Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Mollie Walker sees tonight’s game as a test of the resiliency the Blueshirts have demonstrated dating back to October (NY Post)
• Peter Botte relays word that Gerard Gallant thought his squad looked tired during their subpar Game 5 performance (NY Post)
• Andrew Gross hears that in spite of their weak effort on Thursday, Gallant doesn’t plan on making any major overhauls to the team’s general strategy (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano argues against Gallant’s assessment that the Rangers can comeback to win the series without making major adjustments (LoHud)/

Around the NHL:

• Darren Helm scored the series winning goal for the Colorado Avalanche with less than six seconds remaining in their Game 6 victory over the St. Louis Blues to advance to their first Western Conference Final since 2002 (TSN)
• Boston Bruins’ forward Brad Marchand underwent surgery on both of his hips and will be out for six months (Stanley Cup of Chowder)
• The league released the schedule for both Conference Final series (Sportsnet)/