Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 3, CHI 2 (5:06 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Strong efforts from Ryan Strome, Artemiy Panarin, and Alexandar Georgiev helped propel the Blueshirts past the Blackhawks (CBS)
• Mollie Walker details Georgiev’s bounce back effort that will go a long way towards staving off talk of needing a new goaltender (NY Post)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from last night’s victory (LoHud)
• Media Availability: Gerard Gallant (4:42) and Alexandar Georgiev (0:58) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• The Montreal Canadiens claimed defenseman Kale Clague off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings (TSN)
• With nearly a quarter of teams in the AHL currently experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks and restricting which players can be recalled to the NHL, the possibility of bringing back taxi squads has been floated (Sportsnet)
• James O’Brien examines Alexander Ovechkin’s current pace on the all time goal scoring race after he scored his 750th goal last night (NBC Sports)/