Number 1 –
I was in attendance at this game and remember screaming out loud “how did that not go in?!”
If you want quintessential Henrik Lundqvist, here it is.
This play starts in Buffalo’s zone.
Sam Reinhardt makes a great play along the boards, getting a pass off to Casey Middlestadt who pushes it up further to Conor Sharey who carries the puck up ice over the blue line and passes the puck off when he reaches faceoff circle to the left of Henrik Lundqvist.
Jimmy Vesey is one of the players back to defend in this sequence, and he is pretty far out of position. Sharey was able to pass the puck all the way across to the opposite faceoff circle where Jack Eichel was waiting and one timed a hard slapshot on net.
Lundqvist makes the stop, but the puck dribbles out to his left side. Brady Skjei did a great job taking Ramus Dahlin (who was closest to the puck) out of the play. Jesper Fast was a step behind Casey Middlestadt all the way through the defensive zone and despite the fact that Middlestadt was able to get a stick on and take a shot, Lundqvist adjusted enough to come up with a big save and keep the game tied at zero.
Stops like this are ones we are used to seeing Lundqvist make. They are the kind of saves that will land him in the hall of fame one day.