Eastern Conference Final
Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers
Game 3 – 8:00 PM ET
REFEREES |
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Kelly Sutherland #11 |
Trevor Hanson #14 |
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| Last Game | DAL/VGK Game 1 | DAL/VGK Game 1 | ||||
| Games ’22-23 (Reg/PO) | 68 | 10 | 74 | 10 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 1457 | 226 | 585 | 36 | ||||
| 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 |
| CAR | 3-1-0 | 7-0 | 2-0 | 2-0-0 | 3-2 | 2-3 |
| FLA | 1-3-0 | 3-2 | 5-0 | 4-1-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 |
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Kiel Murchison #79 |
Steve Barton #59 |
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| Games ’22-23 | 72 / 10 | 75 / 10 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 739 / 68 | 1466 / 139 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 1/21/13 | 11/1/00 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/17/15 | 4/11/07 | ||||
| Birthplace | Cloverdale, BC | Vankleek Hill, ON | ||||
Referees Kelly Sutherland and Trevor Hanson were paired up beginning in Round 2, taking the ice for FLA/TOR Game 1 (FLA W 4-2), EDM/VGK Game 2, DAL/SEA Game 4, and NJD/CAR Game 5 (CAR W 3-2 Series Win).
Sutherland previously worked Round 1 alongside referee Kendrick Nicholson, handling WPG/VGK Game 1, SEA/COL Game 2, NJD/NYR Game 3, NYI/CAR Game 5 (CAR L 2-3), and DAL/MIN Game 6.
Hanson, working with ref Eric Furlatt, officiated LAK/EDM Game 1, TBL/TOR Game 2, VGK/WPG Game 3, COL/SEA Game 4, and BOS/FLA Game 6 (FLA W 7-5).
This is Hanson’s first trip to the Conference Finals and Sutherland’s 13th — and 9th straight.
Linesmen Kiel Murchison and Steve Barton are also coming off DAL/VGK Game 1, their first game together this postseason.
Murchison worked the opening round with Libor Suchanek, later pairing up with Shandor Alphonso in Round 2 for SEA/DAL Game 1, EDM/VGK Game 2, NJD/CAR Game 5, and VGK/EDM Game 6.
Barton began the playoffs skating alongside James Tobias for LAK/EDM Game 1, SEA/COL Game 2, VGK/WPG Games 3 and 4, and CAR/NYI Game 6. He worked Round 2 with Bryan Pancich, handling FLA/TOR Game 1, NJD/CAR Games 2 and 3, and EDM/VGK Game 5.
Standby Officials: Jean Hebert, David Brisebois
* 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
