Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 3*, NJD 3 (5:08 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Kaapo Kakko earned his first goal and assist of the season and the Rangers put forth one of their best efforts of their season against Our Mildly Annoying Rivals (CBS)
• Mollie Walker hears that as a young team, the Blueshirts feel that they’re still in the stage of learning how to win and closing out close games (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson discusses Chris Kreider’s torrid gal scoring pace through the first month of the season (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from last night’s victory over Our Slightly Bothersome Rivals (LoHud)
• Brian Abate suggests that slowly but surely, Barclay Goodrow and Sammy Blais are winning over the hearts of the residents of Rangerstown (The Hockey Writers)
• Media Availability: Alexandar Georgiev (1:59) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• The Washington Capitals agreed to a three year, $3.9 million contract extension with forward Nic Dowd (TSN)
• Sean Leahy notes that after initially being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Hockey Hall of Fame class is getting their time to shine (NBC Sports)/