The Boston forward's extremely hot evening became decisive as they had trouble with efficiency.
The pucks are going in. I had a good streak at the end in Boston, managed to score some pucks there and made some points, so I've just continued on that. I had good self-confidence when I came here, he explains his goal- and point-form.
"Don't remember"
And a hat-trick, he hasn't been spoiled with lately. When he gets the question about when it last occurred, he ponders for a long time and answers:
I don't remember. It's been that long...
With his three goals, he is currently the World Championship's hottest player and leads the scoring league with nine points, five goals and four assists.
Second is David Pastrnak, the Czech star who is Lindholm's club teammate in Boston. Pastrnak has made as many points, but one goal less.
He's probably played one match less, so he can make three-four points in that match. He's that good, says Lindholm, who played in the same line as the Czech in the Boston season.
It was then that the points and self-confidence came.
His line with Filip Forsberg and Mikael Backlund has good flow and appears to have tons of playing joy.
I and "Mickis" played a few years together in Calgary and then Filip came in. It has worked well, says Lindholm.
"Much upside"
Tre Kronor has five straight wins in the World Championship ahead of Saturday's match against France and also an additional NHL reinforcement coming in, Vegas center William Karlsson.
He said in an interview with Expressen that he arrives in Sweden on Sunday.
Sweden concludes the group play against Canada on Tuesday and then the playoffs begin.
It's good, a class player. I've met him many times, he's tough to meet, so good for us. There's much upside on him, says Lindholm.
