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(Sports Network) - The Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks both will try to gain the lead in the Stanley Cup Final on Monday, as the clubs battle in Game 3 at TD Garden. Listen to the game live on TSN 1050 and TSN 690, tonight at 8pm et/5pm pt. The Bruins and Blackhawks are tied at 1-1 in this best-of-seven series after splitting a pair of overtime games in Chicago. The Blackhawks won Wednesdays opener 4-3 in triple overtime, but Boston bounced back with a 2-1 OT win in Saturdays Game 2 at United Center. Boston, the Easts fourth seed, is 7-2 as the host team in these playoffs and has won six straight at TD Garden since dropping Game 5 of the first round against Toronto on May 10. The Bruins also get to host Game 4 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Chicago, this years Presidents Trophy winners, has posted a 3-4 record as the guest during this postseason. Boston earned a split in Chicago after Daniel Paille scored at 13:48 of overtime to give the Bruins a 2-1 win on Saturday. A wraparound from behind the Chicago net along the right boards wasnt handled by the Blackhawks Brandon Bollig, and Bostons Adam McQuaid was able to push the puck down to Tyler Seguin. From the mid-boards, Seguin fired the puck over to the slot, where Paille ripped it home into the right corner for the win. Paille also had the assist on Chris Kellys goal that tied the contest in the second period and Tuukka Rask was strong in a sloppy first period for Boston and finished the game with 33 saves. "If you look at our game I thought we werent there at first," said Boston head coach Claude Julien. "We started to get better as the game went on, but Tuukka bailed us out. I told our guys that we have to show up for these games from the start or were going to get into trouble." Rask kept the score at 1-0 in the first period despite his team getting outshot 19-4 in the opening 20 minutes. He has turned aside 92-of-97 shots in the first two games of this series and is boasting a stout .944 save percentage in this years playoffs. "Well, we definitely were in survival mode there for a bit," said Rask. "It looked like they had more guys out there than we did. They were bouncing on every single puck in front of net, had a lot of chances. We definitely played pretty bad." Patrick Sharp scored the only goal on Saturday for the Blackhawks in the first period, and Corey Crawford made 26 stops in the loss. Chicago had won Game 1 by a score of 4-3 in triple-overtime after rallying from a two-goal deficit in the third period, but failed to repeat the magic as the team lost for just the second time at home in 12 playoff games. It was the second straight season that Games 1 and 2 were decided in an extra session, as the Kings took two at New Jersey en route to last years Cup title. "Its like the second period, I thought we lost the pace of the game on that end of the rink," said Chicago head coach Joel Quenneville. "We had the perfect start to the game, then we stopped doing what made us successful. We stood around, they countered." Boston was 0-for-2 on the power play while Chicago went 0-for-3. This series marks the first time Original Six franchises have met in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1979, when Montreal defeated the New York Rangers in five games. This years Cup Finals also is a battle between recent champions. Boston beat Vancouver in 2011 to win the Cup, while Chicago took down Philadelphia the year before to win it all. Boston has won five of its six postseason meetings against Chicago.Salomon Baratas Chinas Online . Houston won 3-0 to advance to face New York in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Last in the game, Di Vaio and Romero got into a shoving match with several Houston players. 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"Im looking up at the board and hes got two hits given up and one run, and Im taking him out after the fourth inning," Roenicke said.OXON HILL, Md. -- Matt Holliday figures to balance the New York Yankees lineup while not adding a lengthy payroll commitment to a team trying to get under the luxury-tax threshold within the next two years.Our preference would be to find someone that would be a short-term contract, that allows us to retain our draft pick, that provides us payroll flexibility as we move forward, doesnt block any kids going forward in the future, and obviously Matt Holliday would qualify under all those circumstances, Cashman said Monday at the winter meetings.Cashman wouldnt confirm Hollidays $13 million, one-year deal, which was reached Sunday and is subject to a successful physical. But he made clear made what is likely to be the teams primary offensive addition. He brings a right-handed bat to a lefty-dominant batting order.We didnt score enough last year, so were trying to improve that, Cashman said. Also, someone that can play a position, more than just DH. Obviously he would be someone that checks all those boxes.Holliday, who turns 37 next month, is likely to be the Yankees primary designated hitter. A seven-time All-Star with a .303 career average, he spent 84 games in left field this year for St. Louis, 10 at first and eight at designated hitter.New York hit .254 with 47 home runs and 193 RBI in 1,680 at-bats against left-handed pitching, struggling as Alex Rodriguez flailed at the plaate before his release in August.dddddddddddd Against righties, the Yankees batted .252 with 136 homers and 454 RBI in 3,778 at-bats.Aaron Judge and Aaron Hicks are set to compete for time in right field, and Greg Bird and Tyler Austin for games at first base.Carlos Beltran, who had been a DH possibility, agreed to a $16 million, one-year contract with Houston.He moved quicker than we had an interest on moving on, Cashman said.Cashman also wants to add to his bullpen. New Yorks bullpen was its strength early last season, but the Yankees dealt Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs and Andrew Miller to Cleveland to restock their farm system with top prospects.Because he Chapman was dealt midseason, New York would not lose a draft pick if it signs himWe have been pursuing Aroldis Chapman. We also have been talking to Kenley Jansen, Cashman said. Our preference is to retain the pick, if possible. It doesnt mean its going to play out that way, but thats our preference.New York figures to let Luis Severino, Adam Warren, Bryan Mitchell, Luis Cessa and Chad Green compete for two rotation spots behind Masahiro Tanaka, CC Sabathia and Michael Pineda.I think its less likely that we wind up with a starter. Its a tough market to be finding one in it, Cashman said. ' ' '