Vegas Golden Knights at Dallas Stars
8:00 PM EDT

REFEREES

Dan O’Rourke #9
Chris Rooney #5
Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) 61 / 15 61 / 16
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1077 / 143 1223 / 126
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
VGK
Playoffs
4-1
2-1
1-3
2-1
1-2
2-2
2-3
2-2
DAL
Playoffs
2-2
2-1
3-2
3-2
3-2
1-2
2-1
5-1
 

LINESMEN

Jonny Murray #95
Brad Kovachik #71
Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) 47 / 15 62 / 14
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1258 / 133 1580 / 166
First NHL Game 10/7/00 10/10/96
Birthplace Beauport, QC Woodstock, ON

 

Vegas has seen plenty of tonight’s refs.  The same crew worked Games 6 and 7 of their series against the Vancouver Canucks.
Refs Dan O’Rourke and Chris Rooney joined forces in Round 2. 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 (DAL W 5-2), VGK/VAN Gm3 (VGK W 3-0), DAL/COL Gm5 (DAL L 3-6), VGK/VAN Gm6 (VGK L 1-2), VGK/VAN Gm7 (VGK W 3-0)

Conf. Finals: NYI/TBL Gm1

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 (DAL W 5-4 OT)

Rooney (with McIsaac)
Round-Robin: VGK/STL (VGK W 6-4), VGK/COL (VGK W 4-3 OT)
Qual: WPG/CGY Gm1, CHI/EDM Gm2, MIN/VAN Gm2
Round 1: 
VAN/STL Gm1, CGY/DAL Gm3 (DAL L 0-2), VGK/CHI Gm4 (VGK L 1-3)

Rooney is the lone American official remaining among the playoff referees and linesmen; the remaining 15 are Canadian.

Standby Officials: Jean Hebert #15, Steve Barton #59

 


 

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.