Bruins players receive their share of glory and hero worship. But they know full well that if they ever need any perspective readjustment, nights like Tuesday at the Garden can provide that pretty quickly.

The B’s will be holding their annual Military Appreciation Night during the Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs game and the American-born players pooled over $15,000 to purchase 300 tickets to be distributed to active military members and veterans through various military organizations, including Boston Warriors Hockey, a program that is dedicated to engaging disabled and non-disabled U.S. military veterans in the game of hockey.

Jeremy Swayman grew up with a deep appreciation of what the military has meant to the preservation of this country and the freedoms it protects. He said is grandfather, Bertram Swayman, enlisted in 1942 when he was 18 years old and was part of the 11th wave at D-Day, fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was part of the forces that helped liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.

“I see his medals and his purple hearts and we have his flag in my Dad’s house in Arizona,” said Swayman. “It’s something I’ve always grown up looking up to and really respect. He was serving our country when he was 18 years old and without his sacrifice, I for sure wouldn’t be here, let alone my Dad and our family, so that’s something I really look up to and celebrate.”

Swayman’s grandfather died in 2001 when Jeremy was just a small child but his father, Ken, recorded eight hours of interviews with Bertram about his service overseas before he passed away.

“It was pretty wild. I’ve gotten to watch that and I feel like I know him,” said Swayman.

Matt Eversmann is an Army veteran who survived the harrowing raid on Mogadishu in 1993 that was depicted in the film “Black Hawk Down.” He is a close family friend Andrew Peeke’s fiancee, Ryen Hendricks, and he will be in attendance at the Garden on Tuesday.

“It means a lot to be able to do this,” said Peeke. “These are the people who help protect our country and keep us safe on a daily basis and allow us to play hockey and enjoy our lives. So any time we can give back to past and current members of the military, we want to do to that, without hesitation.”

Making the connection more meaningful, the players and military members and veterans get to meet and converse with the players at a reception.

“I remember last year after the game we had a meet-and-greet and some of them had pins from where they where stations and their specific base, so you get to meet them,” said Peeke. “They respect us for what we do but obviously awesome for us to show that respect to them because it’s a pretty terrifying world sometimes and they’re the ones on the front lines so it’s pretty awesome.”

Swayman finds the meet-and-greets impactful as well.

“It’s really special because they’re in the moment and they’re really grateful to be there,” said Swayman. “I just hope that they feel the same gratitude, respect and love from me and all my teammates because we really wouldn’t be doing what we love without them. Their choice to serve our country is one of the greatest honors, and the highest rewarding job you could have. That’s something that I take really seriously, my family and this team, this country and the state. We respect our veterans and our military in general.”

Added Mark Kastelic: “I’m always very grateful and thankful for everyone who’s served and continues to serve our country. It’s a no-brainer to be able to help out and give them a cool experience (Tuesday) night. It’s just a token of our appreciation, that’s the main thing. It’s pretty cool to be a part of it and be able to do that.”….

Coach Marco Sturm said that Casey Mittelstadt is out “week-to-week” after taking a knee-on-knee accidental hit on Thursday in the B’s overtime win over the Senators. But Sturm said Mittelstadt responded better than anticipated and hopes he can get back on the ice as soon as possible.

Alex Steeves, Mittelstadt’s replacement on the second line, had a solid game in Toronto on Saturday. He created the turnover at the Toronto blue line that led to Viktor Arvidsson’s goal and led the B’s with five hits.

“He was good,” said Sturm. “That’s what I pictured when we called him up, what we need and what we’d get out of him. It’s doesn’t matter which line he’s going to play on, he just plays the right way with a lot energy, a lot of details. He fit right into our group and that line.”…

Charlie McAvoy was back at practice after missing Saturday’s game with a family matter…

After a strong game in his return after being scratched for the previous five, Mason Lohrei remained in the mix in the top six, forming a third pair with Henri Jokiharju while indications are that Jonathan Aspirot will sit.