Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Chicago Blackhawks face-off for Game 3 of the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final live from the United Center in Chicago.
Tampa Bay looks to take a crucial road game in order to jump out to a 2-1 series lead as the set shifts to Illinois while Chicago hopes to shore up home-ice after stealing it away by splitting the first two contests in Florida.
The Blackhawks took Game 1 of this series 2-1 last Wednesday while the Lightning roared back with a 4-3 triumph in Game 2 on Saturday night.
Game 3 can be live streamed for free here.
Jason Garrison scored what proved to be the game-winning goal on the power play midway through the third period to propel the Lightning on Saturday night in what was his second goal of the playoffs.
Tyler Johnson scored his franchise record 13th goal of the playoffs for Tampa Bay while Cedric Paquette (2) and Nikita Kucherov (10) also lit the lamp.
Rookie Teuvo Teravainen (4) scored his second goal in as many contests with a Game 2 power play tally for Chicago while Andrew Shaw (5) and Brent Seabrook (7) also found the twine in the loss.
The Lightning were coy when it comes to who is playing in between the pipes tonight as Ben Bishop left Game 2 with an undisclosed injury, but participated in the morning skate.
Bishop made 21 saves on 24 shots, but left the ice for an undisclosed reason, leading to rookie Andrei Vasilevskiy playing the final 9:13 and making five saves.
"I don't know who is starting," Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said per NHL.com. "I will find out after this media session. We have two capable goalies and we have 100 percent confidence in who is going to play. That's all I can say. One of them is playing. It's [Vasilevskiy] or [Bishop]. That will be determined tonight."
Bishop is 12-9 in his first career postseason with a 2.20 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage.
The Blackhawks know for sure they'll be suiting up Corey Crawford in the blue paint and they were in no mood to speculate as to who their opponents will dress.
"We can't be concerned about their goalie," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville told NHL.com. "I think it's what we have to do to make it tough on their goalies, is what we talk about. We need more traffic. We need more shots. Whoever is in net, let's get to them."
Crawford is 10-5 in these playoffs with a 2.56 GAA and a .916 save percentage.
Crawford will look to stop a Lightning lineup that is paced by Johnson, who leads the playoffs with his 13 goals and 22 points. Kucherov is second on Tampa Bay with 10 goals and 20 points while Alex Killorn (eight tallies, nine helpers) and Steven Stamkos (10 markers, seven assists) each have 17 points.
The Blackhawks counter with a lineup that has been led by Patrick Kane, who is pointless in the Stanley Cup Final thus far, but has a club-best 10 goals and 20 points this spring. Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith are tied for second on Chicago this season with 19 points apiece.
Toews has nine goals and 10 assists while Keith has found the back of the net twice and added a team-leading 17 helpers.
The Lightning and Blackhawks each look for an edge when the Stanley Cup Final shifts to Chicago for a pivotal Game 3 live from the United Center.
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