Chicago Black Hawks vs. Boston Bruins Live Stream Free: Watch Game 3 of Stanley Cup Finals at TD Garden in Boston at 8:00 PM EST

The Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins will get together at TD Garden in Boston on Monday to play Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals. The teams split the first two games in Chicago. Both games in Chicago were overtime thrillers.

After the  Blackhawks badly outplayed the Bruins in the first period of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals Saturday night, Tyler Seguin of the Bruins got rid of the microphone he had been wearing as part of the TV broadcast. Then he headed back into the dressing room so the team could hash out its problems in peace.

"It was really a mix of everybody saying something," Seguin told nhl.com. "I definitely knew it was coming, so I threw my shoulder pads in the training room and put a towel over it so no one could hear what we were saying. I think we needed that team wake-up call."

The 2010 and '11 Stanley Cup champions were in Boston on Sunday for the third game of the best-of-seven finals on Monday night. Neither team skated on the off-day, instead choosing to conserve their energy after playing 10 periods while trading overtime victories that left the series tied at one game apiece.

Chicago took the first one, winning a triple-OT thriller after 52 extra minutes. Then the Blackhawks started Game 2 by sending 19 shots -- to Boston's four -- at Bruins goalieTuukka Rask in the first period to take a 1-0 lead.

"Not much needed to be said after that first period," said Chris Kelly, who was one of the more vocal players in the dressing room. "I think Tuukka pointed out that was a pretty terrible period by our team. If it wasn't for Tuukka, it would have been a lot worse."

Neither Kelly nor coach Claude Julien nor any of the other Bruins would divulge what was said in the room, according to nhl.com.

But something snapped them out of their funk.

"Claude came in a little bit later, but I think we were all equally upset about that first period," said Daniel Paille, who scored at 13:48 of overtime to end it. "Definitely, Claude let us know and it was a way for us to wake up. And, also, players were keeping each other accountable, too, so it was good."

Whatever was said, the Blackhawks managed only 15 shots over the next two-plus periods to Boston's 24. For the game, the Bruins had 50 hits -- 10 by Milan Lucic -- to 34 for Chicago.

Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said he didn't think the team lost momentum by having an extra day off before Game 1 on Wednesday and Game 2 on Saturday.

"We had a great first period," he said. "We did everything we wanted except get to two (goals)."

The game will be telecast on NBCSN, the National Broadcasting Company Sports Network.

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