Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 5, LAK 3 (4:55 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: In spite of a rough opening period, the Blueshirts bounced back over the final 40 minutes with five goals and did enough to earn the win on a night they didn’t play their best hockey (CBS)
• Mollie Walker notes that after sitting for four consecutive games as a healthy scratch, Zac Jones appears primed to draw into the lineup for the foreseeable future (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson heard from Ryan Reaves about the difficulties of his recent stretch of games sitting as a healthy scratch (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from last night’s victory from the arena formerly known as the Staples Center (LoHud)/

Around the NHL:

• Elliotte Friedman authors an abbreviated edition of 32 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
• Forward Wayne Simmonds of the Toronto Maple Leafs and goaltender Magnus Hellberg of the Seattle Kraken have been placed on waivers (TSN)/