RALEIGH — Forty-four times in his Hall of Fame career, Henrik Lundqvist has taken the ice against the Carolina Hurricanes. In 21 of those games, including Thursday, the goaltender known as the King has made 30 or more saves.
Entering Thursday’s game, he was 16-4 in those games. You can now make it 17-4.
Lundqvist stole the show, making 45 saves including 22 in the first period alone, almost singlehandedly leading the New York Rangers to a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena.
Time after time, especially early, the Hurricanes made Lundqvist work, but he showed no apparent effects of having played the night before.