Henrik Lundqvist is familiar with William Nylander.
No, they’ve never faced off against one another before - not at the NHL level, at least.
But back when Michael Nylander was on the same team as Lundqvist? That’s a different story.
Lundqvist said he used to play street hockey with William and Alex Nylander when Michael Nylander was with NYR. He said now he feels old.
— Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) January 13, 2017
Way, way back when Nylander was an actual kid - not in the NHL sense, but in the “literally nine years old” sense - his father was playing on the New York Rangers, which so happened to feature a rookie goaltender by the name of Henrik Lundqvist.