If you told Toronto Maple Leafs fans their sixth- or seventh-best defenseman would be significantly responsible for two ...

Maple Leafs win second consecutive 3-2 overtime game to take a 3-0 series stranglehold over the Ottawa Senators.

Auston Matthews won a faceoff back to Benoit at the left point, and the defenseman fired a low shot through traffic that beat ...

Simon Benoit nets the overtime winner for the Maple Leafs to give them a 3-0 series lead over the Senators.

The Leafs boast some of the biggest names in hockey, but on Thursday someone new became "the king of Toronto for a night." ...

Benoit’s performance was such that the NHL’s stats keepers took notice: He scored the 10th-fastest overtime goal by a ...

Instead, it was a 26-year-old, third-pair defenseman from Laval, Quebec, who proved to be the difference-maker by beating ...

In the whirlwind of the NHL regular season, it’s easy for players to go unnoticed, even when they’re playing their hearts out ...

Simon Benoit scored on a slap shot from the point at 1:19 of overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 victory over the ...

Auston Matthews won a face-off in the left circle back to Benoit, who one-timed the bouncing puck past Linus Ullmark through traffic. It was his first NHL playoff goal; he has two points in three ...

OTTAWA -- Simon Benoit scored at 1:19 of overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 win against the Ottawa Senators in ...

Simon Benoit was as stunned as you were. The Leafs D-man scored the biggest goal of his hockey career on Thursday, and was a reminder of why we fell in love with the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the first ...