"If you followed like the last time we played them, it kind of all stems from that." The post Trent Frederic avenges Bruins teammate in heavyweight fight with Emil Lilleberg appeared first on Boston.com.

According to interim coach Joe Sacco, the physical forward is out with an illness. Frederic’s absence leaves the Bruins without one of their most physical players. He has seven goals and seven assists in 47 games. The Bruins are now missing, Charlie McAvoy, Hampus Lindholm, Cole Koepke and Frederic.

Before arriving in Boston, Morgan Geekie was relegated mostly to a bottom six role in Carolina and then Seattle. But given the opportunity to play not just up in the lineup but with one of the ...

“It’s a pretty cheap cross-check,” Morgan Geekie added ... it was fellow scrapper Trent Frederic who answered the bell and doled out some punishment against Lilleberg.

After receiving a pass entering the offensive zone from Bruins forward Morgan Geekie, Pastrnak beat Senators goalie Leevi Merilainen top shelf with a perfectly placed snapshot. This goal tied the game up at 2-2.