San Jose Sharks at St. Louis Blues – 8:00 EDT

Referees

Dan O’Rourke (#9)

Playoff Gms 2016: 10
RS Games 2015-16: 63
Career Games: 990
First NHL Game: Oct 2 1999
Birthplace: Calgary, AB

	Playoffs	PO Rank	Reg Season	RS Rank
Goals/Gm	5.3	7	5.1	32
PP/Gm	2.7	19	3	28
Penl/Gm	3.6	19	3.8	34
PIM/Gm	7.1	19	9.0	36
% of Penl on Home	48%	11	48%	17
More Penl on Road	6%	9	9%	15
Home Win %	56%	4	54%	22
Home Rec.	5-4		34-29
Games to OT/SO	44%	1	30%	3

Calls by Period	1st	2nd	3rd
Playoffs	30%	48%	22%
Reg Seas.	34%	37%	29%

Team Records	’16 PO	’15-16	’14-15	’13-14
SJS	2-0	1-3	5-1	4-1
STL	0-2	2-1	1-4	2-2

Brad Watson (#23)

Playoff Gms 2016: 10
RS Games 2015-16: 74
Career Games: 1187
First NHL Game: Mar 7 1996
Birthplace: Regina, SK

	Playoffs	PO Rank	Reg Season	RS Rank
Goals/Gm	4.8	15	5.7	4
PP/Gm	3.8	8	3.4	8
Penl/Gm	4.6	12	4.3	10
PIM/Gm	9.9	12	10.2	12
% of Penl on Home	46%	14	47%	29
More Penl on Road	16%	7	13%	6
Home Win %	44%	14	57%	15
Home Rec.	4-5		42-32
Games to OT/SO	22%	11	23%	16

Calls by Period	1st	2nd	3rd
Playoffs	38%	30%	33%
Reg Seas.	33%	40%	28%

Team Records	’16 PO	’15-16	’14-15	’13-14
SJS	2-0	2-1	3-3	3-3
STL	1-0	2-1	5-1	4-2

This is the first game for the pairing of Watson and O’Rourke this postseason. Watson previously worked with Frederick L’Ecuyer (Rd 1) and Steve Kozari (Rd 2), while O’Rourke was paired up with Chris Lee. Watson worked SJS/LAK Game 2 and SJS/NSH Game 1, as well as STL/DAL Game 2. O’Rourke covered SJS/LAK Game 4 and SJS/NSH Game 2, with STL/CHI Game 2 and STL/DAL Game 4.