Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 2, NYI 1 (4:38 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: A late tally from Mats Zuccarello allowed the Rangers to break a 1-1 tie and split their home-and-home with the Islanders (CBS)
• Neil Best heard from Marc Staal and David Quinn regarding Rick Nash’s retirement (Newsday)
• Prior to tonight’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Nash is slated to drop a ceremonial puck (1st Ohio Battery)
• Dave Shapiro recapped the Hartford Wolfpack’s 6-3 defeat against the Providence Bruins from Friday night (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Jason Bisnoff believes that the month of April will be a key one for the direction of the Blueshirts’ rebuild (Elite Sports NY)
• Mollie Walker examines how K’Andre Miller’s first post-draft season has gone (The Hockey Writers)
• Tom Castro argues that the organization’s logjam at center has slowed the first season of their rebuild (The Hockey Writers)
• Postgame Notes: For the first time in since March 2015, the Rangers went into the Islanders’ building and came away with two points (Official Team Site)
• Media Availability: Alexandar Georgiev (1:15) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Eric Francis points out that Calgary Flames’ forward Michael Frolik has been producing in greater minutes since his agent called for Frolik to receive more ice time (Sportsnet)
• Mark Masters argued that last night’s Toronto-Boston contest, which was eventually won by the Bruins, would serve as a statement game for the Maple Leafs (TSN)
• In the wake of his arrest and subsequent suspension for domestic assault, Nashville Predators’ forward Austin Watson said that the incident stemmed from a relapse in 27 months of sobriety (NBC Sports)
• Jared Clinton lists the bottom five free agent signings of the summer based on points/$$$ (The Hockey News)/