Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 3, OTT 1 (4:58 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: New York’s depth players came to play last night as Jaroslav Halak earned his first win as a Ranger while Jimmy Vesey and Barlcay Goodrow both found the back of the net (CBS)
• Mollie Walker notes that although it took seven tries, Halak played well last night and more than earned his first victory since signing with the team (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson points out how in spite of being a game time decision to play at all, Vincent Trocheck did a good job centering Alexis Lafreniere and Filip Chytil (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from last night’s victory (LoHud)/

Around the NHL:

• Pittsburgh Penguins’ defenseman Kristopher Letang will be out indefinitely after suffering a stroke for the second time in his career (NBC Sports)
• Elliotte Friedman authors an abbreviated version of 32 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
• The city council of Tempe, Arizona voted unanimously to recommend the proposed arena plan for the Arizona Coyotes that will be voted on by the city in 2023 (TSN)/