Stanley Cup Final
Florida Panthers vs. Vegas Golden Knights
Game 1 – 8:00 PM ET
REFEREES |
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Wes McCauley #4 |
Dan O’Rourke #9 |
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| Last Game | DAL/VGK Game 5 | DAL/VGK Game 5 | ||||
| Games ’22-23 (Reg/PO) | 75 | 13 | 61 | 12 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 1292 | 199 | 1382 | 184 | ||||
| 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) | 6.6 (7) | 5.9 (43) | 5.7 (12) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm (Reg/PO) | 5.3 (40) | 6.3 (10) | 6.0 (27) | 5.3 (17) | ||||
| PPG/Gm (Reg/PO) | 0.9 (42) | 1.8 (6) | 1.3 (29) | 1.0 (14) | ||||
| Penl/Gm (Reg/PO) | 6.6 (40) | 7.9 (14) | 7.5 (25) | 7.3 (16) | ||||
| PIM/Gm (Reg/PO) | 15.3 (41) | 25.5 (9) | 18.8 (20) | 24.0 (11) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 48.9% (36) | 54.8% (4) | 49.5% (19) | 50.4% (12) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 53.0% (7) | 46.4% (19) | 51.4% (23) | 52.8% (14) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* (Reg/PO) | 1.4 (17) | 1.5 (7) | 1.3 (24) | 0.5 (19) | ||||
| Home Win % (Reg/PO) | 58% (23) | 45% (12) | 77% (2) | 50% (5) | ||||
| Home Rec. (Reg/PO) | 38-26-11 | 5-6 | 45-12-4 | 5-5 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 33.3% (2) | 29.5% (6) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| FLA | 0-2-1 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 5-0-0 | 3-2 | 5-3 |
| VGK | 2-1-1 | 2-4 | 2-1 | 1-2-2 | 3-4 | 4-1 |
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Jonny Murray #95 |
Scott Cherrey #50 |
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| Games ’22-23 | 74 / 12 | 75 / 11 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 1433 / 173 | 1087 / 141 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/7/00 | 10/6/07 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/16/09 | 4/15/11 | ||||
| Birthplace | Beauport, QC | Drayton, ON | ||||
Refs Wes McCauley and Dan O’Rourke are officiating their eighth game together in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. This pairing worked Eastern Conference Final Game 4 and Games 2 and 5 of the Western Conference Final. McCauley is working his tenth Stanley Cup Final, while O’Rourke is officiating his sixth.
Florida Panthers are 3-1 this postseason under tonight’s refs, while the Vegas Golden Knights are 2-1.
Together, McCauley and O’Rourke handled NJD/CAR Game 1, TOR/FLA Game 3 (FLA W 3-2 OT), SEA/DAL Game 5, and VGK/EDM Game 6 (VGK W 5-2 Series Win) in Round 2, along with DAL/VGK Game 2 (VGK W 3-2), CAR/FLA Game 4 (FLA W 4-3), and DAL/VGK Game 5 (VGK L 2-4) in the Conference Finals.
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 (FLA W 4-3 OT), and EDM/LAK Game 6. McCauley also covered NYR/NJD Game 7 with Gord Dwyer.
O’Rourke was previously paired with ref T.J. Luxmore at MIN/DAL Game 1, CAR/NYI Game 3, BOS/FLA Game 4 (FLA L 2-6), SEA/COL Game 5, and TOR/TBL Game 6.
McCauley is working his 200th Stanley Cup Playoff game tonight, trailing only Kelly Sutherland (228) in playoff games worked among active referees.
Standby Referee: Chris Rooney #5
Standby Linesman: Kiel Murchison #79
* 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 24. Regular season stats have been updated through the end of the 2022-23 regular season.
The officials working the Stanley Cup Finals:
