Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Brett Cyrgalis relays word that Kevin Shattenkirk is set to re-enter New York’s lineup this afternoon (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson notes that the Pavel Buchnevich on the left wing experiment has ended, the Russian winger will be moving back to his off side today (Newsday)
• Sean Hartnett examined how Brett Howden has gone from a dark horse roster candidate to New York’s best center through four games (WFAN)
• Frank Curto reports that Neal Pionk is set to sit for a healthy scratch for the first time in his NHL career today (Elite Sports NY)
• Dave Shapiro thinks you should enjoy the team’s victory over San Jose in spite of getting dominated for the first 40:00 of the game (Blue Seat Blogs)
• George Ruggiero cites four of the league’s best teams as models the Rangers should attempt to follow in their rebuild (Blue Line Station)
• Danny Jones ponders if Kevin Hayes could find himself in a San Jose Sharks uniform before the season is over (Blue Line Station)
• Andrew Chodes offered his take on the Blueshirts’ win against San Jose (Blueshirts Nation)
• Michael Obernauer previews this afternoon’s contest against the Adam Larsson-led Edmonton Oilers (Official Team Site)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(6:44) Kevin Shattenkirk,(2:37) Brendan Smith,(3:09) and Marc Staal (2:21) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• The league has came out and criticized an independent arbitrator’s decision to reduce Nashville Predators’ forward Austin Watson’s domestic violence suspension from 27 games down to 18 (NBC Sports)
• Mike Johnston saw that even after reaching Indianapolis Colts levels of embarrassing banners, the Predators managed to poke some fun at themselves (Sportsnet)
• Scott Cullen reviews the top 10 storylines of the past week in hockey (TSN)/