Henrik Lundqvist was a little uncertain how to answer, thinking if he was lucky or unlucky to spend his whole career in a division with Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin.

“I don’t know if you feel happy about it, to have an opportunity to play against them a lot,” Lundqvist said after Saturday’s practice, as Crosby recently recorded his 1,000th career point while Ovechkin was set to rumble into the Garden with his league-best Capitals for a Sunday afternoon matinee.

“Obviously they’re two of the best players in the game. Obviously in Ovechkin, [Sunday] we face a guy that — since I got here — he’s one of the best to go after it. He plays physical and he likes to score.”

Lundqvist and his Rangers have been in this situation many times before, and have beaten previous incarnations of Ovechkin’s teams, most notably in each of their previous three postseason series. But this Washington team is a little bit different — deeper up front and on the blueline, with Lundqvist’s counterpart, Braden Holtby, playing the best hockey of his career. They’re similar to the team that won the Presidents’ Trophy last season en route to a second-round playoff loss to the eventual Stanley Cup-winning Penguins.

“They’re a confident team,” Lundqvist said. “I think it’s similar to last year. I think every aspect of the game, they’re doing it pretty well. They have the skill and speed. That’s why they’re first in the league right now.”

Ovechkin, 31, reached 1,000 career points earlier this season, and comes in with 26 goals and 51 points through 57 games. His 11 power-play goals were tied for second in the league going into Saturday’s action — somehow behind league-leader Brayden Schenn of the Flyers — and his prowess on the man-advantage is an aspect of his game that the Rangers are fully preparing for.

“We always prepare special for him, whether it be 5-on-5 or power play,” coach Alain Vigneault said. “You have the best shooter in the league. A force that can not only has the skill to beat you one-on-one, but he can go through you one-on-one. So we’ve always prepared and always paid special attention to him, and [Sunday] won’t be any different.”

The Blueshirts are trying to rediscover their game after a lackluster performance on Thursday night in Brooklyn, when they continued their winless ways at Barclays Center with a 4-2 loss to the Islanders. It broke a six-game winning streak, and their recent run of 9-3-0 over the previous 12 games has them on the heels of the Blue Jackets and Penguins for second in the division.

But the Capitals were still at the top, a record of 39-11-7 that included their 3-2 shootout loss to the Red Wings in Detroit on Saturday afternoon. That ended their own current six-game winning streak, yet hardly blemished their recent run of 19-2-2.

“We have the best team in the NHL coming into our building,” Vigneault said. “I’m very anxious to see that matchup. It should be a real fast-paced, intense hockey game. They’re a big, skilled team, and we’re going to have to be at our best.”

And for Lundqvist, he gets to see one of the best players in the history of the league whose game he knows rather well. When asked if there are any individual rivalries for him, he shrugged it off, saying, “Not really.” But he does know what it takes when he faces someone like Ovechkin or Crosby.

“The only thing I can say, you get to know the opponent a little better when you see them more,” Lundqvist said. “You know what they like to do and certain plays that they like to do. But in the end, you play against really good players, you can’t expect certain things to happen, because they might change it up. They read the way you stand, the way you play them — not just for me, but as a team. That’s what makes them so good, they can adjust.

“So when you play great players, I think you have to be able to adjust your game too, play them the right way.”