Despite playing different positions on opposite coasts, Joe Thornton and Henrik Lundqvist have experienced similar career arcs. Two of the most accomplished players at their respective positions in NHL history, the two have faced criticism for not winning a Stanley Cup.
The two enter the SAP Center tonight a year removed from one of the best seasons of their own careers. Impressively, they managed to do so in the second decade of their NHL journeys.
Lundqvist, in his age-33 season, posted the second highest 5v5 save percentage since 2007-08 (.9367, 6th in the league among goalies who played at least 1,000 minutes per corsica.