Simon Benoit stuns the crowd in Ottawa, Leafs win Game 3 in OT

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an updated version of an earlier article, published as events occurred during this evening's game.

SIMON BENOIT! The gritty blueliner wins Game 3 in Overtime for the Toronto Maple Leafs:

Read below for our earlier reports on this game, published as events occurred.

UPDATE: Aaaaaaand... he's back. No worse for wear, apparently.

Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk has left tonight's game with an apparent hip injury.

Tkachuk took a hit from Morgan Rielly and looked to injure his hip.

Check it out:

Standby for an update on his status.

Read below for our earlier reports on this game, published as events occurred.

The puck has dropped on Game 3 of the opening round playoff series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Ottawa Senators and... surprise, surprise... tempers are flaring early. 

The two teams have been at each others' throats since the moment the puck dropped with plenty of rough stuff in between the whistles.

Factoring into things, of course, is Sens captain Brady Tkachuk. The fiery Tkachuk seems to find himself in the middle of seemingly every physical exchange but it was drawing of a penalty that has generated the most attention so far this evening.

Check out Tkachuk taking a 10/10 dive in front of the Leafs' net after receiving a hook from Leafs forward John Tavares:

Now, don't get me wrong...

Is it a hook? Absolutely.

But does Brady have to whip his head back like he just got rear ended in traffic?

C'mon...

Two for hooking, two for the dive... that's what I would have liked to see.

Thoughts, Sens fans?