OTTAWA — Before Game 2 against the Ottawa Senators, Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist spoke of his ability to reset following a narrow defeat in the series opener.
“You try not to change anything,” he said. “You have your routine, the things you need to do going into every game. It doesn’t matter if you’re up one game or down one game.”
What followed at Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday was anything but routine.
Clearly nowhere near his laser-sharp best — acrobatically exhibited in a 2-1 loss to the Senators in Game 1 and in the opening round against Montreal — Lundqvist could not stop Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Ottawa’s unlikely hero.