Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 5, WSH 2 (4:53 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: The Blueshirts fell behind early once again, but were able to stop the bleeding and successfully mount a comeback (CBS)
• Larry Brooks discusses how Colin Blackwell’s strong play has put the Rangers in a position where they must balancing giving ice time to their best players or their younger ones (NY Post)
• Mollie Walker writes that Kaapo Kakko appears to be settling in offensively on his new line featuring Artemiy Panarin and Ryan Strome (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson pointed out that David Quinn putting the team’s forward lines into the blender midway through yesterday’s game turned out to help the Rangers immensely (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from last night’s victory at Madison Square Garden (LoHud)
• Brendan Azoff believes that Adam Fox has become New York’s latest superstar defenseman (The Hockey Writers)
• Adam Naclerio examines the pipeline of defensive prospects behind the current crop of NHL defenders (The Hockey Writers)

Around the NHL:

• Sean Leahy recaps the action from around the league last night (NBC Sports)
• With the Buffalo Sabres all but committed to trading Taylor Hall prior to the trade deadline, three teams stand out as potential matches for him (Sportsnet)
• The Philadelphia Flyers waived defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere (TSN)