St. Louis Blues at San Jose Sharks – 8:00 EDT
Referees
Eric Furlatt (#27)
- Playoff Gms 2016: 8
- RS Games 2015-16: 75
- Career Games: 1026
- First NHL Game: Oct 8 2001
- Birthplace: Trois-Rivieres, QC
| Playoffs | PO Rank |
Reg Season |
RS Rank |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals/Gm | 5.3 | 8 | 5 | 37 |
| PP/Gm | 4.4 | 3 | 3.3 | 14 |
| Penl/Gm | 5.3 | 6 | 4.2 | 13 |
| PIM/Gm | 12.5 | 6 | 9.9 | 17 |
| % of Penl on Home | 44% | 15 | 47% | 29 |
| More Penl on Road | 27% | 5 | 13% | 6 |
| Home Win % | 50% | 6 | 51% | 31 |
| Home Rec. | 4-4 | 38-37 | ||
| Games to OT/SO | 25% | 6 | 15% | 36 |
| Calls by Period | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Playoffs | 30% | 30% | 39% |
| Reg Seas. | 31% | 39% | 30% |
| Team Records | ’16 PO | ’15-16 | ’14-15 | ’13-14 |
| STL | 2-0 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 4-2 |
| SJS | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 3-0 |
Kelly Sutherland (#11)
- Playoff Gms 2016: 9
- RS Games 2015-16: 75
- Career Games: 1016
- First NHL Game: Dec 19 2000
- Birthplace: Richmond, BC
| Playoffs | PO Rank |
Reg Season |
RS Rank |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals/Gm | 5.2 | 11 | 5.3 | 26 |
| PP/Gm | 3.2 | 16 | 2.8 | 35 |
| Penl/Gm | 4.2 | 15 | 3.9 | 33 |
| PIM/Gm | 8.6 | 16 | 9.6 | 23 |
| % of Penl on Home | 47% | 13 | 49% | 8 |
| More Penl on Road | 11% | 8 | 4% | 29 |
| Home Win % | 44% | 13 | 56% | 16 |
| Home Rec. | 4-5 | 42-33 | ||
| Games to OT/SO | 22% | 10 | 23% | 16 |
| Calls by Period | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Playoffs | 41% | 38% | 21% |
| Reg Seas. | 33% | 41% | 25% |
| Team Records | ’16 PO | ’15-16 | ’14-15 | ’13-14 |
| STL | 0-2 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 1-1 |
| SJS | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2-5 |
This is the first game for the pairing of Sutherland and Furlatt. Sutherland worked with Dave Jackson in the first round and Jean Hebert in the second. Furlatt was previously paired with referee Gord Dwyer, who’ll get a new partner for the conference finals. (Our guess: Dan O’Halloran)
Linesmen
Derek Amell (#75)
- Playoff Gms 2016: 8
- RS Games 2015-16: 73
- Career Games: 1221
- First NHL Game: Oct 11 1997
- Birthplace: Port Colborne, ON
Pierre Racicot (#65)
- Playoff Gms 2016: 8
- RS Games 2015-16: 74
- Career Games: 1536
- First NHL Game: Oct 12 1993
- Birthplace: Verdun, QC
Standby referee is Francis Charron (#6)
