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Lundqvist reflects on last season, with all the shots and ‘great chances’ he faced

Pittsburgh Penguins v New York Rangers - Game Four

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 21: Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers pauses following a first period goal by Conor Sheary #43 of the Pittsburgh Penguins which put the Rangers in a 3-0 hole in Game Four of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Madison Square Garden on April 21, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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The way Henrik Lundqvist sees it, he can’t be too critical of himself. Even though he struggled down the stretch last season, and even though he really struggled in the playoffs, he still had a good year, all things considered.

“I think that yes, last year was a little bit up and down, but when I looked back on the whole season it wasn’t too bad, not with the amount of shots I saw and not with the number of great chances I faced,” Lundqvist told the New York Post yesterday.

He added, “In a way, it was a fun year because I did see a lot of action and more close-in shots, so as a goalie, you challenge yourself more.”

Lundqvist went 35-21-7 with a .920 save percentage last season. While his remarks do not reflect very well on his teammates, they weren’t inaccurate, as no goalie in the NHL faced more shots (1,944) than he did.

And as The Post notes:

According to CorsicaHockey.com, Lundqvist faced the greatest number of high-danger chances in the league by a substantial margin. That was the result of the Blueshirts’ chaotic play in their own end pretty much from start to finish. Though there are discrepancies among several stat-oriented websites calculating Lundqvist’s high-danger save percentage, he ranked between second and fifth in all of them.

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