Here are today’s news and links:

Around the NHL:

• Highlights: NYR 4, LAK 1 (4:58 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: A Herculean effort from Igor Shesterkin propelled the Rangers past the Kings in a rematch of the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals (CBS)
• Larry Brooks bemoans the death of some Original Six rivalries, as well as other hockey related musings (NY Post)
• Vincent Mercogliano ponders whether or not Mika Zibanejad and Artemiy Panarin should skate on a line together (LoHud)
• Jim Bay discusses how Henrik Lundqvist has fallen out of the Rangers’ regular goaltending rotation (Empire Sports Media)
• Tom Castro suggests that Henrik Lundqvist should exit stage left in order to pursue a championship (The Hockey Writers)
• Scott Blair and Barak Goldman reminisce on some of the major trades the Rangers and Kings have made over the years (The Hockey Writers)
• Brain Paget notes that even as his first season on Broadway comes to a close, John Davidson still has plenty of work to do (Elite Sports NY)/

Around the NHL:

• The Edmonton Oilers agreed to a two year, $11.2 million contract extension with defenseman Darnell Nurse (Copper N’ Blue)
• Steven Ellis lists ten of the best defenseman set to enter restricted free agency in the offseason (The Hockey News)
• Jordan Horrobin sat down with former Ranger Markus Naslund to discuss his time playing with the Sedin twins in Vancouver (Sportsnet)
• James O’Brien ponders the possibility of watching Alexander Ovechkin breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record (NBC Sports)
• Boston Bruins’ defenseman Jeremy Lauzon has been suspended for two games after delivering a hit to the head against Arizona Coyotes’ forward Derek Stepan (TSN)/