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    The Boston Bruins will play the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Eastern Conference First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Bruins (47-20-15), who will finish second in the Atlantic Division, will have home-ice advantage in the best-of-7 series. The Maple Leafs (46-25-10) will finish third. The playoffs begin Saturday. Boston and Toronto played four times in the regular season, with the Bruins winning all four. The Bruins won 3-2 in a shootout on Nov. 2, 4-3 in overtime on Dec. 2, 4-1 on March...

  • The Bruins get the Maple Leafs in the first round of the NHL Playoffs

    BOSTON -- The NHL regular season is over for the Bruins and a first-round matchup against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL playoffs awaits. These two teams are very familiar with each other on the postseason stage, though the Leafs would probably like to forget about their most recent matchups.These Original Six rivals have met 16 times on the playoff stage, with each team winning eight of those battles. But the Bruins have taken each of the last six meetings, three of which have come since...

  • The Maple Leafs know they’re playing the Bruins in Round 1. Are they ready?

    SUNRISE, Fla. — Heading into Tuesday’s game between the and , it was hard not to look ahead and see it as a playoff preview. For weeks, the standings didn’t move much, and it felt like the Leafs and Panthers were locked into a first-round matchup. “Both teams know that they’re playing for something bigger that’s coming,” Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said before the game. Advertisement But in a dramatic late-season turn, the Leafs saw their long-presumed first-round opponent doing everything the...