There may be two Lundqvists in the NHL, but right now, there is only one King.

Given the chance to face his twin brother Joel for the first time, Henrik Lundqvist stopped a career best 43 shots and turned in his best performance of the season in the Rangers 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars.

“That's MVP goaltending; that's Stanley Cup goaltending,” coach Tom Renney said to reporters in Dallas. "He was all-everything."

Letting in only two power play goals - including a 5-on-3 - Henrik was a wall out there, stopping the nine other man advantages the Stars enjoyed due to sloppy play by the recently sharp Rangers. As he got peppered with shots, Henrik seemed to get better as the game went along.

"We spent too much time in the penalty box, so sometimes the defense gets stretched," Renney said to reporters.

Even an late first period goal by Sergei Zubov was not enough rattle Lundqvist, who admitted he was excited at the prospect of facing his brother.

“I never see players out there, but I noticed every time [Joel] was on the ice,” Henrik said to reporters. “I was nervous every time he was out there. Getting the chance to play against him in the NHL is a special feeling.”

Yet, Joel’s minutes were limited, playing only nine shifts for 5:44 of ice time. In fact, it was probably his brother’s play, which kept the Dallas forward on the bench.

Because the Stars were down in the game after Matt Cullen - who also scored the third goal of the night - put the Rangers ahead a minute into the second, Joel had to take a seats since coach Dave Tippett needed to give his team as many scoring chances as possible, which meant the fourth line was cut.

No matter what the Stars did, though, it wasn’t enough to stop Henrik and the Rangers. And with a flu bug going through the defense, the scoring has to come from other sources.

After Zubov’s two -man advantage goal, some fortune came the Rangers way. On the ensuring 5-on-4, Karel Rachunek checked former Ranger Eric Lindros into the boards, which logged the blade of his stick between the panes of glass. As No. 88 was trying to pry it out, a 2-on-1 breakaway occurred with Rachunek knocking it past Mike Smith [15 saves] to tie the game.

Rachunek also added the Rangers fourth goal when the score was 3-2 late in the third for some insurance and Fedor Tyutin added an empty netter.

And that was more than enough for the King.

Notes: The Rangers now have won five in a row…Martin Straka’s point scoring streak ended at 11 games…The last time the Rangers won in Dallas was in 1996, when Wayne Gretzky scored the game winner…The Blueshirts play in Toronto on Saturday and then come home for games against the Devils and Islanders.