Here are today’s and links:

Rangers News:

• Brett Cyrgalis notes that Pavel Buchnevich and Mats Zuccarello are set to return to the lineup tonight against the Arizona Coyotes (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson discusses the team’s search for a spark to their power play (Newsday)
• Dave Shapiro previews the forward combinations and defensive pairings for tonight’s game (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Nicholas Zararis ponders if league parity is helpful for the Rangers moving forward (Blue Line Station)
• Steve Paulus reminisces on the storied Rangers’ careers of Joe Zanussi and Eddie Mio (Blue Line Station)
• Uffe Brodin caught up with 2018 3rd round selection Jacob Ragnarsson as he prepares to represent Sweden at the World Junior Championships (Official Team Site)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(7:08) Kevin Hayes,(2:22) and Mats Zuccarello (1:22) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• On a team loaded with forward talent in the form of Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog, Tyson Jost and friends, Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen has managed to score points at a pace unheard of since the 1980’s (TSN)
• Rory Boylen lists seven possible landing spots if the Philadelphia Flyers elect to move on from forward Wayne Simmonds (Sportsnet)
• Jared Clinton notes that in spite of a massive offseason shakeup, the 2018-19 campaign has been more of the same for the Carolina Hurricanes (The Hockey News)
• Mike Barnes relays word that Weezer is set to perform at the 2019 Winter Classic (Hollywood Reporter)/