NEW YORK — Henrik Lundqvist was fast asleep in the visiting locker room at Yankee Stadium. With the start of Sunday’s game between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils facing a two-hour delay due to sun glare, the goaltender’s pregame routine had to be adjusted and some much-needed shuteye was required.
It was an unfamiliar situation in an unfamiliar location that was about to change yet again.
Both the Rangers and Devils were told warmups would be pushed to 2:30 p.m, a drastic change for a game that was scheduled to start at 12:30. Being the creatures of habit that hockey players are, they thought that left them enough time to get a highly coveted nap.
Some slept—Brian Boyle took to an open corner of the locker room to lie on the beige carpeting but never slipped into a dream state—while others kicked a soccer ball around the spacious dressing rooms.
Marc Staal decided to have some pasta.
Suddenly, that all changed. Warmups would begin 90 minutes earlier than they had been told.
Put the soccer balls away. Rise and shine, Henrik.&nbs ...
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