Bantering Points: 5/5/17

For only the third time since 1997, the Rangers have managed to turn a 2-0 series deficit into a 2-2 tie, as the team's victory in Game 4 evened the series up before heading back to Ottawa on Saturday. With New York facing the prospect of having to win at least one game in Ottawa, the time for the NHL's best regular season road team to show up is now. Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 4, OTT 1 (4:51 Video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Oscar Lindberg's two goals assisted by Tanner Glass powered New York past Ottawa to knot the series up at two (CBS)
• Cody Benjamin wonders looking ahead to a Rangers-Penguins Eastern Conference Final is jumping the gun (CBS)
• Sean Hartnett highlights how Mika Zibanejad has been a major player in New York's success this spring (CBS)
• Brett Cyrgalis details how the team's new fourth line of Tanner Glass, Oscar Lindberg, and J.T. Miller has been effective in freeing up the ice for the top nine (NY Post)
• Larry Brooks dissects the symbolism behind Alain Vigneault's usage of Tanner Glass last night (NY Post)
• Justin Tasch hears from Tanner Glass about the trials he overcame this year on his way to becoming an effective playoff performer (NY Daily News)
• Mark Herrmann remarks on the wonderful job Alain Vigneault has done coaching his team over the last two games (Newsday)
• Scott Cullen beaks down how the Rangers' depth has done its job throughout the series against Ottawa (TSN)
• Greg Wyshynski saw Tanner Glass quiet his doubters with a hard-nosed, playoff style performance in Game 4 (Puck Daddy)
• Scott Charles offers his thoughts on last night's 4-1 victory from Madison Square Garden (Blueshirt Bulletin)
• Dave Shapiro evaluated the team's defenseman's playoff performance prior to Game 4 (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Garrett Gartino points out how Mika Zibanejad has outperformed Derick Brassard as of late (Blue Line Station)
• Tyler Kleupfel sings the praises of Ryan McDonagh (Blue Line Station)
• Postgame Notes: Tanner Glass' two assist performance was the first multi-point game of his illustrious playoff career (Official Team Site)
• Postgame Interviews: Alain Vigneault,(2:24) Tanner Glass,(1:14) Michael Grabner,(1:03) Nick Holden,(2:10) Henrik Lundqvist,(2:12) Mats Zuccarello,(1:36) and Oscar Lindberg (1:33) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• A woman at a Pittsburgh Penguins playoff game claims to have been sexually assaulted in the bathroom at PPG Paints Arena (Sportsnet)
• Josh Cooper reports that the Vegas Golden Knights have signed KHL forward Vadim Shipachyov to a two-year, $9 Million contract (Puck Daddy)
• Travis Yost shows how defenseman P.K. Subban has been critical to the Nashville Predators' emergence as a Stanley Cup contender (TSN)
• Jared Clinton lists the top five goalie playoff performances since the turn of the century (The Hockey News)/