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

Kelly Sutherland #11
Eric Furlatt #27
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

Jonny Murray #95
David Brisebois #96
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:

NHL Referees and Linesmen for 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs