Early in the third, team captains Auston Matthews and Brady Tkachuk exchanged goals to give the Leafs a 2-1 lead and the Senators the game-tying goal, respectively. Just 1:19 into overtime, defenseman Simon Benoit fired a slap shot past Ullmark to win it for Toronto and put the Senators on the verge of elimination.

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.

Senators captain to get 1st postseason taste after Matthew won Stanley Cup with Panthers last season Steve Staios noticed the change early, when Brady Tkachuk arrived at training camp, three days after his 25th birthday,