With a five-referee rotation, we’ve got a bit of a shakeup in the pairings for Game 3, with referee Wes McCauley back for Game 3:
Tampa Bay Lightning at Dallas Stars
8:00 PM EDT
REFEREES |
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Wes McCauley #4 |
Dan O’Rourke #9 |
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| Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) | 61 / 17 | 61 / 17 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 1094 / 158 | 1077 / 145 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 1/20/03 | 10/2/99 | ||||
| Birthplace | Georgetown, ON | Calgary, AB | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.4 (3) | 6.0 (22) | ||||
| PP/Gm | 2.9 (27) | 2.9 (24) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 3.4 (36) | 3.5 (33) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 7.9 (36) | 7.9 (35) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 51.0% (4) | 48.0% (18) | ||||
| More Penl on Rd % | -4.0% (40) | 8.0% (21) | ||||
| Home Win % | 40.0% (40) | 54.0% (24) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 25-37 | 33-28 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 26.0% (14) | 18.0% (40) | ||||
| Calls by Period | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 2019-20 | 33% | 44% | 23% | 30% | 36% | 34% |
| Team Records | 19-20 | 18-19 | 17-18 | 19-20 | 18-19 | 17-18 |
| TBL Playoffs |
2-1 4-2 |
5-1 – |
2-1 – |
3-1 1-1 |
4-2 – |
5-0 – |
| DAL Playoffs |
3-1 2-0 |
2-2 – |
2-2 – |
2-2 3-1 |
3-2 – |
3-2 – |
LINESMEN |
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Scott Cherrey #50 |
Matt MacPherson #83 |
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| Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) | 63 / 17 | 64 / 16 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 891 / 105 | 611 / 61 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/6/07 | 10/11/11 | ||||
| Birthplace | Drayton, ON | Antigonish, NS | ||||
McCauley and O’Rourke are working together for the first time since March 8.
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 and referee Francis Charron were paired up beginning with Game 7 between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders, staying together through the Conference Finals.
McCauley (with Charron)
Cup Final: DAL/VGK Gm1 (DAL W 4-1)
Conf. Final: VGK/DAL Gm3 (DAL W 3-2 OT), TBL/NYI Gm4 (TBL W 4-1)
Round 2: PHI/NYI Gm7
McCauley (with Furlatt)
Round 2: NYI/PHI Gm1, TBL/BOS Gm3 (TBL W 7-1), PHI/NYI Gm4
McCauley (with L’Ecuyer)
Round 1: CAR/BOS Gm2, TBL/CBJ Gm3 (TBL W 3-2), PHI/MTL Gm4 , TBL/CBJ Gm4 (TBL W 2-1) (*McCauley/Rehman), NYI/WSH Gm5
Qual: CAR/NYR Gm3, TOR/CBJ Gm3, CBJ/TOR Gm5 (*McCauley/Pollock)
Round-Robin: PHI/BOS, PHI/TBL (TBL L 1-4)
Referee Dan O’Rourke partnered up with Chris Rooney in Round 2 and for the Conference Finals. O’Rourke previously worked with Marc Joannette.
O’Rourke (with Rooney)
Conf. Finals: NYI/TBL Gm1 (TBL W 8-2), VGK/DAL Gm4 (DAL W 2-1), NYI/TBL Gm5 (TBL L 1-2 2OT)
Round 2: DAL/COL Gm2 (DAL W 5-2), VGK/VAN Gm3, DAL/COL Gm5 (DAL L 3-6), VGK/VAN Gm6, VGK/VAN Gm7
Round 1: STL/VAN Gm6
O’Rourke (with Joannette)
Round 1: ARI/COL Gm1, VAN/STL Gm2, DAL/CGY Gm4 (DAL W 5-4 OT)
Qual: ARI/NSH Gm2, EDM/CHI Gm3, VAN/MIN Gm4
Round-Robin: STL/COL
Standby Officials: Steve Kozari #40, Derek Amell #75
The full lineup of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoff Referees and Linesmen, the officials chosen for the Conference Finals and those working the 2020 Stanley Cup Final:
Stats updated for 2019-20 through the end of the regular season; all stats are regular season totals. N
