The first game without Mikko Rantanen ended with an L.
The Colorado Avalanche appeared to be the superior club Saturday afternoon at TD Garden, but the Boston Bruins refused to go down without a fight. Morgan Geekie and David Pastrnak, in particular, led the charge.
Colorado entered the third period with a 1-0 lead, but it only took 4:19 of the third for the game to be turned upside down. Geekie supplied the equalizer just 25 seconds into the final period and after killing off a penalty, Geekie scored again to give Boston the lead.