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Rangers’ goaltending a concern? ‘We know what Henrik is,’ says Tortorella

New York Rangers v Boston Bruins - Game Two

BOSTON, MA - MAY 19: Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers stands in goal late in the third period against the Boston Bruins in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on May 19, 2013 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

Jared Wickerham

It’s been a while since New York Rangers’ goalie Henrik Lundqvist allowed five goals in a game.

According to a tweet from Andrew Gross, the Rangers’ beat reporter for The Record in New Jersey, Lundqvist had gone 152 straight games - including playoffs and regular season - without allowing five goals.

Sunday wasn’t a good time for this streak to come to an end.

The Rangers fell to the Bruins by a final score of 5-2 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinal and now trail 2-0 in the series.

Lundqvist allowed five goals on 32 shots. It’s also been back-to-back games Lundqvist has been outplayed by Bruins’ goalie Tuukka Rask.

But Rangers’ head coach John Tortorella wasn’t in the mood to openly criticize his goalie - the same one that registered 24 wins in the lockout-shortened regular season, which put him in a three-way tie with Antti Niemi and Niklas Backstrom for most in the league.

“I’m not evaluating our goaltending. I don’t need to evaluate Henrik. We know what Henrik is,” said Tortorella, as per CBSBoston.com.

Lundqvist was also stung on a Daniel Paille shot, as per Sportsnet.

“It’s my shoulder, we’ll see,” Lundqvist said after the game. “We’ll take a look at it.”