When Don Sweeney and the Bruins’ top brass charted out sweeping changes this offseason, Thursday’s 6-4 win over the Canadiens might have been the result they forecasted.
Elias Lindholm — signed for $54.25 million on July 1 in hopes he’d anchor Boston’s top line — knocked home his first goal in a black-and-gold sweater while adding a pair of helpers against the Habs. The 29-year-old pivot has already recorded four points (one goal, three assists) in two games this season.
Nikita Zadorov — signed on the same day as Lindholm to a $30 million contract — has been advertised as a physical deterrent on the back end.