New York Islanders at Carolina Hurricanes – 7:00 EDT

REFEREES

Steve Kozari #40 Kelly Sutherland #11
Games 18-19 74 54
Career PO Games 81 158
Career RS Games 894 1206
First NHL Game 10/15/05 12/19/00
Birthplace Penticton, BC Richmond, BC
Goals/Gm 6.0 (19) 5.6 (41)
PP/Gm 3.2 (10) 2.7 (36)
Penl/Gm 3.9 (11) 3.2 (37)
PIM/Gm 9.1 (11) 6.9 (42)
% of Penl on Home 47.0% (32) 47.0% (32)
More Penl on Rd % 14.0% (5) 12.0% (9)
Home Win % 55.0% (17) 51.0% (27)
Home Rec. 41-34 28-27
OT/SO Games 11.0% (39) 25.0% (9)
Calls by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
2018-19 28% 39% 33% 36% 36% 28%
Team Records 18-19 17-18 16-17 18-19 17-18 16-17
NYI 2-2 0-5 1-1 1-2 3-0 2-2
CAR 4-1 2-3 2-2 2-2 0-4 2-1

LINESMEN

Jonny Murray #95 Ryan Gibbons #58
Games 18-19 74 73
Career PO Games 113 21
Career RS Games 1213 296
First NHL Game 10/7/00 10/8/15
Birthplace Beauport, QC Vancouver, BC

 

Tonight’s four-man crew of Kozari, Sutherland, Gibbons, and Murray all worked Game 3 between the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars.

Sutherland and Kozari were paired up starting in Round 2, where they worked COL/SJS Gm1 and STL/DAL Gm3.  Kozari officiated the opening round with Jean Hebert, handling TOR/BOS Gm1, CAR/WSH Gm2 (CAR L 4-3 OT), CGY/COL Gm3, STL/WPG Gm5, and SJS/VGK Gm6.  Sutherland refereed alongside Chris Lee, working STL/WPG Gm1, VGK/SJS Gm2, and TBL/CBJ Gm4. He also worked TOR/BOS Gm7 with Wes McCauley. This is the first time referee Kelly Sutherland is seeing the New York Islanders this postseason.

Murray and Gibbons are working their third game together after handling CBJ/BOS Gm1 and STL/DAL Gm3 in the second round. Murray previously worked with Tony Sericolo (CAR/WSH Gm1, TOR/BOS Gm2, NYI/PIT Gm4, STL/WPG Gm5, NSH/DAL Gm6), while Gibbons skated with Steve Miller (VGK/SJS Gm1, VGK/SJS Gm2, WPG/STL Gm3, TBL/CBJ Gm4) for the opening round of the playoffs.

Standby Officials: Chris Rooney #5, Michel Cormier #76
Series Supervisor: Rod Pasma

 


 

Dallas Stars at St. Louis Blues – 9:30 EDT

REFEREES

Francis Charron #6 Dan O’Rourke #9
Games 18-19 74 74
Career PO Games 43 125
Career RS Games 480 1135
First NHL Game 4/5/10 10/2/99
Birthplace Ottawa, ON Calgary, AB
Goals/Gm 5.7 (36) 6.2 (14)
PP/Gm 3.1 (12) 2.9 (20)
Penl/Gm 3.6 (18) 3.6 (18)
PIM/Gm 8.1 (27) 8.9 (13)
% of Penl on Home 47.0% (32) 48.0% (18)
More Penl on Rd % 11.0% (11) 8.0% (17)
Home Win % 49.0% (30) 56.0% (16)
Home Rec. 37-38 42-33
OT/SO Games 23.0% (15) 19.0% (28)
Calls by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
2018-19 31% 39% 30% 26% 42% 32%
Team Records 18-19 17-18 16-17 18-19 17-18 16-17
DAL 4-3 3-2 0-1 3-2 3-2 1-3
STL 5-1 2-3 1-1 2-2 2-3 3-0

LINESMEN

Matt MacPherson #83 Mark Shewchyk #92
Games 18-19 73 73
Career PO Games 41 42
Career RS Games 547 1076
First NHL Game 10/11/11 10/9/03
Birthplace Antigonish, NS Waterdown, ON

 

Charron and O’Rourke were paired up for Round 2, working CBJ/BOS Gm1, CAR/NYI Gm3, and SJS/COL Gm3.  Charron worked Round 1 with Gord Dwyer, handling CBJ/TBL Gm1, WPG/STL Gm3 (STL L 6-3), NYI/PIT Gm4, VGK/SJS Gm5, BOS/TOR Gm6.  O’Rourke skated alongside Tim Peel for DAL/NSH Gm1 (DAL W 3-2), NYI/PIT Gm3, SJS/VGK Gm4, and CAR/WSH Gm5.

MacPherson and Shewchyk have worked together throughout the postseason. In Round 1, the duo handled COL/CGY Gm1, COL/CGY Gm2, NSH/DAL Gm3, WPG/STL Gm6, and CAR/WSH Gm7.  The second round of the playoffs saw MacPherson and Shewchyk handling CBJ/BOS Gm2, NYI/CAR Gm3, and DAL/STL Gm5.

 

Standby Official: Francois St. Laurent #38
Series Supervisor: Kay Whitmore

 


 

 

Full lineup of NHL Referees and Linesmen
working Round 2
 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

 

Stats updated through 4/9/19; all stats are regular season totals. Number in parentheses indicates referee’s rank among active officials.