Alain Vigneault guided his team to yet another win against one of the NHL’s elite teams last night, as the Rangers went into Tampa Bay and knocked off the NHL-leading Lightning. Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 2, TBL 1 (Video via NHL.com)
• Justin Tasch recaps last night’s victory from Amalie Arena (NY Daily News)
• Larry Brooks highlights how Chris Kreider seems to have figured out his role on New York’s powerplay (NY Post)
• Steve Zipay heard from former Rangers’ defenseman Dan Girardi about his reaction to being bought out and his transition to the Lightning (Newsday)
• James O’Brien wonders if the time has come for New York to begin something of a rebuild (NBC Sports)
• Dave Shapiro argues that the time as come for Alain Vigneault to change his defensive system (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Rob from BSB suggests that the first month of the season wasn’t all bad for the Blueshirts (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Matthew Golda points out that the team has been scoring more as they’ve started to turn their game around (The Hockey Writers)
• John Williams ponders how much time New York’s win over the Vegas Golden Knights bought Alain Vigneault (Blue Line Station)/

Around the NHL:

• Andrew Berkshire breaks down why the Golden Knights might be for real (Sportsnet)
• Frank Seravalli noticed that the Toronto Maple Leafs have already been installed as the 2019 Stanley Cup favorites (TSN)
• Gary Bettman spoke about the possibility of the league expanding into Europe in the near future (Puck Daddy)
• James O’Brien relays word that Vegas Golden Knights’ forward Vadim Shipachyov has already returned to Russia as he wait for his contract to be terminated (NBC Sports)/