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Veteran goaltenders Tuukka Rask (Boston) and Antti Niemi (San Jose) have led their teams onto the ice for warmups and will start tonight.

The Bruins are wearing their alternates tonight.

Bruins start Marchand-Bergeron-Smith, Chara-Hamilton and Rask

First Period, 1:35, 0-0: Antti Niemi stops a Dennis Seidenberg wrister from inside the left faceoff circle. First quality scoring chance for either team.

First Period, 8:37, 0-0: Play is stopped in the Sharks’ zone as the net topples over. The Lucic-Krejci-Griffith line has struggled so far — a couple of turnovers and no shots.

First Period, 13:02, 0-0: Brent Burns has taken a minor penalty for tripping. The Bruins will get their first power play of the night.

First Period, 16:28, 1-1: Brad Marchand took a tripping penalty and the Sharks scored on the ensuing power play. Logan Couture was credited with the goal. Patrick Marleau and Brent Burns picked up assists on the power play goal.

First Period, 16:28, 1-1: Brad Marchand took a tripping penalty and the Sharks scored on the ensuing power play. Logan Couture was credited with the goal. Patrick Marleau and Brent Burns picked up assists on the power play goal.

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First Period, 16:28, 1-1: Brad Marchand took a tripping penalty and the Sharks scored on the ensuing power play. Logan Couture was credited with the goal. Patrick Marleau and Brent Burns picked up assists on the power play goal.

Second Period, 0:01, 1-1: Play has resumed.

Sorry about the lack of replays from the first period. I had some technical issues, but they have been resolved.

Second Period, 6:04, 1-1: Antti Niemi makes a glove save on a shot by Simon Gagne from the right faceoff circle. The Sharks’ goalie has been sharp to start this period.

Second Period, 6:54, 2-1 Boston: Torey Krug has given the Bruins a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal on a booming point shot that hit the post and went into the net. It’s Krug’s second power-play point of the night (he assisted Brad Marchand’s PPG in the first period). Milan Lucic and David Krejci picked up assists.

Second Period, 14:03, 2-1 Boston: The Bruins are controlling play right now. They have spent a ton of time in the attacking zone and have an 11-9 shot advantage this period. A good shift by the fourth line has resulted in an offensive zone faceoff to Antti Niemi’s left.

Brad Marchand went crashing into the boards, but he got up quickly and appears to be fine.

Second Period, 16:52, 3-2 San Jose: Joe Thornton has given the Sharks their first lead with his second goal of the season. He expertly re-directed a shot from linemate Joe Pavelski.

End of Second Period, 3-2 San Jose

Stats
Shots: 24-24
Hits: San Jose 17-12
Faceoffs: 22-22
Power plays: San Jose 1-1. Boston 2-3

Goals
1st Period
Brad Marchand PPG (1), assisted by Torey Krug (2) and Milan Lucic (3)
Logan Couture PPG (2), assisted by Patrick Marleau (4) and Brent Burns (7)
2nd Period
Torey Krug PPG (2), assisted by Milan Lucic (4) and David Krejci (4)
Logan Couture (3), assisted by Patrick Marleau (5) and Tommy Wingels (2)
Joe Thornton (2), assisted by Joe Pavelski (4) and Justin Braun (3)

Third Period, 4:50, 3-3: Seth Griffith has scored his first career NHL goal. The puck was loose in the slot, Griffith took it and fired a wrister past Antti Niemi. David Krejci and Milan Lucic picked up assists on the goal.

Third Period, 10:42, 4-3 Boston: Gregory Campbell has scored his first goal of the season to give the Bruins the lead. He redirected a Paille shot past Antti Niemi.

Third Period, 15:51, 4-3 Boston: The Sharks are going back to the power play. Patrice Bergeron has taken a double-minor for high sticking. Boston will be short-handed for four minutes.

Third Period, 17:52, 4-3 Boston: The Bruins have survived the first two minutes of the double-minor.

Third Period, 19:36, 5-3 Boston: David Krejci scores an empty-net goal and the Bruins will win.

BOSTON — The Bruins dominated the Western Conference last season with an 18-4-6 record, which included an 11-3-0 mark against the Pacific Division.

Boston will play its first game against a Pacific Division opponent Tuesday night when it welcomes Joe Thornton and the San Jose Sharks to the TD Garden.

The B’s won both games against the Sharks last season. David Krejci’s buzzer-beating goal was the difference in the game played in Boston back in October of 2013. The Bruins are 0-1-0 against the West in 2014-15 following a 2-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Oct. 13.

Stay tuned to NESN.com’s Bruins-Sharks live blog for score updates, injury news, analysis and highlights.

Here are the projected lineups for both teams. Boston’s Tuukka Rask and San Jose’s Antti Niemi are expected to start in net.

BOSTON BRUINS (3-4-0, 5th in Atlantic)

Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Seth Griffith
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Reilly Smith
Chris Kelly-Carl Soderberg-Loui Eriksson
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Simon Gagne
Extra: Matt Fraser

Zdeno Chara-Dougie Hamilton
Dennis Seidenberg-Torey Krug
Matt Bartkowski-Adam McQuaid

Tuukka Rask

SAN JOSE SHARKS (4-1-1, 3rd in Pacific)

Matthew Nieto-Joe Thornton-Joe Pavelski
Patrick Marleau-Logan Couture-Tommy Wingels
Tomas Hertl-James Sheppard-Andrew Desjardins
John Scott-Adam Burish-Eriah Hayes

Marc-Edouard Vlasic-Justin Braun
Matt Irwin-Brent Burns
Jason Demers-Scott Hannan

Antti Niemi

Third Period, 12:47, 4-3 Boston: The Bruins’ second line still is struggling tonight: