Henrik Lundqvist finished his first game back with the New York Rangers in a foul mood, which seems a lot like how he entered his brief injury break.
This time around, it was the Detroit Red Wings leaving Lundqvist grumbling with a late rally that transformed into a 3-2 overtime win.
Former Rangers forward Brad Richards sent the game into overtime with a power-play goal in the dying seconds of the third period. After that, Darren Helm’s second goal of the night was the overtime-clincher.
Lundqvist was impressive in his return, earning “reflexes of a cat"-type compliments.
#RedWings Larkin: (#NYR Lundqvist's) one of the best, probably the best goalie. So calm and plays so deep. His reaction is like a cat.
— Dana Wakiji (@Dwakiji) March 12, 2016
Those flattering remarks probably don’t mean much to a feisty Lundqvist.
Lundqvist is seething but he will start again tomorrow
— Pat Leonard (@PLeonardNYDN) March 12, 2016
As you can see from that tweet, the (Evgeni Malkin-less) Pittsburgh Penguins will face an angry Lundqvist tomorrow, which is fitting in a way since they’re the team that made him so irritated a little more than a week ago.
You mad bro? pic.twitter.com/SzGIETehB5
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) March 4, 2016
Bold prediction: someone will bring up Marc-Andre Fleury describing Lundqvist’s antics as “baby stuff” tomorrow.