Today’s NHL games:
BOSvsBUF – NYIvsNYR – PITvsDET – TBLvsCAR
CBJvsSTL – MINvsDAL – ANAvsSJS

 

Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
7:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Morgan MacPhee #43
 Wes McCauley #4
Games ’22-23  3  75 
Career Games (Reg/PO) 3 / 0 1292 / 186
First NHL Game 4/8/23 1/20/03
First Playoff Game 1/0/00 4/12/07
Birthplace Elmira, ON Georgetown, ON
Goals/Gm 8.3 (1) 6.1 (34)
PP Opp/Gm 4.0 (43) 5.3 (40)
PPG/Gm 1.3 (24) 0.9 (42)
Penl/Gm 5.3 (43) 6.6 (40)
PIM/Gm 12.7 (42) 15.3 (41)
% of Penl on Home 50.0% (6) 48.9% (36)
% PP Opp for Home 50.0% (36) 53.0% (7)
Penl Diff.* 0.0 (43) 1.4 (17)
Home Win % 50% (38) 58% (23)
Home Rec. 1-1-1 38-26-11
OT/SO Games 66.7% (1) 33.3% (2)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
BOS 0-0-0 0-0 0-0 5-1-0 2-3 1-6
BUF 1-0-0 0-0 0-0 2-3-0 2-5 0-0
 

 
LINESMEN
  James Tobias #61
 Jesse Marquis #86
Games ’22-23 74  75 
Career Games (Reg/PO) 326 / 0 253 / 0
First NHL Game 11/22/17 10/11/18
First Playoff Game 4/17/23 1/0/00
Birthplace Buffalo, NY Bouctouche, NB

 

 

 

New York Islanders at New York Rangers
7:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Mike Sullivan #47 Kelly Sutherland #11
Games ’22-23  0  68 
Career Games (Reg/PO) 0 / 0 1457 / 216
First NHL Game — 12/19/00
First Playoff Game — 4/9/03
Birthplace Toronto, ON Richmond, BC
Goals/Gm — 6.1 (35)
PP Opp/Gm — 5.9 (30)
PPG/Gm — 1.3 (21)
Penl/Gm — 7.8 (18)
PIM/Gm — 21.0 (5)
% of Penl on Home — 50.2% (11)
% PP Opp for Home — 49.9% (38)
Penl Diff.* — 1.3 (32)
Home Win % — 56% (30)
Home Rec. — 34-26-8
OT/SO Games — 19.1% (31)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
NYI — — — 5-1-1 3-3 0-3
NYR — — — 2-2-0 3-2 0-5
 

 
LINESMEN
  Jonny Murray #95
 Shandor Alphonso #52
Games ’22-23 74  75 
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1433 / 162 589 / 17
First NHL Game 10/7/00 10/17/14
First Playoff Game 4/16/09 8/2/20
Birthplace Beauport, QC Orangeville, ON

 

 

 

Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings
7:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Brian Pochmara #16
 Michael Markovic #31
Games ’22-23 (Reg/PO) 74  73 
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1098 / 61 171 / 0
First NHL Game 12/23/05 3/7/19
First Playoff Game 4/15/10 1/0/00
Birthplace Detroit, MI Scarborough, ON
Goals/Gm 5.9 (42) 6.8 (3)
PP Opp/Gm 5.9 (31) 7.2 (2)
PPG/Gm 1.1 (35) 1.5 (4)
Penl/Gm 7.1 (34) 8.8 (1)
PIM/Gm 16.4 (34) 21.4 (2)
% of Penl on Home 48.0% (38) 47.9% (31)
% PP Opp for Home 52.6% (10) 52.8% (9)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (25) 1.5 (5)
Home Win % 56% (28) 64% (6)
Home Rec. 37-28-9 42-21-10
OT/SO Games 27.0% (13) 27.4% (12)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
PIT 3-1-1 3-2 5-2 3-2-0 1-4 0-0
DET 4-3-0 3-3 2-4 2-1-1 2-1 0-0
 

 
LINESMEN
  Devin Berg #87
 Andrew Smith #51
Games ’22-23 74  74 
Career Games (Reg/PO) 524 / 50 410 / 29
First NHL Game 10/15/15 10/4/17
First Playoff Game 4/11/18 4/10/19
Birthplace Kitchener, ON Kitchener, ON
 

 

 

Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
7:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Beau Halkidis #48
 Chris Rooney #5
Games ’22-23 (Reg/PO) 29  74 
Career Games (Reg/PO) 82 / 0 1390 / 142
First NHL Game 4/1/19 11/22/00
First Playoff Game 1/0/00 4/14/03
Birthplace London, ON Boston, MA
Goals/Gm 6.6 (7) 6.2 (27)
PP Opp/Gm 7.1 (3) 6.7 (7)
PPG/Gm 1.3 (26) 1.3 (22)
Penl/Gm 8.7 (2) 7.7 (22)
PIM/Gm 20.8 (6) 18.3 (23)
% of Penl on Home 49.0% (2) 50.2% (20)
% PP Opp for Home 48.3% (42) 51.5% (22)
Penl Diff.* 1.1 (38) 1.4 (18)
Home Win % 66% (4) 62% (13)
Home Rec. 17-8-4 42-25-7
OT/SO Games 24.1% (22) 20.3% (27)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
TBL 0-2-0 0-0 0-0 2-4-0 2-4 2-0
CAR 2-1-0 0-0 0-0 4-0-1 1-3 2-1
 

 
LINESMEN
  Ryan Jackson #84
 Julien Fournier #56
Games ’22-23 40  74 
Career Games (Reg/PO) 40 / 0 227 / 0
First NHL Game 10/30/22 10/14/19
First Playoff Game 1/0/00 1/0/00
Birthplace Pointe-Claire, QC Gatineau, QC
 

 

Columbus Blue Jackets at St. Louis Blues
8:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Frederick L’Ecuyer #17
 Brandon Schrader #34
Last Game    
Games ’22-23  74  41 
Career Games (Reg/PO) 956 / 33 117 / 0
First NHL Game 10/13/07 3/1/19
First Playoff Game 4/16/15 1/0/00
Birthplace St-Tite, QC Sanborn, NY
Goals/Gm 6.0 (39) 6.2 (26)
PP Opp/Gm 6.4 (14) 6.0 (24)
PPG/Gm 1.4 (12) 1.3 (30)
Penl/Gm 7.9 (16) 7.8 (19)
PIM/Gm 19.4 (16) 19.1 (17)
% of Penl on Home 48.0% (39) 51.2% (4)
% PP Opp for Home 53.8% (4) 49.4% (40)
Penl Diff.* 1.5 (4) 1.4 (12)
Home Win % 60% (15) 79% (1)
Home Rec. 40-26-8 31-7-3
OT/SO Games 17.6% (34) 31.7% (3)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
CBJ 1-2-0 2-3 2-5 0-2-0 2-2 1-3
STL 2-2-0 4-1 0-1 0-1-0 1-2 0-0
 

 
LINESMEN
  CJ Murray #68
 Ryan Galloway #82
Games ’22-23 74  74 
Career Games (Reg/PO) 131 / 0 1343 / 23
First NHL Game 10/14/21 10/17/02
First Playoff Game 1/0/00 4/13/11
Birthplace Pittsburgh, PA Winnipeg, MB

 

Schrader has been promoted to full-time – and changed to #34 – for the 2023-24 season.

 

 

Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars
8:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Kyle Rehman #10
 Peter MacDougall #38
Last Game    
Games ’22-23  74 74
Career Games (Reg/PO) 934 / 26 301 / 0
First NHL Game 1/22/08 4/8/17
First Playoff Game 4/12/18 1/0/00
Birthplace Red Deer, AB Regina, SK
Goals/Gm 6.1 (32) 6.1 (36)
PP Opp/Gm 6.5 (12) 6.5 (13)
PPG/Gm 1.4 (10) 1.4 (15)
Penl/Gm 7.9 (13) 8.3 (9)
PIM/Gm 19.6 (13) 21.4 (3)
% of Penl on Home 49.7% (10) 52.2% (1)
% PP Opp for Home 50.8% (29) 48.4% (41)
Penl Diff.* 1.1 (40) 1.4 (21)
Home Win % 57% (26) 62% (11)
Home Rec. 39-29-6 42-24-8
OT/SO Games 16.2% (38) 24.3% (20)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
MIN 2-4-0 4-1 1-3 2-0-1 2-1 2-4
DAL 3-2-0 2-2 3-3 3-1-0 2-3 1-2
 

 
LINESMEN
  Kilian McNamara #93
 Mitchell Hunt #62
Games ’22-23 73 9 
Career Games (Reg/PO) 130 / 0 67 / 0
First NHL Game 10/25/21 10/13/21
First Playoff Game 1/0/00 1/0/00
Birthplace Lake Worth, FL Naperville, IL

 

 

 

Anaheim Ducks at San Jose Sharks
10:00 PM EDT

Referees and Linesmen TBD

 

 

Here are the new officials for the 2023-24 NHL season:

NHL Adds Five New Officials for 2023-24 Season

 

Three officials have also been promoted to full-time for the upcoming season:

NHL Promotes Officials Sandlak, Schrader, Kelly to Full-Time