Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 6, NYI 2 (9:00 video via NHL.com)
• Steven Smith recaps the Rangers’ dominant victory over the Islanders from the world’s most famous arena (Lighthouse Hockey)
• Greg Joyce hears that Islanders’ captain Anders Lee wasn’t a happy camper with his team’s performance against the Blueshirts (NY Post)
• Neil Best saw yesterday’s offensive outburst from Artemiy Panarin as another reminder of what could’ve been for the Islanders (Newsday)
• Dominick Renna discusses the three most pressing issues the Rangers face as they head deeper into 2020 (Elite Sports NY)
• Brendan Azoff sees Neal Pionk’s success in Winnipeg as an indictment of Lindy Ruff’s coaching (Blue Line Station)/

Around the NHL:

• Ryan Kennedy believes that the fan vote for the last man in at the All-Star Game has turned the event into a better event for all parties involved (The Hockey News)
• Kristen Shilton relays word that Toronto Maple Leafs’ defenseman Morgan Rielly will miss at least eight weeks with a foot fracture (TSN)
• Pete Borkowski reports that after Alexander Ovechkin announced his intentions to skip the All-Star Game, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kristopher Letang has been named captain of the Metropolitan Division squad (Sportsnet)
• Adam Gretz examines how in spite of making plenty of good moves for the New Jersey Devils, Ray Shero found himself out of a job in Newark (NBC Sports)/