After last night’s Frozen Frenzy madness, we’ve got just one National Hockey League game tonight:

 

Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils
7:30 PM EST

REFEREES
  François St. Laurent #8
 Graham Skilliter #24
Games ’23-24 (PS/RS) 5/5 6/5
Career Games (RS/PO) 961 / 76 666 / 16
First NHL Game 11/10/05 1/28/13
Birthplace Greenfield Park, QC La Ronge, SK
Goals/Gm 6.5 (13) 6.3 (23)
PP Opp/Gm 6.3 (15) 6.0 (26)
PPG/Gm 1.7 (1) 1.3 (25)
Penl/Gm 8.3 (10) 7.8 (20)
PIM/Gm 19.1 (18) 18.9 (19)
% of Penl on Home 47.7% (41) 49.9% (15)
% PP Opp for Home 54.3% (2) 50.8% (30)
Penl Diff.* 1.8 (1) 1.4 (21)
Home Win % 60% (15) 43% (42)
Home Rec. 20-13-4 28-39-7
OT/SO Games 29.7% (5) 14.9% (40)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
WSH 2-1-1 2-2 3-2 2-2-0 2-1 0-0
NJD 0-1-2 3-4 6-4 2-1-1 2-2 0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Scott Cherrey #50
 Dan Kelly #98
Games ’23-24 (PS/RS) 5/5 6/4
Career Games (RS/PO) 1092 / 143 146 / 0
First NHL Game 10/6/07 1/28/21
First Playoff Game 4/15/11 —
Birthplace Drayton, ON Morrisonville, NY

  

A referee with 666 career NHL appearances working a Devils game…  spooky. 

 

 Games: PS (Preseason); RS (Regular Season); PO (Playoffs) 

Number in orange/parentheses indicated referee’s rank 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. 

 

Stats have been updated through the end of the 2022-23 regular season. 

We’ve got new rules, new refs, promoted refs, and an updated pronunciation guide for 2023-24.

Here is the NHL’s officating roster for the 2023-24 season: 

NHL Officials – 2023-24