East Rutherford, NJ (My Sportsbook) - With the series tied at a game apiece, the scene shifts to the Meadowlands tonight when the New Jersey Devils host the Ottawa Senators in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Ottawa opened the set with a 3-2 overtime victory on Saturday, but New Jersey responded with a convincing 4-1 triumph Tuesday to steal away home-ice advantage. The Devils now return to their own rink, where they are 6-0 this postseason.

In all, the Devils have outscored the opposition by a 17-6 margin at Continental Airlines Arena in the playoffs.

"This team, in the playoffs so far, has really shown up every single game at home, and they do the right things," Devils head coach Pat Burns said. "It's not always easy to do the right things. It's hard, but when you do the right things it's usually because it's right."

On Tuesday in Ottawa, Jay Pandolfo finished with a goal and an assist and Martin Brodeur made 30 saves to spearhead the Devils effort. Tommy Albelin, Jeff Friesen and John Madden also tallied for New Jersey, which ended Ottawa goaltender Patrick Lalime's NHL playoff record streak of allowing two goals or less at 11 games.

Brodeur, who stopped 10 shots in each period, weathered an early power-play storm by the Senators, who went 0-for-4 with the man-advantage in the first period and 0-for-7 in all. Ottawa has yet to score in nine PPs in the series.

And while the Sens were busy firing blanks, New Jersey jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first, which is the exact opposite of what occurred in Game 1. Albelin and Friesen scored in the opening frame, and the club was off and running after having to fight back three days earlier.

In Game 1 the Devils were extremely sloppy and turned the puck over regularly throughout the night. In the second tilt, they were controlled and crisp and took care of the puck.

"It was looking pretty bleak from everybody after we lost the first game," Jersey captain Scott Stevens said after Tuesday's win. "But we felt we wanted to come and get this game tonight. We battled hard and got a big team effort from everyone."

Ottawa, on the other hand, lost for the first time this postseason when scoring a goal, as its three other defeats came via shutout. It was the club's worst setback since a 3-0 decision to the NY Islanders to open the first round The Sens, 4-1 on the road in the playoffs, have done well handling adversity in 2003, and gone 3-0 following a loss in the postseason -- outscoring opponents by a combined 11-4.

This time, however, the Senators may have to bounce back without a key component, as defenseman Wade Redden is questionable after injuring his left knee during a knee-on-knee hit from the Devs' Turner Stevenson in the third period of Game 2. The multi-tooled Redden is among the club's leaders in ice time, averaging over 25 minutes per-game in the postseason.

"I have always talked about it before when you do have some injuries it's opportunities for somebody else to step up," said Ottawa coach Jacques Martin of the possibility that Redden won't play. "I think we have had that through the season and through the years where we have had people go down and somebody else has taken the opportunity and shined."

Shane Hnidy is the team's spare defenseman and would step into the lineup if Redden doesn't dress. Hnidy, who posted eight assists in 67 games during the regular season, has played only once in the playoffs -- the series opener against the Islanders in the first round.

Besides Redden playing, another want for the Senators is to get their big guns going. Neither Daniel Alfredsson, Marian Hossa or Martin Havlat has scored in the series to this point. Havlat notched an assist in Game 1, and Hossa did the same in Game 2.

Game 4 will be played Saturday afternoon at the Meadowlands.