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Lindberg thrived on wing in preseason but starts in middle

Alain Vigneault said Monday that Oscar Lindberg is playing third-line center to start the season, and not Dominic Moore, for two reasons: Lindberg had a strong training camp, and the coach likes the idea of a fourth line of Moore, Jarret Stoll and Jesper Fast.

“Oscar, with the training camp that he had, has earned the right to (have us) try him in that position,” Vigneault said after practice in Greenburgh. “Since I’ve been here Dom has been a player on one of our four lines, a very dependable player (and a player) that has killed penalties for us.