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Analyzing the Maple Leaf blue line, and if it’s deep enough to compete for a Stanley Cup

For all intents and purposes, Monday’s signing of Simon Benoit all but fortified the Maple Leafs blue line ahead of training camp next month. Is it deep enough, though? Well, at this point, the jury’s still out on that. Following a flurry of acti

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Published: 1 year ago

Leafs' Simon Benoit plays OT hero, puts Senators on the brink: Game 3 takeaways

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

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Benoit's OT goal puts Leafs up 3-0 over Senators

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 and a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Knee Jerk Reaction: Simon Benoit dazzles with overtime winner, Maple Leafs take 3-0 series lead

Sorry, WHO was the overtime hero in Game 3 against the Ottawa Senators? 48 hours after jumping into the rush and setting up Max Domi’s overtime goal for a Toronto Maple Leafs win in Game 2, Simon Benoit did what he frequently jokes that he can’t

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Published: 2 weeks ago

‘Was keeping that one for the playoffs’: Maple Leafs’ Benoit on OT winner

Sportsnet’s Kyle Bukauskas speaks with Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Simon Benoit about scoring his first career playoff goal in overtime of Game 3 against the Ottawa Senators to give his team a 3-0 series lead.

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Maple Leafs take 3-0 lead over Senators in Battle of Ontario

The Maple Leafs are one victory away from another Battle of Ontario triumph — and a trip to the second round of the NHL playoffs.

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Game recap: Simon Benoit loves overtime; Maple Leafs take 3-0 series lead

The Battle of Ontario moves east, and slightly north.

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Benoit scores overtime winner to lift Maple Leafs over Senators in Game 3

The Ottawa Senators‘ backs are officially against the wall. In the first playoff game in the nation’s capital since 2017, the Toronto Maple Leafs ruined the party at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday night, securing a 3-2 overtime victory and a co

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Tkachuk rifles one short side to send Senators fans into a frenzy

Watch as Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk gets the home crowd hyped up, firing a wrister that beats Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Anthony Stolarz for a third-period game-tying goal.

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Matthews buries first of playoffs off nasty touch pass from Marner

Watch as Toronto Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews snaps home his first goal of the playoffs off a nasty touch pass from Mitch Marner, to give his team the lead in the third period of Game 3 against the Ottawa Senators.

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Knies’ fancy feed goes off Pinto’s skate and in for wacky Maple Leafs goal

Watch as the Toronto Maple Leafs get a very fortunate bounce on the power play, as Matthew Knies’ backhand pass goes off the skate of Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto and bounces in for an equalizer.

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Senators’ Kleven leans back for thunderous reverse hit on Lorentz

Watch as Ottawa Senators’ Tyler Kleven leans back to lay a massive reverse hit on Toronto Maple Leafs’ Steven Lorentz behind his own net.

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Rat in a cage: Leafs try to put Sens’ back against the wall in Game 3

The Smashing Pumpkins set up the third installment of this season’s Battle of Ontario as the Maple Leafs look to push the Senators to the brink of elimination as the series shifts back to Ottawa.

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Published: 2 weeks ago