Rangers News:

Game Recap: A battle of the titans at Madison Square Garden saw the 31st place Ottawa Senators skate circles around the Rangers and run them out of their own building (CBS)
Former general manager and current team president Glen Sather is expected to step away from his duties with the team in the near future, as per Bob McKenzie (TSN)
Larry Brooks details how Mika Zibanejad became the latest recipient of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award (NY Post)
Rick Carpiniello offer$ hi$ thought$ on la$t night’$ pre-game ceremony and what it meant for Zibanejad to be honored (The Athletic)
Dave Shapiro ponders what Pavel Buchnevich’s next contract will look like and why player and team should look to swing a long term deal (Blue Seat Blogs)
Steve Paulus examines how the draft picks currently owed to New York can shake out as the playoffs draw closer (Blue Line Station)
Paulus also explained why last night’s game against the Senators was a must-win game prior to the opening puck drop (Blue Line Station)
Postgame Notes: Masterton trophy nominee Brendan Smith recorded the first shorthanded point of his career on Lias Andersson’s goal (Official Team Site)

Around the NHL:

Adam Gretz relays word that the NHL and its Players Association have agreed to continue the league’s asinine divisional playoff format for one more year, setting up for a much-needed change when the Seattle franchise begins play in 2020-21 (NBC Sports)
Eric Engels notes that in spite of criticism from certain circles in the hockey community, forward Nate Thompson has been a solid acquisition for the Montreal Canadiens (Sportsnet)
Posting numbers that haven’t been seen since the league was newly emerged from their year long lockout has made Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov the Hart Trophy favorite (TSN)
Steven Ellis lists the players to record the most shots in a single season without finding the back of the net (The Hockey News)
Cara Bahniuk saw that former Boston Bruins’ forward Craig Cunningham returned to the ice yesterday, posting a video of himself skating with a custom prosthetic leg with a blade on the bottom (Russian Machine Never Breaks)