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

Wes McCauley #4
Dan O’Rourke #9
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

Scott Cherrey #50
Matt MacPherson #83
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:

NHL Names 2020 Stanley Cup Final Referees and Linesmen


Stats updated for 2019-20 through the end of the regular season; all stats are regular season totals. N