RALEIGH, N.C. – In the 10 games the Rangers have played since the NHL All Star break, Henrik Lundqvist has started five of them, while his backup, Alexandar Georgiev has started the other five, including the last two in a row and three of the past four.
Some of the reason for that is that Georgiev has played very well, including making a team record 55 saves in a 4-1 win over Toronto on Feb. 10, his 23rd birthday. But the truth of the matter is that Lundqvist, by his own admission, also hasn’t been great since the break. He’s 1-3-1 with a 2.99 goals-against average and an .894 save percentage in that span. In his last game, last Tuesday in Winnipeg, he lost, 4-3 to the high-flying Jets,…
