Elias Lindholm
Age 31 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 204 lb · Born Boden, SWE
Drafted 2013, #5 overall by Carolina
2025-262025-26: 69 games, 17-31-48, 0.70 points per game Season detail →
Elias Lindholm has 2 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 48 points in 69 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample2 points in 4 games for the 19th-placed Boston
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Boston's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with Boston trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
19 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 69 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 79th percentile of forwards: 83.49 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.82@
MIN3 Oct · 3rd 00:54 - 20.43@MIN3 Oct · 2nd 13:56
- 20.28vs
NYR29 Sep · 3rd 10:51 - 20.23vs
OTT5 Oct · 2nd 01:18 - 20.11vsOTT5 Oct · 1st 13:08
- 19.94vsNYR29 Sep · 2nd 01:06
- 19.70@
WPG2 Oct · 1st 05:08 - 19.69@WPG2 Oct · 3rd 00:39
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 83.49@WPG2 Oct · 3rd 06:17
- 75.93@WPG2 Oct · 1st 07:51
- 64.02vsOTT5 Oct · 1st 07:56
- 63.80@WPG2 Oct · 2nd 07:03
- 54.38vsOTT5 Oct · 1st 14:12
- 41.37vsNYR29 Sep · 3rd 13:12
- 38.33@MIN3 Oct · 3rd 18:10
- 37.89@WPG2 Oct · 1st 01:28
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.72vsOTT5 Oct · 15:32 TOI
- 2.46@MIN3 Oct · 16:56 TOI
- 2.41@WPG2 Oct · 15:53 TOI
- 2.52vsNYR29 Sep · 15:59 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.53 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Utah, a point in one of two
UTAW 4-10111+118:05UTAL 2-30001−119:40OTTL 1-40002−215:32MINW 4-10002016:56WPGOTL 3-4 OT1015015:53NYRW 3-00110+115:5948 points in 69 games on a team that finished 8th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Boston's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 17 goals and 31 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
5 of 17 goals broke a tie; 5 came with Boston trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
277 attempts across the 70 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 69 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 60th percentile of forwards: 88.30 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (33 of 69)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Utah, a point in one of two
UTAW 4-10111+118:05UTAL 2-30001−119:40
NJDW 4-00000016:46
CBJW 3-20000−216:51
TBLL 1-20001017:39
CAROTL 5-6 OT0112+121:39
PHIOTL 1-2 OT0000−119:06TBLL 1-30002−216:16
FLAL 1-20001019:53
DALW 6-31122+214:55CBJW 4-3 SO0004−115:55MINW 6-32023+117:49OTTL 1-40002−215:32MINW 4-10002016:56WPGOTL 3-4 OT1015015:53NYRW 3-00110+115:59Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$7.75M a season through 2030-31
In 2025-26 he scored 6.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 295th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Boston
Three seasons · 2024-25 to 2026-27David Pastrnak sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFourteen seasons, with 4 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct