The NHL has announced the 8 referees and 8 linesmen working the 2019 Conference Finals.  Here’s tonight’s crew:

 

San Jose Sharks at St. Louis Blues
Game 1 – 8:00 EDT

REFEREES
Steve Kozari #40 Kelly Sutherland #11
Games 18-19 74 54
Career PO Games 83 161
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
SJS 0-4 3-2 3-1 2-3 2-2 0-3
STL 3-1 3-1 4-2 1-2 2-3 3-0

LINESMEN
Pierre Racicot #65 Trent Knorr #63
Games 18-19 73 74
Career PO Games 235 17
Career RS Games 1760 367
First NHL Game 10/12/93 11/13/13
Birthplace Verdun, QC Powell River, BC

 

Sutherland and Kozari were paired up starting in Round 2, where they worked COL/SJS Gm1 (SJS W 5-2), STL/DAL Gm3 (STL W 4-3), NYI/CAR Gm4, and BOS/CBJ Gm6.   Kozari officiated the opening round with Jean Hebert, handling TOR/BOS Gm1, CAR/WSH Gm2, CGY/COL Gm3, STL/WPG Gm5 (STL W 3-2), and SJS/VGK Gm6 (SJS W 2-1).  Sutherland refereed alongside Chris Lee for Round 1, working STL/WPG Gm1 (STL W 2-1), VGK/SJS Gm2 (VGK W 5-3), and TBL/CBJ Gm4.

Sutherland also worked with Wes McCauley for TOR/BOS Gm7 in Round 1 and COL/SJS Gm7 (SJS W 3-2) in Round 2.

Racicot and Knorr have worked the entire postseason together. In Round 1, they covered CBJ/TBL Gm1, CBJ/TBL Gm2, NYI/PIT Gm3, WSH/CAR Gm4, and BOS/CBJ Gm6.

 

Standby Official: Tim Peel #20, Ryan Gibbons #58
Series Supervisor: Kay Whitmore

 

 

Full lineup of NHL Referees and Linesmen
working the Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals.

 

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