Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: BUF 3, NYR 2 (5:01 video via NHL.com)
• Allan Kreda recaps the Blueshirts’ defeat from the world’s most famous arena (NY Daily News)
• Brett Cyrgalis discusses Alexandar Georgiev’s solid outing against Buffalo (NY Post)
• Larry Brooks sees Kaapo Kakko’s strong performance as a positive to take away from last night’s defeat (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson notes that David Quinn himself was pleased with Kakko’s effort against the Sabres (Newsday)
• Frank Curto believes that Kakko has finally settled into the NHL (Elite Sports NY)
• Joseph Ostapiuk breaks down Filip Chytil’s fit in New York’s top six (Blue Line Station)
• Steve Paulus examines the damage the Blueshirts’ playoff hopes suffered last night (Blue Line Station)
• Media Availability: Mika Zibanejad, Jacob Trouba, Alexandar Georgiev, (1:02) and David Quinn (4:39) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Matt Larkin writes that as the Tampa Bay Lightning seem to be peeking at the right time, they could be a more dangerous team than the 62 win squad they had last season (The Hockey News)
• Andrew Berkshire breaks down the pros and cons of five players likely to find themselves on the move at the trade deadline (Sportsnet)
• Twelve of Alex Ovechkin’s peers sat down to discuss what make the Washington Capitals’ forward such an unstoppable goal scoring force (TSN)
• Adam Gretz gives us a primer on Los Angeles Kings’ forward Tyler Toffoli in advance of the trade deadline (NBC Sports)/