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

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

The Toronto Maple Leafs take a commanding 3-0 series lead as Simon Benoit gets the overtime winner in Game 3 against the ...

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

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 ...

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

In a nail-biting showdown, the Toronto Maple Leafs edged past the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in overtime, propelling them to a commanding 3-0 lead in their first-round NHL playoff series. Simon Benoit's ...

OTTAWA – Simon Benoit wasn’t sure how to react. The Maple Leafs defenceman had just flung a puck on goal through traffic in ...

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 ...

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