(Photo: S. Babineau) Thomas will look to make his 21st start this post season a 'W'

BOSTON — Greetings from the ninth-floor here at the TD Garden, as the Bruins host the Vancouver Canucks in Game 3 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals. Puck drop will be shortly after 8:05 p.m. EST.

As expected, it’s Tim Thomas (12-8, 2.27 GAA, .930 SV%, 2 SO) in net for Boston, as versus Roberto Luongo (14-6, 2.16 GAA, .928 SV%, 3 SO) makes his 20th start this post-season for the Canucks.

Bruins lineup below:

Lucic–Krejci–Horton
Marchand–Bergeron–Recchi
Ryder–Kelly–Seguin
Paille–Campbell–Peverley (*Thornton)

Chara–Seidenberg
Ference–Boychuk
Kaberle–McQuaid

Thomas
Rask

*Thornton is on the ice (without a helmet, per usual) and did skate one “shift” in the B’s pre-game warm-up with Campbell and Paille.
8:06 p.m. EST: Thronton is IN….Tyler Seguin healthy scratch