GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Understatement of the day: Having appeared in 42 of 50 games so far, Henrik Lundqvist will be a principal factor in whether the Rangers grab a playoff berth for the eighth straight season.
“I look forward to just go out and play a lot of hockey and take on this challenge,” he said Wednesday after his first practice since his All-Star appearance in Tampa. “To be consistent, you can’t think too much about being good five or six games in a row, you just focus on one game against Toronto [Thursday]. So far we’ve played two games against them and they used their speed and transition game to hurt us a bit.