Washington Capitals: Henrik Lundqvist’s new goaltending crown

Washington Capitals goalie Henrik Lundqvist is all equipped.

Last week, new Washington Capitals goaltender Henrik Lundqvist showed off his new goalie pads on his Instagram. We’ve already seen a video of him rocking the red with his new practice jersey. Yesterday, the king revealed his new crown, a brand new Caps themed goalie mask which is straight fire.

“Final pieces, it’s all coming together,” Lundqvist wrote on Twitter. On his Instagram, he posted a detailed video showing every spot of that new goalie helmet.

The mask is red, white and blue and features the Capitol building and two eagles. One of the eagles was screaming which could possibly be a sign that they could be going back to that logo in the reverse retro jerseys. This is just speculation.

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There are three stars on each side of the helmet featuring Lundqvist’s new jersey number 35 on the chin. There is also a Weagle texture that you can see if you have the proper lighting in place. The mask was designed by David Gunnarsson.

Gunnarsson detailed the mask on his Instagram: “It is with great joy that I unleash the latest mask artwork from my friend Henrik Lundqvist. It was truly special to create and paint this Capitals piece for Henrik. We brainstormed together on how to build the design and pretty fast we came up with a plan.”

Gunnarsson then adds: “Henrik wanted a completely new mask look. A totally new style for him. For example Henrik always on all his masks for more than 20 years had small electrical lightnings in the mask design, not on this one. It is a design which live and breath the city of Washington, it is a tribute to the fans of Capitals. A crisp and clean design, but loaded with detail work and storytelling.”

“Henrik definitely wanted American bald eagles in the painting. I made some test drawings how to build the story on the mask. Henrik gave me the green light and I picked up my airbrush guns and started to paint… we made two masks, same layout but different details and slightly more red on one of the masks. Thanks Henrik for the paint adventure.”

That bucket, along with Lundqvist’s new pads is going to look very good once hockey is back. We can’t wait to see how it all looks out there on the ice. As the old saying goes, “look good, feel good”, Hopefully, this look will translate to a better season. If you missed our early predictions on Henrik Lundqvist, you can check that out here.