Benoit scores in OT to give the Maple Leafs a 3-2 win over the Senators and a 3-0 series lead

The Leafs Are In Uncharted Territory

Let someone else be the one to parse out Shedeur Sanders Agonistes. Meanwhile, on the internet's version of Page 8, there is the news that the Toronto Maple Leafs have now played three full playoff games and haven't lost one yet. Nothing raises suspicion quite like a perennial un-winner suddenly seeming to reconstruct its historical effluent, and while it's way early, these are still the Leafs. They are to be trusted with good fortune the way Pe…

"It's disheartening": Senators' Travis Green makes feelings known after about being on brink to playoff elimination after Game 3 loss

Travis Green's Ottawa Senators are facing elimination after a tough 3-2 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 3 on Wednesday night.

Leafs down Sens in OT take 3-0 series lead

Simon Benoit wasn't sure how to react.

Leafs beat Senators in OT for second-straight game to take 3-0 series lead

Simon Benoit’s heroics have Toronto a win away from a sweep and Ottawa on the brink of elimination from the NHL playoffs

Benoit plays OT hero as Maple Leafs take 3-0 series lead on Senators

From Mats Sundin against Daniel Alfredsson in the early 2000s to Auston Matthews versus Brady Tkachuk a quarter-century later, the captains are once again becoming the story in this version of the Battle of Ontario.

Leafs vs. Senators: Toronto eyes sweep after Simon Benoit’s OT winner in Game 3

Matthew Knies and Auston Matthews also beat Linus Ullmark in Ottawa’s first home playoff game since 2017.