Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: CGY 5, NYR 1 (4:03 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: New York’s road woes continued as their sixth straight defeat away from home saw them on the receiving end of a Western Canada sweep (NY Daily News)
• Greg Joyce notes that Chris Kreider has fallen into a funk he can’t seem to snap out of as of late (NY Post)
• Andrew Steele-Davis details how Brendan Lemieux has quickly gone from questionable trade acquisition to fan favorite (Blue Line Station)
• Steve Paulus offered his musings on the lottery standings and more prior to yesterday’s action (Blue Line Station)
• Brian Paget believes that the team’s young core presents a slippery road to contention ahead (Elite Sports NY)
• $hayna Goldman $pitballs $ome experiment$ for the Blue$hirts to attempt now that the $eason i$ all but fini$hed (The Athletic)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(3:05) Alexandar Georgiev,(1:20) and Marc Staal (1:16) (Official Team Site)

Around the NHL:

• Vancouver Canucks’ defenseman Chris Tanev is out for the remainder of the season due to a lower-body injury (Sportsnet)
• James O’Brien saw that after Thursday night’s Florida Panthers-San Jose Sharks game, Panthers’ forward Mike Hoffamn made sure he took home the fan-made banner honoring his time with the Sharks (NBC Sports)
• The Detroit Red wings are set to begin talking a contract extension with head coach Jeff Blashill (TSN)