Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues
8:00 PM EST

REFEREES

Dan O’Rourke #9
Frederick L’Ecuyer #17
Games ’21-22 79 71
Games ’20-21 (Reg/PO) 49 / 13 51 / 6
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1326 / 152 887 / 25
First NHL Game 10/2/99 10/13/07
Birthplace Calgary, AB St-Tite, QC
Goals/Gm 5.8 (21) 5.6 (33)
PP/Gm 3.2 (9) 2.9 (26)
Penl/Gm 3.6 (18) 3.6 (18)
PIM/Gm 7.9 (26) 9.2 (10)
% of Penl on Home 49.0% (20) 51.0% (9)
More Penl on Rd % 6.0% (15) -5.0% (33)
Home Win % 59.0% (9) 59.0% (9)
Home Rec. 29-20 30-21
OT/SO Games 31.0% (6) 25.0% (15)
Calls by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
2019-20 29% 37% 34% 34% 36% 30%
Team Records 20-21 19-20 18-19 20-21 19-20 18-19
COL 2-0 2-3 3-0 1-0 4-0 3-2
STL 2-1 2-2 2-3 0-1 2-3 3-3
 

LINESMEN

Jonny Murray #95
Ryan Gibbons #58
Games ’21-22 48 78
Games ’20-21 (Reg/PO) 54 / 14 56 / 10
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1360 / 150 494 / 43
First NHL Game 10/7/00 10/8/15
Birthplace Beauport, QC Vancouver, BC

 

 

 

O’Rourke and L’Ecuyer are working together for the fourth time this postseason. The duo were paired up in Round 2 for NYR/CAR Game 1,  FLA/TBL Game 3, and CGY/EDM Game 4.

Dan O’Rourke was paired with Brian Pochmara for most of Round 1, handling TBL/TOR Game 1, BOS/CAR Game 2, FLA/WSH Game 3, STL/MIN Game 4 (STL W 5-2), and CGY/DAL Game 6. He worked back-to-back games in that series, but with a new partner – Francois St. Laurent – for DAL/CGY Game 7.

Frederick L’Ecuyer skated with Chris Lee, who’s also working Round 2 but alongside Steve Kozari.  L’Ecuyer and Lee worked PIT/NYR Game 1, TOR/TBL Game 3, CAR/BOS Game 4, and EDM/LAK Game 6.

This will be an interesting mix.  O’Rourke called the most penalty minutes in Round 1 (40.2 PIM/gm) while L’Ecuyer games saw the fewest (16.0 PIM/gm).  Perhaps that’s part of the reason the NHL split up the Lee/L’Ecuyer pairing.  Power plays are a bit more even, with the two combining for 7.9 power plays per game, on average.

O’Rourke had a heavy lean towards home teams, handing 61.7% of power plays to the home teams in Round 1, highest in the league.

 

Standby Officials: Garrett Rank (#7), Andrew Smith (#51)
Series Supervisor:  Kay Whitmore

 


 

Here’s who’s working Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs:

NHL Referees and Linesmen for Round 2 of 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs

 

How do referees and linesmen get paid in the postseason?  Pretty well, actually:

How Much Do NHL Refs Get Paid in the Playoffs?