The Game Two crew is back!

 

Tampa Bay Lightning at Montréal Canadiens
8:00 PM EST

REFEREES

Kelly Sutherland #11
Eric Furlatt #27
Games ’20-21 (Reg/PO) 48 / 13 52 / 11
Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) 62 / 21 30 / 11
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1316 / 202 1257 / 150
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 19-20 18-19 17-18 19-20 18-19 17-18
TBL 3-2 4-0 4-2 2-0 4-0 3-0
MTL 0-3 0-4 1-4 4-3 2-4 2-3
 

LINESMEN

Jonny Murray #95
David Brisebois #96
Games ’20-21 (Reg/PO) 57 / 13 48 / 12
Games ’19-20 (Reg/PO) 47 / 17 62 / 8
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1314 / 149 1285 / 66
First NHL Game 10/7/00 10/11/00
Birthplace Beauport, QC Sudbury, ON

 

The Game 2 officials are back for Game 4!  Referees Kelly Sutherland and Eric Furlatt are working their sixth game together, having previously officiated Game 2 of this series (TBL W 3-1), NYI/TBL Game 1 (TBL L 1-2) and Game 3 (TBL W 2-1), MTL/VGK Game 5 (MTL W 4-1) and Game 6 (MTL W 3-2 OT). Sutherland also worked Game 4 of NYI/TBL with Francois St. Laurent (TBL L 2-3).

Montreal is 7-2 under Furlatt in the playoffs and 2-1 under Sutherland.   Tampa Bay is 2-1 with Furlatt and 4 -3 with Sutherland.

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.

This is Eric Furlatt’s first trip to the Stanley Cup Final.

Ref Kelly Sutherland previously worked NSH/CAR Game 1, PIT/NYI Game 3, and FLA/TBL Game 4 (TBL W 6-2) with Garrett Rank; he also handled FLA/TBL Game 5 (TBL L 1-4) with Francois St. Laurent.  In the second round, Sudsy worked alongside Brian Pochmara for VGK/COL Game 1, BOS/NYI Game 3, CAR/TBL Game 4 (TBL W 6-4), and VGK/COL Game 5.

Game 5 against Vegas was Montreal’s first win under Sutherland since January 7, 2018. After the back-to-back semifinal wins, the Canadiens have since improved to 3-10 under Sutherland over the past four seasons, and 4-15 dating back to 2016-17.

 

Standby Officials: Gord Dwyer #19, Scott Cherrey #50

 


 

The NHL Officials for the 2021 Stanley Cup Final:

NHL Names 2021 Stanley Cup Final 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