Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: STL 6, NYR 2 (5:06 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Igor Shesterkin had an off night, Alexandar Georgiev didn’t fare much better, and the Blueshirts looked completely overmatched against the Blues (CBS)
• Mollie Walker saw last night’s performance as Shesterkin’s worst of the season (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson heard from Alexis Lafreniere about his personal hopes and expectations for the stretch run of the season (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from last night’s resounding defeat in St. Louis (LoHud)/

Around the NHL:

• The Dallas Stars placed defenseman Miro Heiskanen on injured reserve following a diagnosis of mononucleosis (TSN)
• James Minger breaks down why the Philadelphia Flyers are likely to rue their decision to sign defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen to a five year, $25.5 million contract (Broad Street Hockey)
• Adam Gretz recaps all of the action from around the league last night (NBC Sports)/