Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 5, NJD 2 (4:44 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Two goals from Mats Zuccarello gave New York two much needed points against their division rival (CBS)
• Larry Brooks emphasizes that there’ never a wrong time for a team like the Rangers to gaze at the standings (NY Post)
• Steve Zipay goes in-depth on how the Rangers’ road to an eighth consecutive trip to the Stanley  Cup Playoffs will be difficult to traverse (Newsday)
• Pat Keogh examines how Michael Grabner has gone the way of Kevin Klein in Blueshirts lore (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Dave Shapiro recaps that Hartford Wolfpack’s 3*-3 “defeat” against the Providence Bruins from Friday night (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Jack Milewski discusses why Ondrej Pavelec needs to start more games than he currently does (Blue Line Station)
• Frank Curto breaks down how Marc Staal’s consistency has been a key factor in New York’s turnaround (Elite Sports NY)
• Media Availability: Alain Vigneault,(2:38) J.T. Miller,(1:08) Rick Nash,(0:57) and Mats Zuccarello (0:57) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Sean Leahy ponders about the future of the World Cup of Hockey (NBC Sports)
• The Ottawa Senators are set to ask all ten of their players with no-trade clauses to provide a list of franchises they would accept a deal to (Sportsnet)
• Sam McCaig creates All-Star teams for each country participating in the 2018 Olympics (The Hockey News)/