Caroline Ouellette, Henrik Lundqvist among Hockey Hall of Fame class set for induction Monday

Henrik Lundqvist knew the call — if it was indeed coming — would light up his phone in the early evening.

The former New York Rangers goaltender was home in Sweden. The Hockey Hall of Fame's selection committee was busy in Toronto paring down its 2023 list.

Lundqvist eventually saw a number he didn't recognize.

The only problem? It read "Spain."

"It just didn't make sense with the caller ID," Lundqvist recalled thinking back in June.

Still, he decided to answer. Hall of Fame chairman Lanny McDonald's voice was the next sound he heard.

The 2012 Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL's top netminder headlines the hall's latest class set to be inducted Monday night.

"Very humbling," Lundqvist added at Friday's ring ceremony. "A great feeling when you're walking away from the game."

He will be joined by Caroline Ouellette, Mike Vernon, Tom Barrasso and Pierre Turgeon as part of a goaltender-heavy player category.

Former NHL head coach Ken Hitchcock and the late Pierre Lacroix, who was both an agent and executive, will go in as builders at Monday's induction ceremony.

A star netminder in the league for 15 seasons, Lundqvist was a slam-dunk call to the hall in his first year of eligibility.

Apart from that Vezina victory, he ranks sixth in league history in wins (459), ninth in games played (887) and 17th in shutouts (64).

Those 459 victories are the most by a European netminder. The first Swedish goaltender to be inducted, Lundqvist won 61 more times in the playoffs before halting his career in 2020 because of a heart condition.

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Selected in the seventh round by New York