Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks takes note of one of the strangest games in Rangers’ history, a historic feat between the Rangers and Devils this season, and more (NY Post)
• Denis P. Gorman highlights how a second consecutive season of missing the playoffs with no end to the rebuild in sight has Henrik Lundqvist in a different mindset (Newsday)
• Mike Mazzeo details how Alexandar Georgiev has gone from a blip on the Blueshirts’ radar to the next goalie in a long line of successful projects from Benoit Allaire (NY Times)
• Jim Madden reminisces on some of the organization’s most memorable forward lines (Blue Line Station)
• Ed Stein discusses how New York’s trade deadline fire sale has helped propel the team closer to the bottom of the standings (Empire Writes Back)
• Jess Isner caught up with Chris Drury in the wake of being named general manager of the American national team at the 2019 IIHF World Championships (Official Team Site)
• Media Availability: David Quinn (3:36) and Tony DeAngelo (1:31) (Official Team Site)

Around the NHL:

• Scott Billeck makes the argument for Anaheim Ducks’ goaltender John Gibson to be a Vezina finalist (NBC Sports)
• With an emphatic 5-1 victory over the shamelessly tanking Buffalo Sabres, the New York Islanders clinched their spot in the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs (Sportsnet)
• Washington Capitals’ forward Alexander Ovechkin broke the 50 goal plateau for the 8th time in 13 full seasons, scoring two goals en route to a 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning (TSN)