Stanley Cup Final
Florida Panthers at Vegas Golden Knights
Game 2 – 8:00 PM ET
REFEREES |
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Steve Kozari #40 |
Chris Rooney #5 |
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| Last Game | VGK/DAL Game 2 | VGK/DAL Game 4 | ||||
| Games ’22-23 (Reg/PO) | 73 | 11 | 74 | 11 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 1158 | 134 | 1390 | 153 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/15/05 | 11/22/00 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/14/10 | 4/14/03 | ||||
| Birthplace | Penticton, BC | Boston, MA | ||||
| Goals/Gm (Reg/PO) | 6.5 (9) | 5.7 (10) | 6.2 (27) | 5.7 (12) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm (Reg/PO) | 6.0 (25) | 6.8 (3) | 6.7 (7) | 6.0 (13) | ||||
| PPG/Gm (Reg/PO) | 1.4 (17) | 1.6 (8) | 1.3 (22) | 1.3 (13) | ||||
| Penl/Gm (Reg/PO) | 7.7 (21) | 8.5 (10) | 7.7 (22) | 9.9 (8) | ||||
| PIM/Gm (Reg/PO) | 20.0 (8) | 21.0 (12) | 18.3 (23) | 41.5 (3) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 49.7% (8) | 52.8% (8) | 50.2% (20) | 42.4% (15) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 50.6% (32) | 54.7% (10) | 51.5% (22) | 55.0% (8) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* (Reg/PO) | 1.6 (3) | 1.6 (5) | 1.4 (18) | 1.4 (8) | ||||
| Home Win % (Reg/PO) | 51% (37) | 36% (13) | 62% (13) | 50% (5) | ||||
| Home Rec. (Reg/PO) | 33-32-8 | 4-7 | 42-25-7 | 5-5 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 20.5% (24) | 20.3% (27) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| FLA | 3-2-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 2-2-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| VGK | 5-2-0 | 2-6 | 4-1 | 1-3-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
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Kiel Murchison #79 |
Brad Kovachik #71 |
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| Games ’22-23 | 72 / 12 | 69 / 11 | ||||
| Career Games (Reg/PO) | 739 / 70 | 1764 / 198 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 1/21/13 | 10/10/96 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/17/15 | 4/14/01 | ||||
| Birthplace | Cloverdale, BC | Woodstock, ON | ||||
Standby Officials: Dan O’Rourke, Jonny Murray
Refs Steve Kozari and Chris Rooney are paired up for the first time this postseason.
Kozari was partnered up with referee Chris Lee throughout the playoffs. In Round 1, the duo took the ice for SEA/COL Game 1, WPG/VGK Game 2 (VGK W 5-2), EDM/LAK Game 4, MIN/DAL Game 5, CAR/NYI Game 6, and FLA/BOS Game 7 (FLA W 4-3 OT Series Win). In the second round, they handled SEA/DAL Game 2, CAR/NJD Game 4, and EDM/VGK Game 5 (VGK W 4-3). Kozari and Lee worked two games in the Conference Finals: FLA/CAR Game 1 (FLA W 3-2 OT) and VGK/DAL Game 3 (VGK W 4-0).
Rooney previously skated alongside fellow ref Graham Skilliter earlier in the playoffs, having combined forces at MIN/DAL Game 2, BOS/FLA Game 3, TOR/TBL Game 4, NYR/NJD Game 5, and SEA/COL Game 7 — along with FLA/TOR Game 2 (FLA W 3-2), DAL/SEA Game 3, and VGK/EDM Game 3 (VGK W 5-1) in the Conference Semifinals. The South Boston was paired up with ref Jean Hebert for SEA/DAL Game 7; that duo continued into the Conference Finals, skating at FLA/CAR Game 2 (FLA W 2-1 OT) and VGK/DAL Game 4 (VGK L 2-3 OT).
The Florida Panthers are 4-0 this postseason under tonight’s refs, while the Vegas Golden Knights are 4-1.
Linesmen Kiel Murchison and Brad Kovachik are working together for the first time in this year’s playoffs. Murchison was paired up with Steve Barton for the Conference Finals, while Kovachik skated with Bevan Mills.
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:
