September 03, 2018 12:01 am • Last Updated: September 03, 2018 12:05 am Comment threads are monitored for 48 hours after publication and then closed. STORIES THAT MAY INTEREST YOU History with Maple Leafs could help Bruins snap short playoff slump Boston — The Boston Bruins may have found just the solution to their playoff slump: A first-round matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Bruins haven't lost a playoff series to Toronto since 1959, ... We meet again: Hurricanes and Islanders reunite to open NHL playoffs for 2nd straight year Raleigh, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Islanders are getting another postseason reunion. The teams are meeting in the first round of the NHL playoffs for the second straight season, ... The NBA playoffs are finally here. And as LeBron James says, 'it's a sprint now' There’s a 64-win team in Boston that ran away with the league’s best record. The defending champions in Denver, a group that won 57 games. A fearless young bunch in Oklahoma City, whose No. 1 seed was... Knicks and 76ers got past injuries that could've ruined them. Now they meet in playoffs Greenburgh, N.Y. — Jalen Brunson and his New York teammates refused to let injuries knock them down. Joel Embiid of Philadelphia wouldn't let his keep him down. It was just days apart in January when ...