Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Game Recap: In what’s become a recurring theme this season, David Quinn’s squad did just enough to lose a closely contested game (CBS)
- Mollie Walker writes that even though he’s not wearing a “C” on his jersey, Chris Kreider is quickly emerging as the Rangers’ captain (NY Post)
- Mike Vaccaro sees the return of fans to Madison Square Garden in limitied numbers as the first step on the return to normalcy (NY Post)
- David Lennon doesn’t see any reason for people to oppose the statewide plan to re-open arenas to 10% capacity (Newsday)
- Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from last night’s game against the Bruins (LoHud)
- Media Availability: David Quinn,(4:14) Mika Zibanejad,(1:27) and Adam Fox (1:15) (Official Team Site)
Around the NHL:
- Elliotte Friedman authors another edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
- Adam Gretz reports that Vegas Golden Knights’ forward Tomas Nosek was pulled from Tuesday night’s game against the Anaheim Ducks after his positive COVID-19 test came back in the middle of the game (NBC Sports)
- Ottawa Senators’ general manager shot down rumors that forward Derek Stepan has asked for a trade to an American team in order to be closer to his wife and children (TSN)