MONTREAL — David Quinn and Kevin Shattenkirk have gone through this before. At the press conference this summer where Quinn was introduced as the new coach of the Rangers, Shattenkirk mentioned that Quinn — who had recruited him to Boston University while he was an assistant coach there — scratched him one game when he was playing in the minor leagues. And, of course, Quinn scratched Shattenkirk in one game this season, too.
So, when Quinn benched Shattenkirk in the third period of Thursday’s 3-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators, it wasn’t anything new. And at practice at the Bell Centre in Montreal Friday, where the Rangers prepared for Saturday’s game against the Canadiens, both men were quick to say Thursday’s game had been addressed and put behind them.