Overtime remains rough for Lundqvist

Of all the records and numbers Henrik Lundqvist has put up that inspire confidence in the Rangers’ goalie during the most trying times, there is one that stands out in contrast.

That would be his postseason overtime record, which went to 10-18 with a 5-4 overtime loss in Game 5 of his team’s secondround series against the Senators on Saturday afternoon in Ottawa. Of course wins and losses get unfairly pinned on goaltenders, but the two overtime losses in this best-of-seven now has the Rangers down, 3-2, and on the brink of elimination with a must-win Game 6 on Tuesday night at the Garden.

“I’m not really sure how much pressure he puts on himself,” coach Alain Vigneault said on a conference call Sunday when asked about that record. “I do know Henrik wants to excel anywhere he plays.”

For the most part, that is exactly what Lundqvist has done. Since the start of the 2012 postseason, the Rangers are 15-5 when facing elimination while Lundqvist has posted a 1.74 goalsagainst average and .945 save percentage with two shutouts in those games. That includes the 6-2 record in Game 7s, sullied by the most recent performance, the difficult loss to the Lightning in the second round of 2015.

But it is the overtimes that don’t always work out well, the Rangers having split the two they had in the first round against the Canadiens and lost both thus far against the Senators.

The Rangers power play went 0-for-3 in Game 5 and is now 2-for-20 on the series (They did have two goals in Game 3 that came seconds after their power play ended).

The man-advantage is now 3for-35 (8.6 percent) in the playoffs, better only than the Blues (6.9 percent) among any of the 16 teams that qualified.