Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 2, CAR 1 (4:57 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: In a battle of quality vs quantity, the Blueshirts made the most of their few and far between opportunities to rebound from Tuesday night’s home defeat with a road victory (CBS)
• Mollie Walker discusses New York’s win over Carolina and what a victory like that means in a matchup that could happen down the road in the playoffs (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson points to the fourth line trio of Barclay Goodrow, Jimmy Vesey, and Tyler Motte as one of the key’s to New York’s strong post-deadline play (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from the Rangers’ win in Raleigh (LoHud)
• Matt Grazel gives three points he took from the Blueshirts’ recent home stand (The Hockey Writers)/

Around the NHL:

• Former Rangers and current Florida Panthers’ skaters Eric Staal and Marc Staal refused to wear a Pride jersey in warmups for the team’s Pride Night, citing their beliefs as Christians as the reason behind their inability to wear the jerseys in good conscience (Sportsnet)
• Walt Ruff reports that with Florida’s regulation loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs last night, the Hurricanes became the second team to clinch a spot in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs (Official Team Site)
• The Vancouver Canucks agreed to a two year, two way contract extension with defenseman Christian Wolanin (TSN)/