For the first time since May 14, 2014, the Bruins will have a loud and boisterous TD Garden crowd behind them. With the series tied at 1-1, stakes are pretty high for an important Game 3 as the series shifts from the Canadian capital to Causeway Street.

Although the Bruins have their share of injuries with at least three of their top six blue-liners out for Game 3 in Adam McQuaid, Torey Krug and Brandon Carlo, some good news may be on the horizon for interim coach Bruce Cassidy and company. Both David Krejci (upper body) and Colin Miller (lower body) are game-time decisions, while Noel Acciari (upper body) will likely return to the lineup after missing the first two games of the series up in Ottawa.

The Senators have also had their share of injuries prior to the playoffs. Though they did get a healthy Marc Methot back in the lineup in Game 2, Mark Borowiecki, who delivered a knee on knee hit on Miller that forced him to miss Saturday’s contest, is out due to a lower body injury and is day to day.

A few potential playoff newcomers could make their debut tonight as Tommy Cross, Matt Grzeclyk and Ben Harpur were recalled from the American Hockey League.

Both games have been tightly contested, one-goal contests. Both teams have blown a lead after two periods of play. We’ll see if those trends continue on Patriot’s Day for Game 3.

Gametime: 7:00 pm
TV/Radio: NESN, CNBC (out of market)/98.5 The Sports Hub
Series: Tied 1-1
Location: TD Garden

Bruins projected lines

Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-David Pastrnak
Drew Stafford-David Krejci-David Backes
Riley Nash-Dominic Moore-Noel Acciari
Frank Vatrano-Ryan Spooner-Matt Beleskey

Zdeno Chara-Charlie McAvoy
Joe Morrow-Kevan Miller
John-Michael Liles-Tommy Cross

Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin

Senators projected lines

Mike Hoffman-Jean-Gabriel Pageau-Mark Stone
Clarke MacArthur-Kyle Turris-Bobby Ryan
Alex Burrows-Derick Brassard-Viktor Stalberg
Tom Pyatt-Zack Smith-Tommy Wingels

Marc Methot-Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf-Codi Ceci
Ben Harpur-Chris Wideman

Craig Anderson
Mike Condon

Tonight’s storylines

– With the Bruins defense reeling from yet another injury in Game 2, the Senators went to their offensive blueprint during the third period. Though they were towards the bottom of the league in goals scored during the regular season, the Sens offense did do one thing well – get pucks to the front of the net. Having Erik Karlsson directing traffic at the point is one of the main reasons, but from the likes of Bobby Ryan to Mike Hoffman and Mark Stone, Ottawa’s forwards have done a good job creating traffic in front of the opposing goaltenders. With or without a healthy defensive corps, Zdeno Chara, Charlie McAvoy and company are going to need to clean up in their own end in Game 3.

– In seven periods of hockey, the Bruins have shown the ability to get pucks in deep and peg the Sens in their offensive end for a good chunk of the nearly 122 minutes played in the series. Though they did go an entire 20 minutes without a shot on goal in Game 1, they have been able to find holes in Guy Boucher’s 1-3-1 system since then. With Krejci potentially returning, the Bruins could finally have a well-rounded lineup in Game 3. Cassidy and the coaching staff can only benefit from that, even if their second line center isn’t 100 percent at this point of the season.