Henrik Lundqvist has experienced this moment so many times, and owned it so many times, establishing such a remarkable big-game reputation that he enters Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final believed to be a near-lock to look the part of poise and reliability once more, the one certainty in an otherwise unpredictable affair.
A Rangers win, and he is the likely reason why. A Rangers loss, and he is unlikely the cause.
Across the ice stands more mystery, with a far more inexperienced goaltender, who has brought the Lightning this far, but is also partly responsible for bringing them to the brink of elimination.