Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 2, OTT 1 (5:03 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Igor Shesterkin came inches away from scoring an empty net goal, but him and his teammates were content with the road victory and two points that come with it (CBS)
• Mollie Walker notes that Patrik Nemeth returned to the lineup in place of Zac Jones for yesterday’s contest (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson heard from a handful of former Blueshirts about their memories of the late Emile Francis (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offered his takeaways from last night’s victory (LoHud)
• Arthur $taple give$ $ix thought$ on the $tate of the Ranger$ (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• Ryan Quigley recaps the gold medal game for men’s ice hockey at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, a 2-1 victory for Finland over Team Russia (NBC Sports)
• The Toronto Maple Leafs waived recently acquired forward Ryan Dzingel (Sportsnet)/