Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: CAR 6, NYR 3 (5:03 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Of all the former Rangers to show out against the former team, Tony DeAngelo performed the best with a goal and two assists to help the Hurricanes take over first place in the Metropolitan Division (CBS)
• Larry Brooks sees last night’s resounding defeat as a sign the Blueshirts aren’t quite among the elite of the NHL yet (NY Post)
• Brooks also noted that with the team returning to near full health prior to last night, Julien Gauthier ended up exiting the lineup and sitting as a healthy scratch (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson details how as the season moved along, K’Andre Miller is being asked to do more and more for New York (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from last night’s defeat (LoHud)

Around the NHL:

• Dan Saraceni reports that former New York Islanders’ captain Clark Gilles passed away at age 67 (LightHouse Hockey)
• Sean Leahy relays word that Krystof Hrabik of AHL San Jose has been suspended 30 games for making a racist gesture towards Boko Imama of AHL Tuscon (NBC Sports)
• Shayna Goldman breaks down why the Florida Panthers’ trio of Sam Bennett, Jonathan Huberdeau, and Anthony Duclair have emerged as one of the top lines in the league (Sportsnet)