Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 4, LA 2 (3:45 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Rick Nash’s clutch goal against the Kings may have come three and half years too late, but it did earn the Rangers two points (CBS)
• Larry Brooks thinks the time has come for the team’s fire sale to begin (NY Post)
• Brett Cyrgalis sees Mika Zibanejad’s extended absence as a test of New York’s mettle (NY Post)
• Justin Rutherford compares the stylistic differences between Henrik Lundqvist and Ondrej Pavelec (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Dave Shapiro examines how New York’s method of winning games recently isn’t sustainable (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Josh Lipman discusses how Cristoval Nieves has finally established himself in the NHL (Blue Line Station)
• George Ruggerio breaks down how retaining Rick Nash could help Chris Kreider (Blue Line Station)
• Shawn Taggart doesn’t understand the Rangers (Blueshirts Breakaway)
• Shayna Goldman wonders if Jesper Fast has changed his game (FanRag)
• Media Availability: Alain Vigneault,(1:22) Henrik Lundqvist,(2:48) Ryan McDonagh,(1:46) and Rick Nash (1:21)/

Around the NHL:

• In spite of the controversy surrounding some of the nation’s athletes, Russian players are excited at the opportunity to come back from South Korea with gold medals (NBC Sports)
• Frank Seravalli reports that on the eve of the Centennial Classic, Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk was discussing the likelihood of relocating his franchise (TSN)
• Luke Fox lists 100 things he loves about the NHL (Sportsnet)
• Ryan Kennedy highlights the fact that goaltending around the league is as unpredictable as ever (The Hockey News)/