Western Conference Final
Dallas Stars at Vegas Golden Knights
Game 1 – 8:30 PM ET

REFEREES

  Kelly Sutherland #11
Trevor Hanson #14
Last Game NJD/CAR Game 5 NJD/CAR Game 5
Games ’22-23 (Reg/PO) 68 | 9 74 | 9
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1457 | 225 585 | 35
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) | 5.6 (14) 5.6 (44) | 7.6 (3)
PP Opp/Gm (Reg/PO) 5.9 (30) | 5.7 (15) 6.0 (23) | 7.2 (3)
PPG/Gm (Reg/PO) 1.3 (21) | 1.0 (14) 1.3 (28) | 2.6 (3)
Penl/Gm (Reg/PO) 7.8 (18) | 9.6 (9) 8.0 (12) | 13.0 (2)
PIM/Gm (Reg/PO) 21.0 (5) | 28.7 (9) 21.3 (4) | 38.2 (5)
% of Penl on Home 50.2% (11) | 50.4% (8) 45.6% (43) | 47.7% (9)
% PP Opp for Home 49.9% (38) | 52.9% (13) 54.7% (1) | 50.8% (16)
Penl Diff.* (Reg/PO) 1.3 (32) | 1.3 (7) 1.7 (2) | 2.3 (3)
Home Win % (Reg/PO) 56% (30) | 22% (17) 58% (22) | 44% (10)
Home Rec. (Reg/PO) 34-26-8 | 2-7 38-26-10 | 4-5
OT/SO Games 19.1% (31) 28.4% (9)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
DAL 1-1-1 3-4 1-3 2-4-0 3-1 0-3
VGK 4-0-0 1-2 3-4 5-1-0 4-2 5-2
 

 
LINESMEN

  Kiel Murchison #79
Steve Barton #59
Games ’22-23 72 / 9 75 / 9
Career Games (Reg/PO) 739 / 67 1466 / 138
First NHL Game 1/21/13 11/1/00
First Playoff Game 4/17/15 4/11/07
Birthplace Cloverdale, BC Vankleek Hill, ON

 

Sutherland and Hanson were paired up starting in the second round, taking the ice for FLA/TOR Game 1, EDM/VGK Game 2 (VGK L 1-5), DAL/SEA Game 4 (DAL W 6-3), and NJD/CAR Game 5.

Sutherland previously worked Round 1 alongside referee Kendrick Nicholson, handling WPG/VGK Game 1 (VGK L 1-5), SEA/COL Game 2, NJD/NYR Game 3, NYI/CAR Game 5, and DAL/MIN Game 6 (DAL W 4-1 Series Win)

Hanson, working with ref Eric Furlatt, officiated LAK/EDM Game 1, TBL/TOR Game 2, VGK/WPG Game 3 (VGK W 5-4 OT), COL/SEA Game 4, and BOS/FLA Game 6.

 

Series Officiating Supervisor: Don Van Massenhoven
Standby Officials: Wes McCauley, Jonny Murray

  


 
 * 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 17.  Regular season stats have been updated through the end of the 2022-23 regular season
 

The officials working the Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals:

NHL Referees and Linesmen for 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals