Simon Benoit, the Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman, became the unexpected hero in Game 3 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs ...

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

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

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

Benoit has scored only two goals in 142 regular-season games during his tenure with the Maple Leafs and six throughout his entire career.

Nate Schmidt scores on a slapshot to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead vs. the Lightning. Simon Benoit nets the overtime winner ...

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

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

The Leafs are up three games to none, a feat they last accomplished in 2001, also against Ottawa. Toronto would go on to ...

Benoit scored at 1:19 of the extra period Thursday as Toronto topped the Ottawa Senators 3-2 to take a commanding 3-0 lead in ...

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 ...

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