Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights
7:00 PM EST
REFEREES |
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Kelly Sutherland #11 |
Trevor Hanson #14 |
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| Last Game | FLA/TOR Game 1 | FLA/TOR Game 1 | ||||
| Games ’22-23 (Reg/PO) | 68 | 6 | 74 | 6 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 1457 | 222 | 585 | 32 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 12/19/00 | 10/24/13 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/9/03 | 4/12/17 | ||||
| Birthplace | Richmond, BC | Richmond, BC | ||||
| Goals/Gm (Reg/PO) | 6.1 (35) | 4.8 (19) | 5.6 (44) | 8.4 (1) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm (Reg/PO) | 5.9 (30) | 5.8 (15) | 6.0 (23) | 8.6 (1) | ||||
| PPG/Gm (Reg/PO) | 1.3 (21) | 0.4 (19) | 1.3 (28) | 3.2 (3) | ||||
| Penl/Gm (Reg/PO) | 7.8 (18) | 7.4 (15) | 8.0 (12) | 13.6 (1) | ||||
| PIM/Gm (Reg/PO) | 21.0 (5) | 18.0 (15) | 21.3 (4) | 35.2 (7) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 50.2% (11) | 46.7% (15) | 45.6% (43) | 43.2% (13) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 49.9% (38) | 55.2% (5) | 54.7% (1) | 51.2% (17) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* (Reg/PO) | 1.3 (32) | 0.6 (17) | 1.7 (2) | 2.4 (1) | ||||
| Home Win % (Reg/PO) | 56% (30) | 20% (15) | 58% (22) | 60% (1) | ||||
| Home Rec. (Reg/PO) | 34-26-8 | 1-4 | 38-26-10 | 3-2 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 19.1% (31) | 28.4% (9) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| EDM | 1-3-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5-1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| VGK | 4-0-0 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-1-0 | 4-2 | 5-2 |
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Kiel Murchison #79 |
Shandor Alphonso #52 |
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| Games ’22-23 | 72 / 6 | 75 / 6 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 739 / 64 | 589 / 23 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 1/21/13 | 10/17/14 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/17/15 | 8/2/20 | ||||
| Birthplace | Cloverdale, BC | Orangeville, ON | ||||
Sutherland and Hanson were paired up in the second round, taking the ice for FLA/TOR Game 1. Sutherland worked Round 1 alongside referee Kendrick Nicholson, handling WPG/VGK G1, SEA/COL G2, NJD/NYR G3, NYI/CAR G5, and DAL/MIN G6. Hanson, paired with ref Eric Furlatt, officiated LAK/EDM G1, TBL/TOR G2, VGK/WPG G3, COL/SEA G4, and BOS/FLA G6.
During the opening round, Hanson/Furlatt were near the top of penalty calls, while Sutherland/Nicholson ranked near the bottom.
Murchison and Alphonso joined forces in the Conference Semifinals. Murch worked the opening round with Libor Suchanek, while Alphonso was partnered up with Bevan Mills – who also moved on to the Conference Semifinals, where he’s skating alongside linesman David Brisebois.
Standby Official: Steve Kozari
* Numbers in orange represent ref’s ranking among active officials
* Penalty Differential represents the absolute value of the variance of penalty calls by team per game. If Team A takes two more penalties (or two fewer) than Team B, this is a 2 Lower numbers indicate less variance between total penalties in a game – that is, a closer number of calls for both teams.
Playoff stats updated through April 29. Regular season stats have been updated through the end of the 2022-23 regular season.
NHL Referees and Linesmen for Round 2 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs
