Lindholm's defensive impact was immediate. He perfectly defended a two-on-one against two of Carolina's most dangerous offensive threats, Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis. He made an amicable breakup of Aho's cross-ice pass, which directly led to this massive hit by his defensive partner Charlie McAvoy:
What you can't see in the video is Lindholm's strategy on the two-on-one, but apparently, it's something he's done for a while now. Especially when defending the more dangerous opposing players. It sounds silly, but he waves his stick around to try and make the attacking player force a pass and clearly, it worked there.
