Rangers defenseman Marc Staal skates against the Bruins at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27. Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
Coach David Quinn stuck with the same lineup for the third straight game, which meant veteran defenseman Marc Staal, an alternate captain and the team’s second-longest tenured player, was a healthy scratch for the third straight game.
Quinn said at Monday’s morning skate, though, that Staal, 32, soon will be returning to the lineup.
“He's going to get in,’’ Quinn said. “We need him . . . Circumstances haven't allowed him to get back in, [but] the plan wasn't to have him sit three, that's for sure.