“I think it will absolutely help us with confidence,” Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy said. “For the stakes at the end of the year and moving forward, we have that in our head like, ’Hey boys, we’ve done it before, we’ve been there before, we’ve done it.’ We can have that real belief.”

The game turned out to be a possible confidence builder, but it did not start that way.

Boston fell into the 3-0 deficit in the first period and climbed out of it with three goals in the third, including Pavel Zacha’s tally with 11 seconds remaining in regulation. The win was just the Bruins’ second this season when trailing after two periods (2-20-1).

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“An eye-opener,” Sturm said of the slow start. “[Saturday’s 6-3 win over the Wild] was probably one of our best, most complete games, and the guys thought it would be easy or maybe the same. But it isn’t. [Columbus] came out on fire.”

David Pastrnak had the longest active point streak in the league snapped at 12 games (seven goals, 13 assists) during Sunday’s comeback win.

The puck will drop at 7 p.m. on the Garden ice. Here’s the preview:

When: Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Where: TD Garden, Boston

TV, radio: NESN+, WBZ-FM 98.5

Line: Dallas -125. O/U: 6.0.

STARS

Season record: 44-18-12. vs. spread: 29-45. Over/under: 36-37, 1 push

Last 10 games: 4-4-2. vs. spread: 3-7. Over/under: 4-6

BRUINS

Season record: 42-24-8. vs. spread: 48-26. Over/under: 41-32, 1 push

Last 10 games: 6-2-2. vs. spread: 8-2. Over/under: 6-4

TEAM STATISTICS

Goals scored: Dallas 247, Boston 246

Goals allowed: Dallas 199, Boston 227

Power play: Dallas 28.8%, Boston 23.8%

Penalty minutes: Dallas 619, Boston 936

Penalty kill: Dallas 80.9%, Boston 76.4%

Faceoffs won: Dallas 51.9%, Boston 52.5%

Stat of the day: Jeremy Swayman owns a sterling 8-2-1 record in March.

Notes: Dallas (44-18-12, 100 points) is one of just two teams — both in the Central Division — with its playoff berth sealed … The Stars hit the century mark in points in a 2-1 overtime loss to the desperate Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday. “One hundred points is not something you take lightly in the league,” said Stars coach Glen Gulutzan … Gulutzan’s team is in the midst of a 4-4-2 stretch and became even worse on the injury front when top-line winger Michael Bunting (lower-body injury) exited during Sunday’s game. Fellow forwards Nathan Bastian and Sam Steel were injured in the previous two contests, while forwards Radek Faksa and Tyler Seguin are on injured reserve … In the teams’ previous meeting on Jan. 20, Dallas scored twice in each period and led 6-0 on the way to a 6-2 home win.

Cam Kerry can be reached at cam.kerry@globe.com.