Bantering Points: 4/7/23

Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

Highlights: STL 3, NYR 2 (4:58 video via NHL.com)

Game Recap: The Blueshirts managed to salvage a point thanks to a strong performance out of their powerplay, but failed to secure a win in the second half of their final back to back of the season (CBS)

Mollie Walker discusses to the circumstances, including Patrick Kane's second consecutive absence, that led to New York's defeat last night (NY Post)

Tom Castro calls on the fourth line of Barclay Goodrow, Tyler Motte, and Jimmy Vesey to step up if the team wants to fulfill its championship ambitions (The Hockey Writers)

Matt Grazel recapped the week of action leading up to the team's clash against the Blues (The Hockey Writers)

Around the NHL:

The Toronto Maple Leafs fell to the Boston Bruins in overtime by a 2-1 margin, but the point they secured combined with a regulation loss by the Tampa Bay Lightning allowed Toronto to secure the #2 seed in the Atlantic Division and the opening round home ice advantage in their series against Tampa (Sportsnet)

Montreal Canadiens' forward Denis Gurianov did not participate in his team's warmups as Montreal hosted its Pride Night due to being unwilling to wear a Pride jersey (TSN)

Geoff Baker broke down the Seattle Kraken's opportunity to clinch their first playoff berth in franchise history (Seattle Times)