He has had to follow the matches from the side since he pushed a line judge in the away meeting with HV71 on December 10 after ending up in a dispute with HV's Emil Johansson.
Tonight, Lundqvist was back on the ice against HV.
- It will be fun to play of course.
It is always tough to be on the side and not play in three weeks, the 38-year-old told SVT Sport before the match.
He took on an expulsion already after 1.32 but quickly retaliated.
Ten minutes later, Lundqvist scored 1-0 in powerplay at home in Scandinavium.
The veteran came from the right with the puck and sent it in backhand via a governing club.
- It did not come all the way up, but it was difficult to read, Lundqvist says to C More.
- Half misses are the most difficult to read for the goalies.
It was his seventh goal and fourteenth point of the season.
About the deportation, Lundqvist says:
- That was the first thing I did, so it needed to be revenge.
I was a little stagnant.
This was a bit of what I expected.
It's the match tempo you miss and the intensity.
Now the first is completed so now we gas up.
The match is in progress.