Tuesday\u2019s 3-2 overtime win over the Predators<\/a>, was headed for a visit with doctors, said Sturm. Pending results of that visit, Sturm could not offer a definitive return-to-action date for the 31-year-old pivot, who this month was named to Team Sweden for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games. <\/p>\nThird on the team in power-play points (6-11\u201417), Lindholm submitted some of his best offensive work during the club\u2019s January to remember. He put up a 3-4\u20147 line in the five games before he suffered his upper-body injury. It appeared he was hurt while taking a faceoff in the second period.<\/p>\n
Shifting things around<\/p>\n
With Lindholm sidelined, Sturm during the morning workout slipped Viktor Arvidsson into the No. 1 power-play unit. He was designated for wing duty on the power play, with veteran Pavel Zacha picking up Lindholm\u2019s faceoff work.<\/p>\n
The second power-play unit had defensemen Mason Lohrei and Hampus Lindholm working the points, with a front trio that had Fraser Minten between Casey Mittelstadt and Alex Steeves.<\/p>\n
Jeremy Swayman started in net for the Bruins and made 33 saves against the Flyers. <\/p>\n
Swayman improved to 22-12-2 (2.87 GAA) and remained on track to surpass his career high of 25 wins in a season.<\/p>\n
Prior to facing the Flyers, Swayman won five of his last six outings, and was only four wins in arrears to Utah\u2019s Karel Vejmelka, who began the day with a league-best 25 wins.<\/p>\n
David Pastrnak entered the night ranked sixth in league point production (22-47\u201469) and on pace for a fourth consecutive 100-point season. The Bruins\u2019 elite winger averaged 110 points the last three seasons, without missing one of the club\u2019s 246 regular-season games.<\/p>\n
Injured just prior to the Thanksgiving break this season, Pastrnak missed five games, yet still remains on pace to finish with 109 points.<\/p>\n
Entering the night, he was riding a 14-game point streak (7-14\u201421), which included a career-high six assists piled up a the 10-2 thumping of the Rangers on Jan. 10, but had it snapped when he was held scoreless by the Flyers.<\/p>\n
The last Bruins players to string together four 100-point campaigns: Hall of Famers Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito. Orr strung together six 100-point seasons from 1969-75. Esposito notched five in a row from 1970-75.<\/p>\n
Minten moved up to No. 1 center in Elias Lindholm\u2019s absence, pivoting wingers Morgan Geekie and Pastrnak. Prior to puck drop against the Flyers, Minten ranked sixth in rookie scoring (13-13\u201426), and like Pastrnak, has been on a tear dating to Dec. 31 (14 games: 7-6\u201413). He also increasingly has become one of Sturm\u2019s trusted hands, often found on the ice in the last minute or two of tight games. Minten wound up with a goal (No. 14) and a pair of assists (Nos. 14 and 15) vs. the Flyers to record the second 3-point night of his career . . . Mittelstadt also wound up with a 3-point night, scoring a goal (his 11th of the season) to go along with a pair of assists (Nos. 15 and 16). . . . Following a scheduled late-morning workout Friday at Warrior Ice Arena in Brighton, the Bruins will fly to Tampa, where they\u2019ll face the Lightning in a NHL Stadium Series matchup Sunday night at 6:30 p.m. in the great outdoors of Raymond James Stadium. They\u2019ll finish their pre-Olympic schedule Wednesday night in Sunrise, Fla., against Brad Marchand and the Panthers. As of Thursday morning, Marchand, 37, was 25-25\u201450, tied for the club scoring lead with Sam Reinhart (24-26\u201450) . . . The Bruins won\u2019t return home until facing the Blue Jackets on Feb. 26, their first game back from their Olympic break. The non-Olympians will resume workouts here on Feb. 17, five days prior to the gold medal game in Italy.<\/p>\n
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