The Game Two crew is back!
Tampa Bay Lightning at Montréal Canadiens
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 / 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 |
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Jonny Murray #95 |
David Brisebois #96 |
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| 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:
Here’s the full lineup of NHL referees and linesmen selected to officiate the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs:
