OTTAWA -- Simon Benoit scored at 1:19 of overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 win against the Ottawa Senators in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday. Auston Matthews won a face-off in the left circle back to Benoit, whose slap shot beat Linus Ullmark through traffic.

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators kicked off Game 3 in Ottawa for their first playoff game there since 2017. The Maple Leafs came into the game looking to take a stranglehold on the series,

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