Bantering Points: 10/20/24

Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

Highlights: NYR 4, TOR 1 (5:02 video via NHL.com)

Game Recap: The Rangers took their tried and true formula of strong goaltending from Igor Shesterkin and offensive firepower from their stars up to Toronto and came away victorious in an Original Six matchup (CBS)

Mollie Walker chatted with Victor Mancini about his homecoming to his home state of Michigan during the Blueshirts' recent stop in Detroit (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson analyzed Peter Laviolette's decision to dress Matt Rempe and Chad Ruhwedel in favor of Jonny Brodzinski and Zac Jones (Newsday)

Stan Fischler makes the case for the time to worry about Mika Zibanejad is not quite yet (The Hockey News)

Around the NHL:

The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Nashville Predators by a 5-2 score, sending Nashville to 0-5-0 after their offseason spending spree (Sportsnet)

George Richards relays injury updates on Matthew Tkachuk and Sasha Barkov, who could both return to action sooner rather than later for the Florida Panthers (NHL.com)