In the middle period of the Nashville Predators vs. Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Tuesday evening, Bruins center Elias Lindholm left the game with an injury and will not return.

BOSTON — Bruins coach Marco Sturm was hopeful that the injury that ended Elias Lindholm’s night early wasn’t too bad. The second-period injury that sent the team’s first-line center to the dressing room was a sour note on an otherwise good night as Boston beat Nashville, 3-2 in OT.

Lindholm (upper body) won't return to Tuesday's game versus the Predators. Lindholm appeared to get injured during a faceoff in the second period. The 31-year-old center should be considered day-to-day for now. Casey Mittelstadt would likely move back to center from the wing if Lindholm is forced to miss time.

The Rangers are hemorrhaging goals sans Adam Fox and Igor Shesterkin, and Elias Lindholm is poised to add to New York's misery, as our January 26 Bruins vs. Rangers predictions explain.

BOSTON — Elias Lindholm suffered an upper-body injury in the second period and didn’t return for the third in the Bruins ’ Tuesday night game against Nashville at TD Garden. The Bruins announced that he wouldn’t return for the remainder of the game, leaving Boston short-handed up front for the final period.

Elias Lindholm scored twice and David Pastrnak had three assists to collect his 900th career point, but the same New York squad which was blown out two weeks ago in Boston rallied for the victory.

Bruins forward David Pastrnak became the sixth Boston player with 900 career points when he picked up his third assist in Monday night's game against the New York Rangers. The 29-year-old Pastrnak assisted on Elias Lindholm's goals in the first and second periods at Madison Square Garden and reached the milestone on Morgan Geekie's

The 2021-22 Calgary Flames season was one for the books. They had an amazing team that was driven by the dominant first line of Johnny Gaudreau, Matthew Tkachuk, and Elias Lindholm.