Playoff stats in orange; based on pairing.

Ottawa Senators at New York Rangers – 7:30 EDT

REFEREES
	Brad Watson (#23)			Brad Meier (#34)
Games 16-17	74 / 8			75 / 7
Career Games	1252			1151
First NHL Game	3/7/96			10/23/99
Birthplace	Regina, SK			Dayton, OH
Goals/Gm	5.6 (11) / 4.9 (16)			5.6 (11) / 3.4 (20)
PP/Gm	3.1 (11) / 3.3 (9)			2.8 (36) / 3.0 (13)
Penl/Gm	4.1 (11) / 4.3 (10)			3.8 (24) / 3.8 (17)
PIM/Gm	9.8 (12) / 9.7 (13)			9.1 (24) / 8.5 (16)
% of Penl on Home	48% (14) / 51% (4)			46% (38) / 53% (3)
More Penl on Rd %	7% (29) / -6% (18)			15% (6) / -11% (19)
Home Win %	57% (28) / 38% (17)			64% (10) / 14% (21)
Home Rec.	42-32 / 3-5			48-27 / 1-6
OT/SO Games	24% (19) / 38% (8)			29% (8) / 29% (12)
Calls by Period	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
2016-17	33%/ 28%	35%/ 50%	32%/ 22%	35%/ 35%	37%/ 35%	28%/ 31%
Team Records	16-17	15-16	14-15	16-17	15-16	14-15
OTT	3-0/ 0-1	3-1	4-1	1-3/ 1-0	0-4	0-4
NYR	2-1/ 0-1	2-2	3-2	3-2/ 0-0	3-2	5-0
LINESMEN
	Scott Cherrey (#50)			Brian Murphy (#93)
Games 16-17	77			77
Career Games	694			1863
First NHL Game	10/6/07			10/7/88
Birthplace	Drayton, ON			Dover, NH

Brad Watson worked Round 1 with Trevor Hanson. The duo officiated OTT/BOS Game 1, MTL/NYR Game 2, CHI/NSH Game 3, ANA/CGY Game 4 and EDM/SJS Game 5.  The latter two were both elimination games.

Referee Brad Meier officiated the opening round alongside Kevin Pollock, working MIN/STL Game 2, EDM/SJS Game 3, OTT/BOS Game 4, and WSH/TOR Game 6.

Watson and Meier were paired up for Round 2, refereeing ANA/EDM Game 1, WSH/PIT Game 3, and STL/NSH Game 5.

Standby: Marc Joannette (#25), Mark Shewchyk (#92)
Series Supervisor: Bill McCreary

Stats listed are for 2016-17 season. Number in parentheses indicates referee’s rank among active officials.