from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

This was just before the Rangers and Henrik Lundqvist took the ice for Game 1 of their first-round series against the Canadiens, which is to suggest the franchise goaltender was not watching the French-language telecast of the match.

So Lundqvist would not have been watching the broadcast focusing on his plebeian regular-season 2.74 goals against average and .910 save percentage that was accompanied by a graphic that fairly shouted: “Le King n’est plus!”

Even an English-speaking fellow could get the translation. Probably a Swedish one, as well.

“The King is no longer!”

All righty, then.

Because on this night, on this stage, operating under intense scrutiny, Lundqvist turned back the clock to the days when no one but no one doubted his ability to rise to the occasion with a 2-0 shutout victory that allowed the Blueshirts to grab the lead in this series that they entered as overwhelming underdogs.

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