Bantering Points: 1/19/25

Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

Highlights: NYR 1*, CBJ 0 (5:05 video via NHL.com)

Game Recap: It took more than 65 minutes for either team to put a puck in the back of the net, and Vincent Trocheck buried the shootout winner to earn the Blueshirts a key victory in the wild card race (CBS)

Dan Martin points to the Herculean effort Igor Shesterkin put forth on Saturday to get the Rangers a much-needed win (NY Post)

Denis Gorman notes that following a wretched December, New York knew it needed to kick things up a notch in January (Newsday)

Robert Aitken Jr. offers his takeaways from the Blueshirts' shootout victory over the Blue Jackets (LoHud)

Stan Fischler examines the state of the Rangers with renewed playoff hopes (The Hockey News)

Remy Mastey discusses the recent offensive outburst out of Sam Carrick as New York continues its ascent back up the standings (The Hockey News)

Around the NHL:

New York Islanders forward Maxim Tsyplakov received a three-game suspension for an illegal hit to the head during Thursday's game against Philadelphia (TSN)

Justin Arenburg lists seven teams to keep an eye on as the trade deadline approaches (Sportsnet)

Jacob Punturi reports that beginning January 30th, the NHL will stop holding a portion of player checks in escrow for the remainder of the 2024-25 campaign (Sports Illustrated)