*Assignments subject to change. Referee/linesmen pairings may change for Round 3.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins – 8:00 EDT
Referees
Wes McCauley (#4)
- Playoff Gms 2016: 8
- RS Games 2015-16: 75
- Career Games: 886
- First NHL Game: Jan 20 2003
- Birthplace: Georgetown, ON
| Playoffs | PO Rank |
Reg Season |
RS Rank |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals/Gm | 5.2 | 11 | 5.2 | 29 |
| PP/Gm | 3.1 | 17 | 3.6 | 2 |
| Penl/Gm | 4.7 | 10 | 4.4 | 7 |
| PIM/Gm | 10.5 | 9 | 10.6 | 9 |
| % of Penl on Home | 49% | 9 | 47% | 29 |
| More Penl on Road | 3% | 11 | 11% | 13 |
| Home Win % | 100% | 1 | 59% | 9 |
| Home Rec. | 8-0 | 44-31 | ||
| Games to OT/SO | 0% | 13 | 13% | 40 |
| Calls by Period | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Playoffs | 27% | 43% | 31% |
| Reg Seas. | 33% | 38% | 28% |
| Team Records | ’16 PO | ’15-16 | ’14-15 | ’13-14 |
| TBL | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-4 | 3-1 |
| PIT | 2-0 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 4-0 |
Francis Charron (#6)
- Playoff Gms 2016: 8
- RS Games 2015-16: 75
- Career Games: 300
- First NHL Game: Apr 5 2010
- Birthplace: Ottawa, ON
| Playoffs | PO Rank |
Reg Season |
RS Rank |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals/Gm | 5.2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 |
| PP/Gm | 3.1 | 17 | 3.3 | 14 |
| Penl/Gm | 4.7 | 10 | 4.1 | 17 |
| PIM/Gm | 10.5 | 9 | 9.4 | 28 |
| % of Penl on Home | 49% | 9 | 49% | 8 |
| More Penl on Road | 3% | 11 | 3% | 31 |
| Home Win % | 100% | 1 | 55% | 19 |
| Home Rec. | 8-0 | 41-34 | ||
| Games to OT/SO | 0% | 13 | 17% | 30 |
| Calls by Period | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Playoffs | 27% | 43% | 31% |
| Reg Seas. | 32% | 41% | 27% |
| Team Records | ’16 PO | ’15-16 | ’14-15 | ’13-14 |
| TBL | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 3-2 |
| PIT | 2-0 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 4-0 |
McCauley and Charron have been paired up the entire postseason. This is Charron’s first trip to the Conference Finals. The duo worked Pens/Caps Game 2 and Lightning/Islanders Game 2 in the second round, and handled Game 5 of Rangers/Pens and Game 2 of Lightning/Red Wings in round one.
Linesmen
Jonny Murray (#95)
- Playoff Gms 2016: 7
- RS Games 2015-16: 74
- Career Games: 988
- First NHL Game: Oct 7 2000
- Birthplace: Beauport, QC
Greg Devorski (#54)
- Playoff Gms 2016: 9
- RS Games 2015-16: 66
- Career Games: 1493
- First NHL Game: Oct 9 1993
- Birthplace: Guelph, ON
This is the first playoff game with Murray and Devorski paired up. Murray previously worked with Steve Barton, while Devo was partnered with Derek Nansen.
Standby referee is Dan O’Halloran (#13)
Standby linesman is Derek Amell (#75)
