Lindholm shined for the Bruins in his home debut NHL.com/en

Elias Lindholm presented himself in the best way for the home fans in the TD Garden when he recorded three points, a goal and two assists, in the Boston Bruins’ 6-4 victory at home against the Montreal Canadiens , Friday night Swedish time. .

Lindholm, who arrived in Massachusetts as a free agent this summer, has immediately earned the trust of coach Jim Montgomery and has stepped in as a first-line center alongside Pavel Zacha and Czech superstar David Pastrnak. And it certainly seems that the move has had the desired effect, at least so far.

The Bruins may have even assembled a new dynamic duo in Lindholm and Pastrnak; who reported a goal and assisted in the game. The two were undoubtedly at the center of the campaign as the Bruins bounced back from their opening loss to the reigning champion Florida Panthers (4-6) and collected their first two points of the season on in front of cheering home fans.

– It was fun, said Lindholm about playing in front of the home crowd. I think we played very well in the first period, but we have to play better in the third. We sat back a little too much and let them get back into the game. It’s something we can work on, but it was good to win.

Coach Montgomery, who directed harsh criticism at his team after the opening loss, was more pleased with the effort in the home opener:

– I think we won more close games in all areas tonight as we played with more speed along with that pressure. I think we’ll see what kind of team we can be, but we need to get better at forechecking and how we control games. I don’t think we did a good enough job of that in the third period.

– It’s hard to win in this league. Now we have won our first victory and now we will build on that.

After playing in Charlie McAvoy on the 1-1 goal, Lindholm gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead 18:23 into the first period with his first goal in a Boston shirt. Lindholm deflected a shot from Nikita Zadorov past Cayden Primeau in the Montreal goal.