Henrik Lundqvist kind of smiled and rolled his eyes when he thought about it Sunday night, having just backstopped his Rangers to a 4-1 win over the Senators after a tough six-game stretch of 1-4-1 that preceded it.
“It’s funny how quick things change in sports,” Lundqvist said, “especially in hockey.”
But things have changed for the Rangers (18-7-3) with just one performance, a flashback to the type of defensively stout and responsible hockey that has defined them for years and was absent during the recent run that was plagued with turnovers and coverage gaps.