53 Facts About Henrik Lundqvist

Henrik Lundqvist played his entire 15-season career with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League .

Henrik Lundqvist holds the record for most wins by a European-born goaltender in the NHL.

Henrik Lundqvist's dominating play during his rookie season resulted in the New York media and Rangers fans giving him the nickname "King Henrik".

Henrik Lundqvist was considered a butterfly style goaltender, though unorthodox because of the aggressive way he performed the butterfly.

Henrik Lundqvist was known for his strong positional play, both mental and physical toughness, and his upright torso stance.

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Henrik Lundqvist bounced back and recorded his first win in the following away game against IF Bjorkloven, stopping 18 shots and only allowing one goal while being short-handed.

Henrik Lundqvist's turning point came at the turn of the year at the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Moscow, where he led the Swedish national junior's team to a fourth-place finish in the tournament.

Henrik Lundqvist spent the rest of the season in the J20 SuperElit where he played 18 games, leading the league in minutes played by a goaltender.

Henrik Lundqvist was named Best Goaltender, Best Player and was selected as the league's MVP by fellow players.

Henrik Lundqvist was a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL's best goaltender, but he was not a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the rookie of the year, because of a high quality crop of first-year players.

Henrik Lundqvist was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team alongside Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, Brad Boyes, Dion Phaneuf and Andrej Meszaros.

On 14 December 2006, against the Dallas Stars, Henrik Lundqvist became the first NHL goaltender to face his twin brother, Joel.

Henrik Lundqvist was named the Rangers Most Valuable Player for the fifth consecutive season, as voted by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.

Henrik Lundqvist became the first Rangers player to earn the Rangers MVP award five consecutive times.

On 8 January 2009, Henrik Lundqvist was selected to play in the 2009 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal.

On 24 January 2009, Henrik Lundqvist made his first All-Star appearance in the Elimination Shootout.

Henrik Lundqvist stopped 12 of 16 shots in the shootout as Shane Doan won the competition.

On 12 March 2009, Henrik Lundqvist became the first NHL goaltender to win at least 30 games in his first four seasons with a win over the Nashville Predators.

On 25 March 2010, Henrik Lundqvist became the first NHL goaltender to win at least 30 games in his first five seasons after defeating the New Jersey Devils in a shootout.

On 30 January 2011, Henrik Lundqvist played in the third period of the All-Star game, stopping 11 of 14 shots.

Henrik Lundqvist became the first goaltender to face and stop penalty shot in the 57-year history of the NHL All-Star Game .

On 20 June 2012, Henrik Lundqvist won the Vezina Trophy at the 2012 NHL Awards in Las Vegas.

On 24 November 2012, Henrik Lundqvist participated in "Operation Hat Trick, " a charity hockey game held at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims.

On 3 March 2013, Henrik Lundqvist took the NHL all-time lead in shootout wins over Martin Brodeur, winning his 43rd against the Buffalo Sabres.

On 3 April 2013, Henrik Lundqvist won his 268th game, surpassing Eddie Giacomin for the second most wins in Rangers history, behind only Mike Richter.

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On 13 and 14 May 2013, Henrik Lundqvist recorded back-to-back playoff shutouts against the Washington Capitals.

Henrik Lundqvist started all 19 Rangers games in the 2015 playoffs and recorded a 2.

On 16 January 2016, Henrik Lundqvist recorded his 20th victory of the season, making him the first NHL goaltender to start his career with 11 straight 20-win seasons.

Henrik Lundqvist joined Hockey Hall of Fame member Tony Esposito and retired goaltender Martin Brodeur as the only goaltenders with 11 consecutive 20-win seasons at any point in their career.

On 31 December 2016, Henrik Lundqvist recorded his 390th career win in a game against the Colorado Avalanche.

On 11 February 2017, Henrik Lundqvist recorded his 400th win in a game against the Colorado Avalanche, becoming the 12th player in NHL history to earn 400 wins.

Henrik Lundqvist is the first European-born goaltender to reach the mark, the first in Rangers history to do so, and the quickest in NHL history to do so.

On 7 March 2019, Henrik Lundqvist became the third goaltender in NHL history to play at least 850 games with one franchise.

Henrik Lundqvist made 43 saves in the game, tying a franchise record for most by a Rangers goaltender in a season opener, the highest amount since Gump Worsley in 1955.

Henrik Lundqvist was bought out of his contract on 30 September 2020, making him a free agent for the first time in his career.

On 20 August 2021, Henrik Lundqvist announced his retirement from professional ice hockey.

Henrik Lundqvist is the all-time leader among goaltenders, and 11th overall of all players, in games played for the Swedish national junior's ice hockey team.

At the 2001 World U20 Championship in Moscow, Henrik Lundqvist led Sweden to a fourth-place finish in the tournament.

Henrik Lundqvist debuted for the senior Swedish team on 10 November 2002 in the 2002 Karjala Tournament in Helsinki.

Henrik Lundqvist was selected to the 2003 World Championship but was third string goaltender behind Tommy Salo and Mikael Tellqvist.

The following year, at the 2004 World Championship, Henrik Lundqvist was the starting goaltender and he was selected to the tournament all-star team.

At the 2005 World Championship in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria, Henrik Lundqvist played in all nine games during the tournament, where Sweden eventually lost the bronze medal game against Russia.

Henrik Lundqvist holds the career record for most shutouts in best-on-best hockey, with four.

The final against Canada went into a shootout and Henrik Lundqvist stopped all four Canadian chances to lead his country to its tenth World Championship title, on a national team captained by his identical twin brother Joel Henrik Lundqvist.

Henrik Lundqvist joined Sweden again in the 2019 World Championship right after the NHL season ended.

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Henrik Lundqvist led team Sweden with spectacular goaltending to their first ever medal in inline hockey when they won gold at the 2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship.

Henrik Lundqvist married Therese Andersson in the summer of 2011, and the couple have two daughters.

In 2009, Henrik Lundqvist became the Rangers spokesman for the Garden of Dreams Foundation, which works mostly with Madison Square Garden and its tenants to host charitable events and grant wishes to sick children, similar to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The Henrik Lundqvist Foundation hosted its inaugural fundraising event on 14 September 2014, at Refinery Rooftop.

Henrik Lundqvist used to play guitar in a Swedish rock band called Box Play during his time in Frolunda and plays guitar in his spare time.

Henrik Lundqvist has worked on this project with former Rangers teammate Sean Avery, who owned his own restaurant in New York City called Warren 77, and some other business partners.

Henrik Lundqvist made his debut on 15 October 2021, prior to the Rangers' home opener against the Dallas Stars.

Henrik Lundqvist is an in studio analyst for the NHL on TNT.