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.


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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