Leading up to Friday’s ceremony in which the Rangers will retire Henrik Lundqvist’s No. 30 at the Garden, The Post is taking a look at the King’s five best moments during his 15-year career on Broadway. Parsing through Lundqvist’s 887 regular-season games, franchise-record 459 wins and 130 playoff games, here’s a flashback at some of Lundqvist’s biggest and best games as a Ranger:
5. A Winter Classic finish in Philly
Date: Jan. 2, 2012
Score: Rangers 3, Flyers 2
Details: In the first outdoor NHL game of Lundqvist’s career — he went a perfect 4-0-0 in them — Lundqvist played spoiler in front of 46,967 fans at Citizens Bank Park. The Rangers led by a goal late in the third period when the Flyers were awarded a controversial penalty shot with 19.6 seconds remaining. Danny Briere lined up for it at center ice, skated in and flashed one deke before getting off his shot, which Lundqvist calmly stonewalled to ultimately secure the win for the Rangers. The 34-save performance came on the way to the Rangers piling up an Eastern Conference-best 109 points.
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist stops the penalty shot by Flyers center Danny Briere during 2012 NHL Winter Classic. CSM /LandovHank said: “I knew if I went on his first move, he’d score. There was a lot of pressure on me there.”
