National Sports

BOSTON — Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock used the word "opportunity" over and over again when discussing his team's playoff rematch with the Boston Bruins. Toronto wound up missing a big one against its Atlantic Division rival.

BOSTON — The Bruins needed performances from up and down their roster to outlast the Toronto Maples Leafs in yet another seven-game slugfest between the Original Six franchises.

BOSTON — The former men's tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin is set to plead guilty in the college admissions bribery scandal .

DEDHAM, Mass. — A man who pawned rare coins stolen from Rob Gronkowski's home while the now-retired New England Patriots tight end was away to play in the Super Bowl has been placed on two years of probation.

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers have gone south in Toronto. Sixers coach Brett Brown wants the season series to come with an asterisk.

TORONTO — Many NHL players were either not yet born or too young to remember the last time a Canadian team hoisted the Stanley Cup.

Practice makes perfect for Canadian Nicholas Latifi. The 23-year-old Montreal auto racer has started his third Formula 2 campaign impressively with a win and third-place finish from the season-opening event last month in Bahrain.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In San Jose, the game will always be remembered as the Pavelski Payback for the four goals scored on one power play after the Sharks' captain was knocked out cold, turning around a wild Game 7 that finally ended in overtime.

PORTLAND, Ore. — After Damian Lillard hit his walk-off 3-pointer to send the Trail Blazers along in the playoffs, he waved goodbye to the Thunder bench. "That was the last word," he afterward. "That was having the last word.

Tuesday's Games NHL Playoffs First Round Boston 5 Toronto 1 (Boston wins series 4-3) San Jose 5 Vegas 4 (OT) (San Jose wins series 4-3) --- AHL Playoffs First Round (best of five) Hershey 2 Bridgeport 1 (Hershey leads series 2-1) Grand Rapids 6 Chica