Patrice Bergeron congratulates Tuukka Rask after his shutout win over the Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Rask made 28 saves on the night, not allowing a single Chicago goal, and put the Bruins two wins away from winning the Stanley Cup.

Patrice Bergeron celebrates with teammates Jaromir Jagr, Torey Krug, and Tyler Seguin after the Bruins 2-0 win over the Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Boston took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series with the win.

Tuukka Rask turns away one last chance by Patrick Kane, as the Bruins held on for a 2-0 victory and took a 2-1 lead in the series.

Brad Marchand and the Blackhawks' Andrew Shaw get in on the action in the final seconds of the period. Both players were assessed fighting majors, but only missed 11 seconds of ice time as the horn sounded to end Game 3.

Zdeno Chara takes down the Blackhawks' Bryan Bickell in the final seconds of the third period. The two would then battle it out on the ice for several moments before the referees could restore order.

Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville tries to motivate his team's offense late in the third period. Chicago was still without a goal with less than two mintues to play in the period.

Tuukka Rask stands tall against the scoring chance by Brandon Saad and all of the other chances by his Blackhawks teammates tonight so far. The Bruins still lead 2-0 heading into the final four minutes of play in the third period.

Tyler Seguin collides with the Blackhawks' Nick Leddy, as the Bruins try to shut down the Blackhawks in the final 10 minutes of the third period of Game 3.

The Blackhawks try to figure out what's going on with their play, as they head into the final 10 minutes of the third period still down 2-0 to the Bruins.

Tuukka Rask fends off another Blackhawks shot in the third period of Game 3. The Bruins have shown strong defensive presence, and their offense has taken advantage of opportunities to lead Chicago 2-0 with 13 minutes left in the period.

Boston Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster was on hand to see the Bruins take on the Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Finals.

Bruins legend Willie O'Ree was at the Garden on Monday night to see Boston take on the Blackhawks in Game 3.

Tyler Seguin comes over to celebrate with Patrice Bergeron after Bergeron's power play goal made it 2-0 Bruins late in the second period. The Bruins would hold the lead and head back to the locker room up by two goals going into the second intermission.

Patrice Bergeron celebrates his powerplay goal off a feed from Jaromir Jagr to give the Bruins a 2-0 lead late in the second period. Jagr and Zdeno Chara assisted on the Bergeron score.

Milan Lucic throws his hands into the air as he sees Patrice Bergeron's second period power play shot beat Corey Crawford to give the Bruins a 2-0 lead.

Daniel Paille was taken down from behind during a Bruins power play by the Blackhawks' Niklas Hjalmarsson, leading to a short 5 on 3 for Boston with 6:10 to go in the second period.

Tuukka Rask blocks away a shot during the middle of the second period, keeping Chicago off the scoreboard and preserving the 1-0 Bruins lead.

Daniel Paille is congratulated by his teammates after scoring the first goal of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals just over two minutes into the second period.

Blackhawks' goalie Corey Crawford and defenceman Michal Rozsival can only watch as Daniel Paille's early second period goal finds the back of the net to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead.

Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville looks on as his team surrenders the first goal of the game to Daniel Paille shortly after the start of the second period.

Daniel Paille breaks the scoreless game just 2:15 into the second period, scoring his fourth goal of the playoffs and his second in as many games. Tyler Seguin and Chris Kelly assisted on the goal that put the Bruins up 1-0.

Chris Kelly and Daniel Paille, the heroes for Boston in Game 2, battle Ben Smith for the puck late in the first period. Neither team could put a tally on the board and the game would stay tied, 0-0, heading into the first intermission.

Brad Marchand looked like he had a shorthanded breakaway late in the first period, but he couldn't control the bouncing puck and failed to get a shot away on Corey Crawford.

Rich Peverley gets three solid shorthanded chances on Crawford during the penalty on Thornton, but can't get the puck past the Chicago netmidner. The game was still tied 0-0 with two minutes to go.

Shawn Thornton, who does not agree with the referee's call that he was roughing Blackhawk Andrew Shaw, skates to the penalty box to serve his two minute minor with 5:45 remaining in the first period.

Blackhawks' center Patrick Sharp takes a shot during a first period power play after Kaspers Daugavins was called for roughing at 9:57. The Bruins would kill off the penalty, their 23rd consecutive penalty kill in the 2013 playoffs.

Patrice Bergeron with an early chance for the Bruins, but Corey Crawford denied the Bruins' center as the game remains tied 0-0 eight minutes into the first period.

Defenceman Torey Krug gets physical with Blackhawks' forward Patrick Sharp early in Game 3.

Rob Rogers, Jenn Rogers, and Jennifer Lemmerman, family of MIT police officer Sean Collier, are given a standing ovation as the Bruins' honorary flag bearers before Game 3. Collier was killed during confrontation with suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing.

The teams line up for the National Anthem, performed by longtime Bruins' Anthem singer Rene Rancourt, who brought the crowd to it's feet with his stirring rendition.

Marian Hossa, one of the Blackhawks' top scoring forwards, was a suprise scratch before Game 3, replaced in the lineup by former BC Eagle Ben Smith.

Milan Lucic warms up before Game 3, hoping to continue his torrid playoff run that saw him score twice in Game 1 of the Finals

A Bruins and a Blackhawks fan, sporting the sweaters of defencemen Zdeno Chara and Duncan Keith, respectively, break down the Finals matchup on the way into Game 3 at the Garden.

After two games in Chicago, the Boston faithful are glad to have their beloved Bruins home for Game 3 of the Finals and are out in full force to show just how loud and energetic the TD Garden can be.

A Bruins fan pays tribute to arguably the greatest defenceman of all time, Bruins legend Bobby Orr, next to his statue outside the TD Garden

Tuukka Rask goes over to stretch near the Blackhawks' Ray Emery and Bryan Bickell during the warm up skate before Game 3.

Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford skates during warm-ups before Game 3, hoping to bring the momentum back to Chicago's side.

Bruins fans are no strangers to New England weather, and they soldier through the flash rain storm on their way to the TD Garden for Game 3.

A Blackhawks and a Bruins fan square off in getting ready to go wild for their favorite teams, with Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals beginning within the hour.

A young Bruins fan is ready to go and cheer the Bruins to victory in Game 3 against the Blackhawks.

Blackhawks fan T.J. Budka shares a moment of sportsmanship before heading into the Garden for Game 3 of the Finals.

Boston is ready for the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals to come home, with people of all ages getting in on the Cup fever, including kids, who played on the "Make Way of Ducklings" sculptures in the Public Garden Monday afternoon before Game 3.