Stanley Cup Final
 Vegas Golden Knights at Florida Panthers
Game 3 – 8:00 PM ET

REFEREES
	Dan O’Rourke #9			Kelly Sutherland #11
Last Game	FLA/VGK Game 1			VGK/DAL Game 6
Games ’22-23 (Reg/PO)	61 | 13			68 | 12
Career Games (Reg/PO)	1382 | 185			1457 | 228
First NHL Game	10/2/99			12/19/00
First Playoff Game	4/11/07			4/9/03
Birthplace	Calgary, AB			Richmond, BC
Goals/Gm (Reg/PO)	5.9 (43) | 5.7 (12)			6.1 (35) | 5.3 (17)
PP Opp/Gm (Reg/PO)	6.0 (27) | 5.3 (17)			5.9 (30) | 5.4 (16)
PPG/Gm (Reg/PO)	1.3 (29) | 1.0 (14)			1.3 (21) | 0.9 (15)
Penl/Gm (Reg/PO)	7.5 (25) | 7.3 (16)			7.8 (18) | 8.8 (9)
PIM/Gm (Reg/PO)	18.8 (20) | 24.0 (11)			21.0 (5) | 25.5 (10)
% of Penl on Home	49.5% (19) | 50.4% (12)			50.2% (11) | 50.0% (10)
% PP Opp for Home	51.4% (23) | 52.8% (14)			49.9% (38) | 54.2% (12)
Penl Diff.* (Reg/PO)	1.3 (24) | 0.5 (19)			1.3 (32) | 1.4 (9)
Home Win % (Reg/PO)	77% (2) | 50% (5)			56% (30) | 36% (13)
Home Rec. (Reg/PO)	45-12-4 | 5-5			34-26-8 | 4-7
OT/SO Games	29.5% (6)			19.1% (31)
Team Records	22-23	21-22	20-21	22-23	21-22	20-21
VGK	1-2-2 3-1 PO	3-4	4-1	4-0-0 2-2 PO	1-2	3-4
FLA	5-0-0 2-0 PO	3-2	5-3	1-3-0 2-0 PO	3-2	5-0
LINESMEN
	Jonny Murray #95			Steve Barton #59
Games ’22-23	74 / 13			75 / 12
Career Games (Reg/PO)	1433 / 174			1466 / 141
First NHL Game	10/7/00			11/1/00
First Playoff Game	4/16/09			4/11/07
Birthplace	Beauport, QC			Vankleek Hill, ON

 

Refs Dan O’Rourke and Kelly Sutherland are working together for the first time this postseason.  O’Rourke returns from Game 1 of this series, which he worked alongside Wes McCauley. 

The Florida Panthers are 4-0 this postseason under tonight’s refs, while the Vegas Golden Knights have gone 5-3 (2-2 under Sutherland).

Referee Dan O’Rourke

With ref Wes McCauley, 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.  The pair also worked Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final (VGK W 5-2)

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.   

Referee Kelly Sutherland

Referees Kelly Sutherland and Trevor Hanson handled three games in the Conference Finals: DAL/VGK Game 1 (VGK W 4-3 OT), CAR/FLA Game 3 (FLA W 1-0), and VGK/DAL Game 6 (VGK W 6-0).  This duo was paired up beginning in Round 2, where they took the ice for FLA/TOR Game 1 (FLA W 4-2), EDM/VGK Game 2 (VGK L 1-5), DAL/SEA Game 4, 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. 

Sutherland is working his 229th playoff game, most among active officials and fourth all-time, behind only Bill McCreary (297), Don Koharski (266), and Kerry Fraser (254).  Tonight will also be Sutherland’s 26th Stanley Cup Final game, tied for sixth all-time with Frank Udvari.  Only Bill McCreary (44), Bill Chadwick (42), Andy van Hellemond (35), Dan O’Halloran (30), and Mickey Ion (27) have worked more.

This is Sutherland’s 10th trip to the Stanley Cup Final. O’Rourke and linesman Jonny Murray are working their sixth, and linesman Steve Barton is making his third Finals run. 

 

 

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  * 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:

NHL Referees and Linesmen for 2023 Stanley Cup Final