak's first goal came at 14:22 of the first from the top of the right circle on a feed from Frederic Brunet, who picked up his first NHL point. Pastrnak's second made it 4-0 at 4:40 of the second on a one-timer off a Geekie saucer pass. Geekie scored on the man-advantage at 7:57, and Poitras finished a Pastrnak pass at 14:08 for a 6-0 lead before McBain answered.
Scoring
Boston Bruins won 6–1 at TD Garden.
Who scored
- Casey Mittelstadt Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: James Hagens (1), Elias Lindholm (2)
- David Pastrnak Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Frederic Brunet (1), Morgan Geekie (2)
- Mason Lohrei Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Poitras (1), Mark Kastelic (3)
- David Pastrnak Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Morgan Geekie (3), Hampus Lindholm (2)
- Morgan Geekie Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: David Pastrnak (3), Pavel Zacha (1)
- Matthew Poitras Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: David Pastrnak (4)
- Jack McBain Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Dmitri Simashev (2), Barrett Hayton (2)
Goalies
- Sebastian Cossa stopped 5 of 8 for Utah Mammoth.
- Karel Vejmelka stopped 11 of 14 for Utah Mammoth.
- Jeremy Swayman stopped 36 of 37 for Boston Bruins.
Casey Mittelstadt Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: James Hagens (1), Elias Lindholm (2) That made the score 0–1 in the 1st, and Boston Bruins stayed ahead.