Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: EDM 6, NYR 5 (5:10 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: For the second consecutive game, the Blueshirts managed to turn a multi-goal third period lead into a loss, with Alexandar Georgiev rather than a lack of scoring being the primary culprit this time (CBS)
• Mollie Walker hears that in spite of being unable to find the score sheet thus far, Kaapo Kakko isn’t worried about how he’s played this far (NY Post)
• Walker also sees last night’s defeat as more of the same from Gerard Gallant’s group (NY Post)
• Tab Bamford wonder$ if the Ranger$ really lo$t out by not making a move to acquire Jack Eichel (Elite Sports NY)
• Media Availability: Gerard Gallant (1:29) and Jacob Trouba and Mika Zibanejad (3:09) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Sean Leahy reports that Columbus Blue Jackets’ forward Patrik Laine will miss the next 4-6 weeks with a strained oblique (NBC Sports)
• Elliotte Friedman sat down with Jack Eichel to discuss his falling out with the Buffalo Sabres, why he wanted artificial disk replacement surgery, and more (Sportsnet)
• The Ottawa Senators named Brady Tkachuk the tenth captain in franchise history (TSN)/