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 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 ...

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 ...

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

Simon Benoit was as stunned as you were. The Leafs D-man scored the biggest goal of his hockey career on Thursday, and was a reminder of why we fell in love with the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the first ...