Elias Lindholm, like the Bruins, is getting hot at the ideal time

“I think this team has been through a lot, seen a lot of ups and downs."

Elias Lindholm has scored seven points in his last six games. AP Photo/Duane Burleson

April 1, 2026

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Elias Lindholm echoed the obvious after the Bruins’ fourth straight statement victory Tuesday night.

“I think this team has been through a lot, seen a lot of ups and downs,” the 31-year-old center said after the 6-3 win over the Stars. “Early on, there were a lot of streaks. We’re heating up at the right time.”

Lindholm’s comments were a succinct summary of a season all but assured of extending into the playoffs.

But, the veteran’s individual performance has followed a similar script as the Bruins’ roller coaster season under Marco Sturm.

Pushed to a third-line role following the Olympic break because of an extended slump, Lindholm seems to be finding his footing at the ideal time for a club that could use the added offensive punch.

In his last six games, Lindholm has five goals and two assists, while winning 62.2 percent of his faceoffs.

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Lindholm’s two-way acumen and ability to tilt possession at the dot haven’t waned over the last few months, even if his rate of firing pucks into the net took a sizable dip.

As the Bruins steel themselves for playoff hockey in the coming weeks, Lindholm’s offensive resurgence is a welcome sight.

“I feel like he has more freedom now. He plays more of his game,” Sturm said. “He’s definitely healthy now. Back to being healthy. Don’t forget that he was going to the Olympics. He was not 100 percent. … I think for the last little while, he’s been very solid.”

Be it assuaging those bumps and bruises or benefiting from the pace that fleet-footed winger Lukas Reichel has added on that third line, Lindholm has found some traction in the offensive zone — often exploiting easier matchups.

A scoring surge from the Reichel-Lindholm-Morgan Geekie line is giving an already potent forward corps another shot in the arm.

David Pastrnak has been as advertised as the offensive conduit sparking the top line. With his three helpers on Tuesday, the star winger has a career-best 66 assists this season and has netted 23 points in his last 14 games.

Boston’s second line has been a five-on-five buzzsaw all season. Since the NHL resumed play after the Milan Cortina Games, Pavel Zacha and Viktor Arvidsson rank in the top 15 in league scoring, recording a combined 23 goals and 45 points over the last 18 games.

An offense already punching well above its weight class will create even more issues for opposing clubs if key cogs like Lindholm and Geekie can start regularly landing blows down the stretch.

Getting Geekie’s blistering one-timer firing again stands as the next task on Boston’s to-do list. The shoot-first winger has just two tallies over his last 19 games after scoring 32 in his first 55 games.

“I think our line has been playing some good hockey,” Lindholm said. “Obviously, we have the top two lines that have been playing some good hockey and won us a lot of games, and it’s time for us to step up.”