Vegas Golden Knights at Edmonton Oilers
Game 6 – 10:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Wes McCauley #4
 Dan O’Rourke #9
Last Game SEA/DAL Game 5 SEA/DAL Game 5
Games ’22-23 (Reg/PO) 75 | 9 61 | 8
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1292 | 195 1382 | 180
First NHL Game 1/20/03 10/2/99
First Playoff Game 4/12/07 4/11/07
Birthplace Georgetown, ON Calgary, AB
Goals/Gm (Reg/PO) 6.1 (34) | 6.8 (8) 5.9 (43) | 5.4 (15)
PP Opp/Gm (Reg/PO) 5.3 (40) | 7.1 (4) 6.0 (27) | 5.9 (13)
PPG/Gm (Reg/PO) 0.9 (42) | 2.3 (6) 1.3 (29) | 1.1 (14)
Penl/Gm (Reg/PO) 6.6 (40) | 9.3 (10) 7.5 (25) | 8.6 (11)
PIM/Gm (Reg/PO) 15.3 (41) | 31.9 (8) 18.8 (20) | 30.6 (10)
% of Penl on Home 48.9% (36) | 54.9% (4) 49.5% (19) | 50.0% (11)
% PP Opp for Home 53.0% (7) | 47.4% (17) 51.4% (23) | 56.1% (8)
Penl Diff.* (Reg/PO) 1.4 (17) | 2.0 (4) 1.3 (24) | 0.6 (19)
Home Win % (Reg/PO) 58% (23) | 38% (14) 77% (2) | 43% (8)
Home Rec. (Reg/PO) 38-26-11 | 3-5 45-12-4 | 3-4
OT/SO Games 33.3% (2) 29.5% (6)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
VGK 2-1-1 2-4 2-1 1-2-2 3-4 4-1
EDM 3-0-0 2-3 0-0 2-0-0 1-3 0-0
 

 
LINESMEN
  Kiel Murchison #79
 Shandor Alphonso #52
Games ’22-23 72 / 8 75 / 8
Career Games (Reg/PO) 739 / 66 589 / 25
First NHL Game 1/21/13 10/17/14
First Playoff Game 4/17/15 8/2/20
Birthplace Cloverdale, BC Orangeville, ON

 

Refs Wes McCauley and Dan O’Rourke are working together for the fourth time this postseason, having handled NJD/CAR Game 1, TOR/FLA Game 3, and SEA/DAL Game 5.

McCauley started the playoffs alongside Frederick L’Ecuyer for TBL/TOR Game 1, NYR/NJD Game 2, CAR/NYI Game 4, FLA/BOS Game 5, and EDM/LAK Game 6 (EDM W 5-4 Series Win).  McCauley also covered NYR/NJD Game 7 with Gord Dwyer.

O’Rourke was previously paired with ref T.J. Luxmore; the duo worked MIN/DAL Game 1, CAR/NYI Game 3, BOS/FLA Game 4, SEA/COL Game 5, and TOR/TBL Game 6. 

This is the most experienced ref pairing of the round, with McCauley (195) and O’Rourke (180) trailing only Kelly Sutherland (225) in playoff games worked among active referees.

Linesmen Kiel Murchison and Shandor Alphonso joined forces in the Conference Semifinals, skating at SEA/DAL Game 1, EDM/VGK Game 2, and NJD/CAR Game 5. 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.

 

Series Officiating Supervisor: Rod Pasma
Standby Officials: Kendrick Nicholson, 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