Referees Wes McCauley and Kelly Sutherland get the call for Game Six!
Tampa Bay Lightning at Dallas Stars
8:00 PM EDT
REFEREES |
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Wes McCauley #4 |
Kelly Sutherland #11 |
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| Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) | 61 / 19 | 62 / 20 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 1094 / 160 | 1269 / 187 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 1/20/03 | 12/19/00 | ||||
| Birthplace | Georgetown, ON | Richmond, BC | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.4 (3) | 5.9 (28) | ||||
| PP/Gm | 2.9 (27) | 2.7 (38) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 3.4 (36) | 3.4 (37) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 7.9 (36) | 7.4 (38) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 51.0% (4) | 50.0% (5) | ||||
| More Penl on Rd % | -4.0% (40) | 2.0% (36) | ||||
| Home Win % | 40.0% (40) | 63.0% (3) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 25-37 | 39-23 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 26.0% (14) | 26.0% (14) | ||||
| Calls by Period | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 2019-20 | 33% | 44% | 23% | 25% | 42% | 33% |
| Team Records | 19-20 | 18-19 | 17-18 | 19-20 | 18-19 | 17-18 |
| TBL Playoffs |
2-1 5-2 |
5-1 – |
2-1 – |
3-2 2-1 |
4-0 – |
4-2 – |
| DAL Playoffs |
3-1 2-1 |
2-2 – |
2-2 – |
1-3 6-4 |
3-1 – |
2-2 – |
LINESMEN |
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Brad Kovachik #71 |
Matt MacPherson #83 |
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| Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) | 62 / 18 | 64 / 17 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 1580 / 170 | 611 / 62 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/10/96 | 10/11/11 | ||||
| Birthplace | Woodstock, ON | Antigonish, NS | ||||
McCauley and Sutherland are working together for the first time all season. This duo did not work a regular season game together, nor any in the playoffs. It’s not unusual for the NHL to change up the pairings for Games 6 and 7 of a series, especially in the Conference Finals or Stanley Cup Final.
Referee Wes McCauley is working his eighth straight Cup Final. This is Kelly Sutherland’s seventh trip to the Final.
This is Wes McCauley’s fifth partner of the postseason. 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 O’Rourke)
Cup Final: TBL/DAL Gm3 (TBL W 5-2)
McCauley (with Charron)
Cup Final: DAL/TBL 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)
Sutherland (with Francis Charron)
Cup Final: TBL/DAL Gm4 (TBL W 5-4 OT)
Sutherland (with Steve Kozari)
Cup Final: DAL/TBL Gm2 (TBL W 3-2)
Conf. Final: DAL/VGK Gm1 (DAL W 1-0), NYI/TBL Gm 2 (TBL L 3-5), DAL/VGK Gm5 (DAL W 3-2 OT)
Round 2: DAL/COL Gm1 (DAL W 5-3), VAN/VGK Gm2, COL/DAL Gm4 (DAL W 5-4), VAN/VGK Gm5, DAL/COL Gm7 (DAL W 5-4 OT)
Sutherland (with T.J. Luxmore)
Round 1: CGY/DAL Gm1 (DAL L 2-3), CHI/VGK Gm2, COL/ARI Gm3, STL/VAN Gm4, DAL/CGY Gm6 (DAL W 7-3)
Qualifiers: MIN/VAN Gm1, CGY/WPG Gm3, NSH/ARI Gm4
Round-Robin: COL/DAL (DAL L 0-4)
Standby Officials: Dan O’Rourke #9, 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.
