NEW YORK -- New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist was on top of his game Tuesday night. But the Boston Bruins' fourth line got the best of him.

The trio of Daniel Paille, Gregory Campbell and Shawn Thornton erased a 1-0 deficit with a pair of goals in the third period to help the Bruins grab a 2-1, Game 3 victory and a commanding 3-0 lead in this best-of-7 Eastern Conference Semifinal.

Boston dominated much of the evening at Madison Square Garden. It outshot New York 25-10 after Taylor Pyatt gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead 3:53 into the second period.

But Lundqvist, who won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender a season ago and is a finalist in 2013, denied the Bruins time and again, including a dazzling glove save on Campbell's slap shot off the left wing midway through the second period.

Among his 32 saves, there was the right-pad save in the first period off Tyler Seguin's breakaway deke. A point-blank stop in close on Jaromir Jagr. A quick toe save off Torey Krug in the second period. And, in perhaps the best stop of the night, a picture-perfect glove save of Gregory Campbell's slap shot from the right wing.

"He's been great every single game," Rangers forward Rick Nash said of Lundqvist. "[He's the] backbone of this team. Can't say enough about him."

For Methot, at least, this is nothing new.

He had the same assignment when he was playing for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League at the 2005 MasterCard Memorial Cup, where the Knights defeated Crosby's Rimouski Oceanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League once in the preliminary round and again in the final.

Methot and defense partner Dan Girardi (now of the New York Rangers) combined with forward Brandon Prust (now of the Montreal Canadiens) to try to blanket Crosby in the tournament. After allowing Crosby to get a goal and an assist in a 4-3 preliminary-round win, the Knights shut out the Oceanic 4-0 in the championship.

The Halifax Mooseheads re-established their offensive identity on Tuesday in round-robin play of the 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup Tournament with a 9-2 victory against the London Knights at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

The triumph comes two days after Halifax suffered a stunning 5-2 loss to the host Saskatoon Blades.

The Mooseheads, now 18-2 in postseason play this year, received goals from six different players while getting a 26-save performance by goalie Zachary Fucale. Detroit Red Wings prospect Martin Frk notched a hat trick, Darcy Ashley scored twice and Stefan Fournier, Brent Andrews, Ryan Falkenham and Luca Ciampini had one goal apiece for the Mooseheads.

Halifax, which finished 2-for-9 on the power play, assured itself of at least a bye into the semifinal round on Friday with the win. If the Portland Winterhawks defeat the Blades on Wednesday in round-robin action, the Mooseheads would automatically advance into the Memorial Cup final on Sunday.

NEW YORK -- The New York Rangers played one defenseman short in the third period of Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.

Anton Stralman

Defense - NYR

GOALS: 0 | ASST: 0 | PTS: 0
SOG: 10 | +/-: 1

Lucic hit Stralman hard and the defenseman's right shoulder and right leg both appeared to slam into the boards. The Swedish native finished the shift but appeared to be slowed by the check. He returned for a shift roughly three minutes later but did not play again after that and finished the game with 12:25 of ice time.

James Neal

Left Wing - PIT

GOALS: 1 | ASST: 2 | PTS: 3
SOG: 17 | +/-: 1

"You can't get frustrated," Neal said after practice Tuesday. "It's fun to be in the playoffs, it's fun to be playing hockey every day, so you've got to enjoy this. If you don't, it all goes fast. I think when you stay upbeat and stay excited and stay happy, goals and points and that kind of stuff will come. With the team being successful, everything's all right."

Pekka Rinne will be on crutches for six weeks after hip surgery, the Nashville Predators goaltender told The Tennessean on Monday.

Rinne is expected to be ready for training camp after having a hip arthroscopy May 8. Recovery time was projected to be four months.

"I'm positive it will be better," Rinne said Monday at Bridgestone Arena. "Right now I'm just happy it's taken care of and hopefully I can return stronger. I'm sure once I get back on the ice, I'll notice the biggest differences."

New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur will join the CBC "Hockey Night in Canada" panel as a guest analyst starting Wednesday, the network announced.

"I am thrilled to join the esteemed team of broadcasters at 'Hockey Night in Canada' and look forward to sharing my insight and perspective with viewers," Brodeur said in a statement.

Brodeur will join Ron MacLean, P.J. Stock, Elliotte Friedman, Glenn Healy, Kevin Weekes and Andi Petrillo in studio between periods of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinal series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators (7 p.m. ET).

CHICAGO -- Joel Quenneville wanted his Chicago Blackhawks to get angrier as the Stanley Cup Playoffs progressed, and now he's got his wish.

The Blackhawks are pretty steamed three games into a heated Western Conference Semifinal series against the rival Detroit Red Wings, but they're also trailing 2-1 after losing 3-1 in Game 3 on Monday.

It was filled with hard hits, post-whistle skirmishes and lots of chirping, particularly between Chicago's Bryan Bickell and Andrew Shaw and Detroit's Daniel Cleary and Brendan Smith. Afterward, some wondered if the Red Wings successfully are throwing off the Blackhawks by getting under their skin.

DETROIT -- Slovakia didn't offer much resistance to Mike Babcock's Canadian team at the 1997 IIHF World Junior Championship in a 7-2 loss in the quarterfinals.

Marian Hossa

Right Wing - CHI

GOALS: 4 | ASST: 3 | PTS: 7
SOG: 27 | +/-: 1

It was a kid from small town in northeastern Slovakia named Marian Hossa.

"Obviously [Hossa] is a real good player. The first time I saw him was in '97 at the World Juniors," Babcock said. "I came back from the World Juniors and I told our GM we needed to get him. We weren't willing to pay the 50 grand to get him. Portland got him and he played there, won the Memorial Cup and beat us."