Today’s NHL games:
BUFvsCBJDETvsPITNYRvsNJD
 CGYvsEDMSEAvsVAN


Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
7:00 PM EST

REFEREES

  Corey Syvret #23
Jake Brenk #26
Games ’23-24 (Pre) 4 6
Career Games (Reg/PO) 230 / 0 445 / 9
First NHL Game 4/4/18 11/12/15
Birthplace Millgrove, ON Detroit Lakes, MN
Goals/Gm 6.5 (14) 6.2 (30)
PP Opp/Gm 5.6 (37) 6.6 (11)
PPG/Gm 1.2 (32) 1.4 (16)
Penl/Gm 7.0 (35) 7.9 (13)
PIM/Gm 16.6 (33) 19.9 (9)
% of Penl on Home 49.9% (12) 48.8% (29)
% PP Opp for Home 50.4% (33) 51.7% (18)
Penl Diff.* 1.5 (7) 1.4 (18)
Home Win % 58% (25) 65% (5)
Home Rec. 38-27-8 44-22-8
OT/SO Games 20.5% (24) 28.4% (9)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
BUF 1-1-0 4-3 0-0 4-1-1 0-2 0-1
CBJ 1-5-0 4-1 0-0 2-3-0 5-2 0-4
 

 
LINESMEN

  Brandon Grillo #75
Brad Kovachik #71
Games ’23-24 (Pre) 6 1
Career Games (Reg/PO) 0 / 0 1764 / 200
First NHL Game TBD 10/10/96
First Playoff Game TBD 4/14/01
Birthplace Canton, MI Woodstock, ON

  


 

Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins
7:00 PM EST

REFEREES

  Kendrick Nicholson #30
Stephen Hiff #46
Games ’23-24 (Pre) 5 5
Career Games (Reg/PO) 516 / 5 0 / 0
First NHL Game 1/17/15 TBD
Birthplace Milverton, ON Cambridge, ON
Goals/Gm 6.7 (5) 0.0 (0)
PP Opp/Gm 6.7 (8) 0.0 (0)
PPG/Gm 1.5 (3) 0.0 (0)
Penl/Gm 8.4 (7) 0.0 (0)
PIM/Gm 19.5 (14) 0.0 (0)
% of Penl on Home 48.9% (30) 0.0% (0)
% PP Opp for Home 51.8% (17) 0.0% (0)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (20) 0.0 (0)
Home Win % 62% (10) % (0)
Home Rec. 42-24-7 0
OT/SO Games 16.4% (37) 0.0% (0)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
DET 0-2-1 6-2 0-0
PIT 2-2-1 2-4 0-0
 

 
LINESMEN

  Libor Suchanek #60
Tyson Baker #88
Games ’23-24 (Pre) 5 5
Career Games (Reg/PO) 381 / 21 284 / 1
First NHL Game 11/16/17 10/10/18
First Playoff Game 8/2/20 5/24/21
Birthplace Stod, Czechia St. Mary’s, ON

  


 

New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils
7:00 PM EST

REFEREES

  Chris Rooney #5
Morgan MacPhee #43
Games ’23-24 (Pre) 5 4
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1388 / 155 3 / 0
First NHL Game 11/22/00 4/8/23
Birthplace Boston, MA Elmira, ON
Goals/Gm 6.2 (29) 8.3 (1)
PP Opp/Gm 6.7 (7) 4.0 (43)
PPG/Gm 1.3 (22) 1.3 (24)
Penl/Gm 7.7 (22) 5.3 (43)
PIM/Gm 18.3 (23) 12.7 (42)
% of Penl on Home 50.2% (20) 50.0% (6)
% PP Opp for Home 51.5% (22) 50.0% (36)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (18) 0.0 (43)
Home Win % 62% (13) 50% (38)
Home Rec. 42-25-7 1-1-1
OT/SO Games 20.3% (27) 66.7% (1)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
NYR 4-0-2 5-2 1-1 0-0-0 0-0 0-0
NJD 4-3-0 1-4 0-0 0-0-0 0-0 0-0
 

 
LINESMEN

  Michel Cormier #76
Mark Shewchyk #92
Games ’23-24 (Pre) 4 3
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1298 / 96 1332 / 75
First NHL Game 10/10/03 10/9/03
First Playoff Game 4/22/06 4/15/09
Birthplace Trois-Rivieres, QC Waterdown, ON

  


 

Calgary Flames at Edmonton Oilers
9:00 PM EST

REFEREES

  Michael Markovic #31
Ghislain Hebert #22
Games ’23-24 (Pre) 5 3
Career Games (Reg/PO) 171 / 0 852 / 0
First NHL Game 3/7/19 3/3/09
Birthplace Scarborough, ON Bathurst, NB
Goals/Gm 6.8 (4) 6.5 (12)
PP Opp/Gm 7.2 (2) 6.6 (10)
PPG/Gm 1.5 (4) 1.5 (5)
Penl/Gm 8.8 (1) 8.4 (8)
PIM/Gm 21.4 (2) 20.1 (7)
% of Penl on Home 47.9% (31) 49.1% (18)
% PP Opp for Home 52.8% (9) 51.3% (24)
Penl Diff.* 1.5 (5) 1.3 (29)
Home Win % 64% (6) 62% (12)
Home Rec. 42-21-10 42-24-10
OT/SO Games 27.4% (12) 27.6% (11)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
CGY 4-0-3 1-2 0-0 0-3-2 1-3 0-0
EDM 1-2-1 2-2 0-0 3-2-1 4-1 0-0
 

 
LINESMEN

  Ryan Galloway #82
Bevan Mills #53
Games ’23-24 (Pre) 4 5
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1342 / 23 368 / 23
First NHL Game 10/17/02 11/29/16
First Playoff Game 4/13/11 5/16/21
Birthplace Winnipeg, MB Surrey, BC

  


 

Seattle Kraken at Vancouver Canucks
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