Boston Bruins at Carolina Hurricanes
Game 3 – 8:00 EDT
REFEREES |
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| Steve Kozari #40 | Kelly Sutherland #11 | |||||
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| Games 18-19 | 74 | 54 | ||||
| Career PO Games | 84 | 162 | ||||
| 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 |
| BOS | 4-2 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 4-3 |
| CAR | 4-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 2-1 |
LINESMEN |
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| Pierre Racicot #65 | Trent Knorr #63 | |||||
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| Games 18-19 | 73 | 74 | ||||
| Career PO Games | 236 | 18 | ||||
| Career RS Games | 1760 | 367 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/12/93 | 11/13/13 | ||||
| Birthplace | Verdun, QC | Powell River, BC | ||||
Refs Kelly Sutherland and Steve Kozari worked both elimination games that saw tonight’s teams move on. They were on the ice for Isles/Canes Game 4 and Blue Jackets/Bruins Game 6 – both games wrapped up their respective series.
Sutherland and Kozari worked Game 1 of the Western Conference Final between the St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks.
The duo were paired up starting in Round 2, where they worked COL/SJS Gm1, STL/DAL Gm3, NYI/CAR Gm4 (CAR W 5-2), and BOS/CBJ Gm6 (BOS W 3-0). Kozari officiated the opening round with Jean Hebert, handling TOR/BOS Gm1, CAR/WSH Gm2 (WSH W 4-3OT), CGY/COL Gm3, STL/WPG Gm5, and SJS/VGK Gm6. Sutherland refereed alongside Chris Lee for Round 1, working STL/WPG Gm1, VGK/SJS Gm2, and TBL/CBJ Gm4.
Sutherland also worked with Wes McCauley for TOR/BOS Gm7 (BOS W 5-1) in Round 1 and COL/SJS Gm7 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 Officials: Gord Dwyer #19, Greg Devorski #54
Series Supervisor: Bill McCreary
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.
