Dallas Stars at Seattle Kraken
7:00 PM ET
REFEREES |
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Gord Dwyer #19 |
Jon Mclsaac #2 |
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| Last Game | TOR/FLA Game 4 | TOR/FLA Game 4 | ||||
| Games ’22-23 (Reg/PO) | 73 | 9 | 63 | 8 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 1198 | 112 | 489 | 33 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 11/19/05 | 11/21/13 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/16/14 | 4/10/19 | ||||
| Birthplace | Lower Sackville, NS | Truro, NS | ||||
| Goals/Gm (Reg/PO) | 6.0 (38) | 7.3 (5) | 6.4 (14) | 7.7 (3) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm (Reg/PO) | 6.0 (22) | 6.6 (6) | 6.7 (9) | 6.6 (7) | ||||
| PPG/Gm (Reg/PO) | 1.0 (41) | 1.4 (13) | 1.4 (13) | 1.6 (7) | ||||
| Penl/Gm (Reg/PO) | 7.5 (26) | 9.8 (7) | 8.5 (3) | 10.1 (5) | ||||
| PIM/Gm (Reg/PO) | 18.3 (22) | 29.3 (11) | 19.5 (15) | 31.4 (9) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 49.2% (27) | 54.3% (6) | 48.9% (17) | 54.1% (9) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 51.6% (20) | 54.7% (10) | 51.1% (28) | 56.5% (7) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* (Reg/PO) | 1.5 (8) | 1.5 (8) | 1.2 (37) | 1.6 (5) | ||||
| Home Win % (Reg/PO) | 47% (41) | 75% (1) | 63% (9) | 71% (2) | ||||
| Home Rec. (Reg/PO) | 29-33-11 | 6-2 | 35-19-9 | 5-2 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 20.5% (24) | 30.2% (4) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| DAL | 4-1-1 | 5-2 | 2-4 | 1-0-1 | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| SEA | 5-1-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-1-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
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Brad Kovachik #71 |
Matt MacPherson #83 |
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| Games ’22-23 | 69 / 7 | 74 / 8 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 1764 / 194 | 815 / 94 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/10/96 | 10/11/11 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/14/01 | 4/17/14 | ||||
| Birthplace | Woodstock, ON | Antigonish, NS | ||||
Dwyer and McIsaac have been paired up since the opening round, having handled NYI/CAR Game 1, FLA/BOS Game 2, DAL/MIN Game 3 (DAL L 1-5), and LAK/EDM Game 5. Dwyer was also paired with Wes McCauley for NYR/NJD Game 7.
This pairing continued into the Conference Semifinals, taking the ice for EDM/VGK Game 1, CAR/NJD Game 3, and TOR/FLA Game 4. This is the first time either of them have worked a Kraken playoff game.
Linesmen Brad Kovachik and Matt MacPherson are coming off back-to-back games in Edmonton, where they worked Games 3 and 4 of VGK/EDM. The two officials joined forces in Round 2, where they also handled FLA/TOR Game 2. During the opening round, Kovachik was partnered with Kyle Flemington for MIN/DAL Game 1, FLA/BOS Game 2, CAR/NYI Game 3, and LAK/EDM Game 5, while MacPherson skated alongside Jesse Marquis at TBL/TOR Game 1, BOS/FLA Games 3 and 4, NYI/CAR Game 5, and NJD/NYR Game 6.
Kovachik, who made his playoff debut in 2001, leads all active linesmen with 194 playoff appearances.
Standby Officials: Trevor Hanson, Ryan Gibbons
* 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 May 9. Regular season stats have been updated through the end of the 2022-23 regular season.
The officials working Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs:
NHL Referees and Linesmen for Round 2 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs
