The Rangers’ early season struggles continued last night, as they were unable to solve Blues goaltender Carter Hutton en route to a 3-1 loss. Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: STL 3, NYR 1 (4:16 video via NHL.com)
• Steve Zipay recaps last night’s defeat against St. Louis (Newsday)
• Larry Brooks relays word of how Filip Chytil managed to stick around in North America for the time being rather than get sent to the Czech Republic (NY Post)
• Great minds think alike regarding what the Vegas Golden Knights should do with forward Vadim Shipachyov (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Garrett Gartino suggests keeping an eye on Kevin Hayes’ usage throughout the season (Blue Line Station)
• Frank Curto argues that Alain Vigneault’s lineup changes, the one that resulted in Tony DeAngelo in the press box while Steven Kampfer skating a regular shift, were necessary (Elite Sports NY)
• Postgame Notes: The Rangers are 0-3 when Kevin Shattenkirk records a point, so maybe New York’s highest paid defenseman should focus more on defense (Official Team Site)
• Media Availability: Alain Vigneault,(2:54) Ryan McDonagh,(1:57) Henrik Lundqvist,(3:12) and Rick Nash,(1:08) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Mike Johnston reports that the Carolina Hurricanes attracted less than 8,000 fans to their second home game of the season (Sportsnet)
• Travis Yost breaks down what was an opening week to the NHL season unlike anything the league has seen recently (TSN)
• Joseph Nocco passes along the emotional speech Vegas Golden Knights’ defenseman Deryk Engelland gave to the Sin City faithful ahead of the franchise’s home opener (FanRag)
• James O’Brien saw that Matt Duchene didn’t take offense from Peter Forsberg’s comments on what the Colorado Avalanche should do with him (NBC Sports)
• Ryan Lambert examines a handful NCAA goalies to determine who will be the top goalie in the nation (Puck Daddy)/