Tonight’s officials are returning for an encore performance from Game 5…
Vegas Golden Knights at Montréal Canadiens
Game 6 – Stanley Cup Semifinal
8:00 PM EST
REFEREES |
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Kelly Sutherland #11 |
Eric Furlatt #27 |
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| Games ’20-21 (Reg/PO) | 48 / 12 | 52 / 10 | ||||
| Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) | 62 / 21 | 30 / 11 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 1316 / 201 | 1257 / 149 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 12/19/00 | 10/8/01 | ||||
| Birthplace | Richmond, BC | Trois-Rivieres, QC | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 5.9 (28) | 6.2 (8) | ||||
| PP/Gm | 2.7 (38) | 3.0 (18) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 3.4 (37) | 4.2 (9) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 7.4 (38) | 9.7 (11) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 50.0% (5) | 50.0% (5) | ||||
| More Penl on Rd % | 2.0% (36) | 2.0% (36) | ||||
| Home Win % | 63.0% (3) | 57.0% (12) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 39-23 | 17-13 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 26.0% (14) | 27.0% (12) | ||||
| Calls by Period | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 2019-20 | 25% | 42% | 33% | 30% | 39% | 31% |
| Team Records | 20-21 | 19-20 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 19-20 | 18-19 |
| MTL | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 5-6 | 4-3 | 2-4 |
| VGK | 3-4 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 |
LINESMEN |
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Jonny Murray #95 |
David Brisebois #96 |
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| Games ’20-21 (Reg/PO) | 57 / 12 | 48 / 11 | ||||
| Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) | 47 / 17 | 62 / 8 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 1314 / 148 | 1285 / 65 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/7/00 | 10/11/00 | ||||
| Birthplace | Beauport, QC | Sudbury, ON | ||||
Welcome back, Kelly and Eric! Tonight’s crew worked Game 5 of this series in Vegas (MTL W 4-1). In the Stanley Cup Semifinals, Sutherland and Furlatt also handled Games 1 and 3 of NYI/TBL. Sutherland worked Game 4 of that series with Francois St. Laurent.
Vegas is 1-2 this postseason under Sutherland. Montreal is 6-1 under Furlatt in the playoffs.
Furlatt spent all season and the opening two rounds of the playoffs north of the border, refereeing MTL/TOR Game 1 (MTL W 2-1) and EDM/WPG Game 5 with Brad Meier, as well as MTL/TOR Games 2 (MTL L 1-5) and 5 (MTL W 4-3 OT) with Kevin Pollock. In Round 2, he took the ice for MTL/WPG Games 1 (MTL W 5-3) and 4 (MTL W 3-2 OT) with Meier and Game 2 (MTL W 1-0) with Pollock.
Ref Kelly Sutherland previously worked NSH/CAR Game 1, PIT/NYI Game 3, and FLA/TBL Game 4 with Garrett Rank; he also handled FLA/TBL Game 5 with Francois St. Laurent. In the second round, Sudsy worked alongside Brian Pochmara for VGK/COL Game 1 (VGK L 1-7), BOS/NYI Game 3, CAR/TBL Game 4, and VGK/COL Game 5 (VGK W 3-2 OT).
Game 5 was Montreal’s first win under Sutherland since January 7, 2018. The Canadiens improved to 2-9 under Sutherland over the past four seasons, and 3-14 dating back to 2016-17.
Standby Officials: Brian Pochmara #16, Matt MacPherson #83
Series Supervisor: Don Van Massenhoven
The NHL Officials for the 2021 Stanley Cup Semifinals:
NHL Announces 2021 Stanley Cup Semifinal Referees and Linesmen
Here’s the full lineup of NHL referees and linesmen selected to officiate the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs:
