On a Carolina Hurricanes team generally lacking physicality, and now lacking injured forward Sebastian Aho, Elias Lindholm feels the need to make things happen on the ice.
“He does play with a bit of an edge to him,” teammate Lee Stempniak said Monday.
A bit? There are times when Lindholm comes over the boards and there’s a sense the Swedish forward is about to quickly shake things up.
That happened late in the first period Sunday against the Vegas Golden Knights. Not liking the direction the game was taking – the Golden Knights led 3-0 – Lindholm decided to hit somebody.