The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs meet in Game 5 of an Eastern Conference best-of-7, first-round series in the ...

Toronto Maple Leafs' John Tavares (91) skates over the stick of Ottawa Senators' Artem Zub (2), in front of Senators ...

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

As time passed after Simon Benoit's overtime-winner for the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 3 against the Ottawa Senators on ...

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

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

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 ...

Simon Benoit’s journey with the Toronto Maple Leafs has been nothing short of remarkable. After joining the team from the ...

In three of those five games, Berube gave Benoit at least 20:56 of ice time. You can’t chalk that up to the Maple Leafs playing in games where they had nothing at stake. Toronto fought for top ...

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