The Habs were in control of the series, it seemed, heading home up 2-0 in the series. But Boston showed life in Game 3 with a 4-2 victory. Some Bruins fans were calling for the team to bench starting goalie Tim Thomas before Game 3 but he responded with 34 saves, including 14 in the final period. Interestingly, the Bruins, perhaps looking for some motivation, practiced on Tuesday and Wednesday in Lake Placid, N.Y., the site of Team USA’s miracle hockey win over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics.

Habs goalie Carey Price wasn’t the same player in Game 3. He made just 21 saves after stopping 65 of 66 in the Canadiens' two wins at the TD Bank Garden and posting a shutout in last Thursday's series opening 2-0 win. Montreal apparently is going to make one significant lineup change tonight. Center Jeff Halpern has been in the lineup for only four games since March 15 because of injuries. He has been practicing with the team but head coach Jacques Martin decided to give him some extra recovery time because the team was playing well. However after Game 3 Martin apparently saw enough and Halpern is set to play tonight in place of underachieving Benoit Pouliot. Halpern, who might play right wing, is excellent at faceoffs, a stat the Bruins are winning 55.6 percent of the time in this series.

Neither team has been good on the power play in this series. Boston is 0-for-11 with the extra man while the Canadiens have only one goal in 11 power-play chances.

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