Refs Dan O’Rourke and Chris Rooney are working their first game of the postseason featuring Eastern Conference teams.  The duo most recently worked Game 7 between the Vancouver Canucks and Vegas Golden Knights.

 

New York Islanders at Tampa Bay Lightning
8:00 PM EDT

REFEREES

Dan O’Rourke #9
Chris Rooney #5
Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) 61 / 14 61 / 15
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1077 / 142 1223 / 125
First NHL Game 10/2/99 11/22/00
Birthplace Calgary, AB Boston, MA
Goals/Gm 6.0 (22) 5.7 (36)
PP/Gm 2.9 (24) 3.5 (4)
Penl/Gm 3.5 (33) 4.7 (2)
PIM/Gm 7.9 (35) 11.7 (1)
% of Penl on Home 48.0% (18) 49.0% (9)
More Penl on Rd % 8.0% (21) 3.0% (31)
Home Win % 54.0% (24) 54.0% (24)
Home Rec. 33-28 33-28
OT/SO Games 18.0% (40) 25.0% (16)
Calls by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
2019-20 30% 36% 34% 33% 34% 33%
Team Records 19-20 18-19 17-18 19-20 18-19 17-18
NYI
Playoffs
1-4
0-0
2-3
2-4
3-1
0-0
2-1
2-3
TBL
Playoffs
3-1
0-0
4-2
5-0
1-3
0-0
4-2
6-0
 

LINESMEN

Jonny Murray #95
Brad Kovachik #71
Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) 47 / 14 62 / 13
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1258 / 132 1580 / 165
First NHL Game 10/7/00 10/10/96
Birthplace Beauport, QC Woodstock, ON

 

Refs Dan O’Rourke and Chris Rooney are back from Game 6.  They’ve worked the entire second round together, including Games 2 and 6 of this series. O’Rourke previously worked with Marc Joannette, while Rooney was with Jon McIsaac.

O’Rourke/Rooney
Round 1: STL/VAN Gm6 
Round 2: 
DAL/COL Gm2, VGK/VAN Gm3, DAL/COL Gm5, VGK/VAN Gm6

O’Rourke (with Joannette)
Round-Robin: STL/COL
Qual: ARI/NSH Gm2, EDM/CHI Gm3, VAN/MIN Gm4
Round 1: ARI/COL Gm1, VAN/STL Gm2, DAL/CGY Gm4

Rooney (with McIsaac)
Round-Robin: VGK/STL, VGK/COL
Qual: WPG/CGY Gm1, CHI/EDM Gm2, MIN/VAN Gm2
Round 1:
VAN/STL Gm1, CGY/DAL Gm3, VGK/CHI Gm4

 

Standby Officials: Steve Kozari #40, Scott Cherrey #50
Series Supervisor: TBD

 


 

 

The full lineup of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoff Referees and Linesmen and the officials chosen for the Conference Finals:

NHL Referees and Linesmen for 2020 Stanley Cup Conference Finals

 


Stats updated for 2019-20 through the end of the regular season; all stats are regular season totals. Number in parentheses indicates referee’s rank among active officials.