Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: TBL 4, NYR 1 (5:07 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: New York’s offensive struggles at even strength continued, the Lightning were opportunistic on offense, and the Eastern Conference Finals have become a best-of-three series (CBS)
• Larry Brooks believes that desperation time as come for the Blueshirts after squandering their 2-0 series lead (NY Post)
• Mark Cannizzaro notes New York’s loss of momentum in a series they once had a stranglehold on as something that could doom their season (NY Post)
• Cannizzaro also details how Mika Zibanejad was largely held on check by Tampa Bay’s second line centered by Anthony Cirelli when matched up directly (NY Post)
• Andrew Gross sees the need for the Rangers to be better than Tampa’s best effort if they want to dethrone the two-time defending champions and advance to the Finals (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his observations from yet another road loss (LoHud)/

Around the NHL:

• The Columbus Blue Jackets agreed to a two year, $8 million contract extension with forward Jack Roslovic (TSN)
• New Jersey Devils’ defenseman P.K Subban was announced as the winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy (Sportsnet)
• Seattle Kraken goaltender Chris Driedger underwent surgery to repair a torn ACL suffered at the IIHF World Championships and will be out 7-9 months (ESPN)/