NEW YORK. – HEN-RIK, HEN-RIK, HEN-RIK!
The classic chant reverberated Manhattan in the night again.
With good reason.
“Henke” Lundqvist plays right now his life’s hockey and was once again zero when Nashville visited Madison Square Garden.
– It’s nice when you know that it is doing its job he says to Sportbladet after the 3-0 victory.
To come and say that Henrik Lundqvist plays his life’s hockey may seem like overkill; he has saved fans in New York with unforgettable action in over a decade – and have been directly senseless in a long series of crucial playoff games.
But it is a fact that the 33-year-old star has never before embarked on an NHL season so brilliant and been just phenomenal for a similar length sequence this time of year.
there are numbers on, even. He is currently leading almost all important goalie stats – save percentage, goals against average and number of victories.
And the fact that the New York Rangers for first place in the table with the Montreal Canadiens (coming to New York early series finale on Wednesday …) and the Dallas Stars only depends on “Henke”.
As Rick Nash said afterwards:
– Our goalkeeper has been incredible again. There seems to be a trend that he every eternal night is our best player, he says to nhl.com.
Dominated large
No, his teammates on the ice has not been as good as table placement indicates – and the game against Nashville last night was very illustrative in that respect.
Guests from Tennessee dominated hugely in the two periods and led the shots with crushing 25-7 for the third. But Lundqvist refused to release some pucks past him, even during the eight minutes out of Nashville had the powerplay in the first period.
– Yes, it was a match with two faces. In the first two we played no further, while those who waited were really hungry after two goalless matches and pressed firmly, he says when we meet him afterwards.
– But we managed to hold tight, though it was pain with all ejections a while. Then we played the better in the third period and took over.
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“Feels Good”
Whole stuffed “King Henry” 31 shots – and could bring In the season’s second zero in the account.
– It’s nice when you know a man doing his job, and as I said before, I feel at all well at the moment, he continues.
– However, it’s not just me, the guys were very good in front of me tonight, too. Above all, during our “penalty kill.” I rely enormously on them.
Oscar Lindberg with an assist to the objective with which Kevin Hayes set the final score 3-0.
– It does not get as much objective in the beginning, but I still think it feels all right, says Oscar.
Nashville’s life less merrily right now. This was the third match in a row the team was zeroed.
– We need to start scoring goals. It is just so. We should not be frustrated, says reversing the star Shea Weber.
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