Welcome to the Western Conference, Wes McCauley and Francis Charron!  The duo, who last worked Islanders vs. Flyers Game 7 have headed west to the Edmonton bubble. This is their first playoff game with Western Conference teams.

 

Vegas Golden Knights at Dallas Stars
8:00 PM EDT

REFEREES

Wes McCauley #4
Francis Charron #6
Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) 61 / 14 63 / 13
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1094 / 155 544 / 60
First NHL Game 1/20/03 4/5/10
Birthplace Georgetown, ON Ottawa, ON
Goals/Gm 6.4 (3) 5.7 (36)
PP/Gm 2.9 (27) 3.2 (9)
Penl/Gm 3.4 (36) 4.0 (13)
PIM/Gm 7.9 (36) 9.0 (19)
% of Penl on Home 51.0% (4) 46.0% (34)
More Penl on Rd % -4.0% (40) 16.0% (6)
Home Win % 40.0% (40) 52.0% (29)
Home Rec. 25-37 33-30
OT/SO Games 26.0% (14) 29.0% (9)
Calls by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
2019-20 33% 44% 23% 31% 45% 24%
Team Records 19-20 18-19 17-18 19-20 18-19 17-18
VGK
Playoffs
2-4
0-0
2-1
3-1
2-2
0-0
3-1
2-3
DAL
Playoffs
3-1
0-0
2-2
2-2
2-1
0-0
4-3
3-2
 

LINESMEN

Greg Devorski #54
Matt MacPherson #83
Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) 40 / 13 64 / 13
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1755 / 223 611 / 58
First NHL Game 10/9/93 10/11/11
Birthplace Guelph, ON Antigonish, NS

 

McCauley and Charron were paired up beginning with Game 7 between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders.  They did not work together in the regular season.  This is Wes McCauley’s fifth pairing of the playoffs; he worked with Frederick L’Ecuyer in Round 1 and Eric Furlatt in Round 2, as well as one game each with Kevin Pollock and Kyle Rehman.

McCauley/Charron
Round 2: PHI/NYI Gm7

McCauley (with Furlatt)
Round 2: NYI/PHI Gm1, TBL/BOS Gm3, PHI/NYI Gm4, PHI/NYI Gm7

McCauley (with L’Ecuyer)
Round-Robin: PHI/BOS, PHI/TBL
Qual: CAR/NYR Gm3, TOR/CBJ Gm3, CBJ/TOR Gm5 (*McCauley/Pollock)
Round 1:
CAR/BOS Gm2, TBL/CBJ Gm2, PHI/MTL Gm4 , TBL/CBJ Gm4 (*McCauley/Rehman), NYI/WSH Gm5

Charron was previously working alongside referee Chris Lee for the playoffs.

Charron (with Lee)
Round-Robin:
TBL/BOS 
Qual: FLA/NYI Gm1, MTL/PIT Gm2, TOR/CBJ Gm4
Round 1: CAR/BOS Gm1, CBJ/TBL Gm2, PHI/MTL Gm3, WSH/NYI Gm 4
Round 2: BOS/TBL Gm1, NYI/PHI Gm2, TBL/BOS Gm4, NYI/PHI Gm5

Standby Officials: Kelly Sutherland #11, Kiel Murchison #79

 


 

 

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.