WASHINGTON -- When discussing the hot streak being enjoyed by Carolina Hurricanes right wing Elias Lindholm, the usual explanations were in vogue.
The second-year player is asserting himself physically inside the perimeter and hunting down pucks, coach Bill Peters said.
"And over the last couple of weeks he's been shooting the puck a lot more and just demanding it," linemate Riley Nash said. "When he goes into the corners he's not expecting to just set up a 1-on-1 battle. He's expecting to win it."
But the "Swedish Beast," as Lindholm is known, had a different take on a four-game stretch in which he has four goals, including three game-winners.
"I'm wearing the same socks," Lindholm said prior to the game Saturday against the Washington Capitals at Verizon Center, laughing at his own superstition.
Have they at least been washed?
"No," he said.
Hey, whatever it takes.