Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYI 2, NYR 0 (4:57 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: A scoreless contest turned into a two goal deficit in the span of two minutes in the third period, and that was too much for the Blueshirts to overcome (CBS)
• Larry Brooks believes that the team needs to prioritize their more youthful blue liners over their veterans in the wake of Tony DeAngelo’s departure (NY Post)
• Brooks also noticed that as David Quinn has shortened his bench late in games, Alexis Lafreniere has repeatedly gotten lost in the shuffle (NY Post)
• Mollie Walker takes note of Ryan Strome’s game starting to turn around (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson hears that Mika Zibanejad could bust out of his slump sooner rather than later (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from last night’s contest (LoHud)
• Brian Abate writes that the team can’t afford for Zibanejad’s play to stay at its current level (The Hockey Writers)
• Frank Curto relays word that Chris Kreider defended Zibanejad’s rough start to the season (Empire Sports Media)
• Media Availability: David Quinn (5:49) and Mika Zibanejad (2:50) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Sean Leahy points out that Columbus Blue Jackets’ head coach John Tortorella has already benched recent trade acquisition Patrik Laine (NBC Sports)
• Eric Engels breaks down how at age 33, Montreal Canadiens’ defenseman Jeff Petry is defying all logic and playing some of the best hockey of his career (Sportsnet)
• Buffalo Sabres’ defenseman Rasmus Dahlin has been added to the league’s COVID Protocol list (TSN)/