Leafs Seal 3-0 Series Lead in Overtime Victory

April 24, 2025, 10:20 pm

Multiple reports detail the Maple Leafs’ dramatic overtime surge that pushed them to a 3-0 series lead against the Senators in a high-stakes playoff showdown. Key plays, including Benoit’s heroics, left the Senators reeling as their playoff dreams slipped further away.

ottawacitizen.com / Senators goalie Linus Ullmark better, but still not the difference in Game 3

Senators netminder suffered his sixth straight playoff defeat dating back to 2023

cp24.com/ / 'Sense of excitement' after Leafs take 3-0 series lead over Senators - CP24

'Sense of excitement' after Leafs take 3-0 series lead over Senators CP24

torontosun.com / LEAF TAKEAWAYS: Two vastly different Maple Leafs combine for big win in Ottawa

It's Toronto’s first 3-0 series lead since sweeping the Senators in 2001

citynews.ca / Leafs’ unlikely hero Simon Benoit scores biggest goal of his life

Simon Benoit was as stunned as you were. It’s hard to act like you’ve been there before when you haven’t. So, when the Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman uncorked a blistering point shot off another successful offensive-zone faceoff and saw his missile zip through converging traffic and bulge...

winnipegfreepress.com / Maple Leafs aim to clinch series win over the Senators

globalnews.ca / Leafs down Sens in OT take 3-0 series lead

Simon Benoit wasn't sure how to react.

torontosun.com / Marlies lose playoff opener in overtime in Cleveland

The Maple Leafs’ overtime heroics didn’t extend to their farm team on Thursday night. As the Leafs were winning Game 3 against Ottawa on an OT goal by Simon Benoit, the Toronto Marlies fell 4-3 in overtime in their playoff opener against the Cleveland Monsters. The Marlies trail the...

torontosun.com / 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. After Matthews and Tkachuk exchanged third period goals on Thursday — Tkachuk’s...

ottawacitizen.com / Leafs spoil Senators playoff homecoming party with another overtime gutting

The Senators' dream of making the playoffs has turned into one of their worst nightmares

globalnews.ca / Leafs down Sens in OT take 3-0 series lead

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

winnipegfreepress.com / Benoit scores in OT, Leafs take 3-0 lead in Battle of Ontario

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