Today’s NHL games:
BUFvsPHI – DALvsCGY – STLvsCOL – ARIvsANA
Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers
7:00 PM EST
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Steve Kozari #40 |
Chris Schlenker #3 |
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| Games ’23-24 (PS/RS) | 6/8 | 6/7 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1161 / 135 | 357 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/15/05 | 10/24/16 | ||||
| Birthplace | Penticton, BC | Medicine Hat, AB | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.5 (10) | 6.6 (7) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.0 (25) | 6.8 (6) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.4 (17) | 1.5 (8) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.7 (21) | 8.1 (11) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 20.0 (8) | 19.7 (11) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 49.7% (8) | 50.7% (23) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 50.6% (32) | 51.7% (19) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.6 (3) | 1.3 (30) | ||||
| Home Win % | 51% (37) | 58% (21) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 33-32-8 | 35-24-7 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 20.5% (24) | 16.7% (36) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| BUF | 3-1-0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| PHI | 3-2-1 | 2-2 | 0-5 | 1-2-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
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Steve Barton #59 |
Trent Knorr #74 |
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| Games ’23-24 (PS/RS) | 4/7 | 6/9 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1471 / 143 | 634 / 24 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 11/1/00 | 11/13/13 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/11/07 | 4/12/17 | ||||
| Birthplace | Vankleek Hill, ON | Powell River, BC | ||||
Dallas Stars at Calgary Flames
8:30 PM EST
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Trevor Hanson #14 |
Brian Pochmara #16 |
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| Games ’23-24 (PS/RS) | 2/6 | 4/6 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 592 / 39 | 1102 / 61 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/24/13 | 12/23/05 | ||||
| Birthplace | Richmond, BC | Detroit, MI | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 5.6 (46) | 5.9 (44) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.0 (23) | 5.9 (31) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.3 (28) | 1.1 (35) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 8.0 (12) | 7.1 (34) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 21.3 (4) | 16.4 (34) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 45.6% (43) | 48.0% (38) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 54.7% (1) | 52.6% (10) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.7 (2) | 1.3 (25) | ||||
| Home Win % | 58% (22) | 56% (28) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 38-26-10 | 37-28-9 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 28.4% (9) | 27.0% (13) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| DAL | 2-4-0 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 1-1-0 | 1-5 | 0-3 |
| CGY | 2-3-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3-2-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
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Shandor Alphonso #52 |
Andrew Smith #51 |
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| Games ’23-24 (PS/RS) | 5/8 | 6/7 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 597 / 26 | 417 / 34 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/17/14 | 10/4/17 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 8/2/20 | 4/10/19 | ||||
| Birthplace | Orangeville, ON | Kitchener, ON | ||||
St. Louis Blues at Colorado Avalanche
9:30 PM EST
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Tom Chmielewski #18 |
Chris Lee #28 |
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| Games ’23-24 (PS/RS) | 6/7 | 5/7 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 496 / 0 | 1349 / 117 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 4/8/14 | 4/2/01 | ||||
| Birthplace | Scott AFB, IL | St. John, NB | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.2 (26) | 6.2 (30) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.1 (20) | 5.5 (39) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.4 (14) | 1.1 (39) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.5 (24) | 6.9 (37) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 18.1 (26) | 16.1 (38) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 49.5% (24) | 47.9% (35) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 51.6% (21) | 53.1% (6) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.3 (23) | 1.4 (14) | ||||
| Home Win % | 51% (36) | 55% (31) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 32-30-11 | 38-31-5 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 28.8% (8) | 20.3% (27) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| STL | 3-1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-3-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| COL | 1-4-1 | 1-2 | 8-4 | 2-0-2 | 1-3 | 2-2 |
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Travis Gawryletz #67 |
Brad Kovachik #71 |
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| Games ’23-24 (PS/RS) | 6/8 | 2/7 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 367 / 5 | 1771 / 200 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 11/8/17 | 10/10/96 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/17/23 | 4/14/01 | ||||
| Birthplace | Trail, BC | Woodstock, ON | ||||
Arizona Coyotes at Anaheim Ducks
10:00 PM EST
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Kevin Pollock #33 |
Mitch Dunning #20 |
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| Games ’23-24 (PS/RS) | 4/6 | 5/8 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1567 / 219 | 170 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 3/28/00 | 3/28/19 | ||||
| Birthplace | Kincardine, ON | Tecumseh, ON | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.4 (19) | 6.2 (32) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.0 (29) | 5.8 (34) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.4 (19) | 1.2 (33) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.3 (28) | 7.1 (32) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 17.3 (29) | 17.3 (30) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 48.0% (21) | 50.0% (9) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 50.2% (34) | 49.6% (39) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.1 (41) | 1.3 (34) | ||||
| Home Win % | 54% (35) | 54% (34) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 35-30-7 | 34-29-7 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 26.4% (15) | 18.6% (32) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| ARI | 0-2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| ANA | 0-1-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-2-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 |
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Matt MacPherson #83 |
Julien Fournier #56 |
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| Games ’23-24 (PS/RS) | 5/7 | 7/7 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 822 / 96 | 234 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/11/11 | 10/14/19 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/17/14 | — | ||||
| Birthplace | Antigonish, NS | Gatineau, QC | ||||
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:
