BOSTON — With just under 13 minutes left in the second period and the Bruins down a goal, Hampus Lindholm collected the puck at the left point with room to approach.

As he moved toward the net, he drew his stick back, loading up for what looked like a slap shot, just inside the top of the faceoff circle. Islander goalie Ilya Sorokin and the defense in front of him reacted accordingly, but Lindholm didn’t shoot.

He’d seen David Pastrnak sliding in from the other side. The fake shot froze the defense long enough to give Pastrnak a clear look when Lindholm fed him the puck. Pastrnak snapped it in to tie the game.

Heading into Tuesday’s win, Lindholm had played just three games (two games and part of one period, really) this season as the Bruin defenseman dealt with a lower-body inj

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