Elias Lindholm was going to get an MRI on his left knee that was buckled by Buffalo’s Jordan Greenway on Thursday, knocking him out of the Bruins’ 4-3. But regardless of the outcome of that test, coach Marco Sturm is expecting his No. 1 centerman to be out at least “a few weeks.”

So now Sturm looks to a young man who was a healthy scratch just a week ago but is riding a high – Marat Khusnutdinov. The 23-year-old Russian forward is fresh off scoring the overtime winner on Thursday and, when the B’s take on the Carolina Hurricanes in a Saturday afternoon matinee, he will be back in between David Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie on the top line.

It’s pretty heady stuff, but not only does he seem to be gaining confidence in his game, those around him are gaining that same faith in Khusnutdinov, th

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