Even after retiring, Henrik Lundqvist is still padding the New York Rangers stat line.
This time, he's upping the organization's list of retired numbers. The Rangers will raise Lundqvist's No. 30 into the rafters at Madison Square Garden before their game against the Minnesota Wild on Friday. On Wednesday, the sixth-winningest goalie in NHL history sat down with Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show" to talk about it. "That's the thing with the Rangers… they've always taken a lot of pride in their history and you feel that as a player," Lundqvist said. "Now to be part of that myself, it's a surreal feeling."
Lundqvist is the 11th player to have his numbered retired by the Rangers, joining Ed Giacomin, Brian Leetch, Harry Howell, Rod Gilbert, Andy Bathgate, Adam Graves, Vic Hadfield, Mark Messier, Jean Ratelle and Mike Richter.
Lundqvist spent his 15 seasons with the Rangers in and out of Madison Square Garden, but on Thursday, a piece of him will live there permanently. "I walked up to check out where my family's going to sit [at Madison Square Garden], where my friends are going to sit and right there was all the banners," Lundqvist said. "That was a very special moment for me, last week."
