Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: WSH 2, NYR 1 (5:01 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: All it took was two shifts against New York’s 4th line for Alex Ovechkin to singlehandedly snatch two points away from the Rangers (CBS)
• Mollie Walker sees that Brett Howden’s stint as a healthy scratch has resulted in an offensive outburst from the embattled young forward (NY Post)
• Walker also pointed out that in spite of rolling with the same lineup that dominated Philadelphia on Wednesday, the Blueshirts struggled to find the back of the net last night (NY Post)
• Neil Best notes that after serving a seven game suspension, Tom Wilson will be back in the lineup for Washington tonight (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from last night’s defeat in our nation’s capital (LoHud)
• Rick Carpiniello review$ the $tate of the team now that the $econd half ha$ officially begun (The Athletic)
• Media Availability: Chris Kreider,(5:11) Kris Knoblauch,(3:15) and Jacob Trouba (1:43) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Adam Gretz recaps the action from around the league yesterday (NBC Sports)
• David Pastrnak headlines the list of four players the Boston Bruins placed on the COVID Protocol list (Sportsnet)
• Ottawa Senators goaltender Joey Daccord is likely to miss the remainder of the season with a lower body injury (TSN)/