Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 4, OTT 2 (4:36 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Lias Andersson’s second career NHL goal helped propel New York to its eight home in in nine games (CBS)
• Brett Cyrgalis heard from Ryan Strome in the wake of seeing Ryan’s brother Dylan traded within a week of his own trade (NY Post)
• Cyrgalis also sees the Rangers’ ability to bounce back from the loss against Washington is a sign of lessons learned (NY Post)
• Larry Brooks discusses how Mika Zibanejad has embraced his new role on Broadway (NY Post)
• Jason Bisnoff examined some of the team’s performance metrics prior to last night’s contest (Elite Sports NY)
• Frank Curto argues that Tony DeAngelo will be an important piece on the Rangers’ defense corps moving forward (Elite Sports NY)
• Dave Shapiro dives into the numbers that led to DeAngelo’s stint in the press box (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Nicholas Zararis ponders which players have been the biggest surprised through seven weeks (Blue Line Station)
• $hayna Goldman remini$ced on Fredrik Clae$$on’$ time a$ a $enator and how it help$ u$ make $en$e of hi$ play for the Ranger$ (The Athletic)
• Postgame Notes: For the second game in a row, the Blueshirts landed 30+ hits and won the faceoff battle (Official Team Site)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(6:44) Lias Andersson,(1:39) Henrik Lundqvist,(3:48) and Brett Howden (1:37) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Jeff Blair details why in spite of the outcome, the Toronto Maple Leafs have already won their battle against RFA forward William Nylander (Sportsnet)
• Frank Seravalli reflects on the legacy Ron Hextall will leave behind in Philadelphia after the Flyers fired him as the team’s general manager (TSN)
• Alex Novet wrote a primer for prospective hockey analysts (Hockey Graphs)
• Joey Alfieri reports that the Montreal Canadiens placed defenseman Karl Alzner, he of the five year, $23.125 million contract signed less than 18 months ago, on waivers (NBC Sports)/