Today’s NHL games:
CHIvsFLA – DALvsMIN – VANvsMTL
 CBJvsNYR – SJSvsANA

Chicago Blackhawks at Florida Panthers
1:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Jean Hebert #15
 Garrett Rank #7
Games ’23-24 12 11
Career Games (RS/PO) 686 / 83 535 / 11
First NHL Game 3/30/11 1/15/15
Birthplace Bouctouche, NB Elmira, ON
Goals/Gm 6.4 (20) 6.4 (17)
PP Opp/Gm 6.1 (18) 6.9 (4)
PPG/Gm 1.4 (18) 1.5 (7)
Penl/Gm 7.5 (27) 8.4 (5)
PIM/Gm 17.1 (31) 19.7 (12)
% of Penl on Home 51.1% (5) 47.1% (34)
% PP Opp for Home 50.0% (36) 52.1% (13)
Penl Diff.* 1.1 (39) 1.4 (9)
Home Win % 59% (20) 56% (28)
Home Rec. 24-16-7 36-27-11
OT/SO Games 19.1% (30) 23.0% (23)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
CHI 2-1-0 1-0 2-4 1-4-1 3-3 3-4
FLA 2-1-0 2-1 8-2 2-1-2 3-0 0-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Travis Toomey #90
 Andrew Smith #51
Games ’23-24 12 11
Career Games (RS/PO) 248 / 0 421 / 34
First NHL Game 10/3/19 10/4/17
First Playoff Game — 4/10/19
Birthplace Leduc, AB Kitchener, ON

  

Officiating Supervisor: Rob Shick

 

 

Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild
6:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  François St. Laurent #8
 Chris Schlenker #3
Games ’23-24 12 11
Career Games (RS/PO) 968 / 76 362 / 0
First NHL Game 11/10/05 10/24/16
Birthplace Greenfield Park, QC Medicine Hat, AB
Goals/Gm 6.5 (13) 6.6 (7)
PP Opp/Gm 6.3 (15) 6.8 (6)
PPG/Gm 1.7 (1) 1.5 (8)
Penl/Gm 8.3 (10) 8.1 (11)
PIM/Gm 19.1 (18) 19.7 (11)
% of Penl on Home 47.7% (41) 50.7% (23)
% PP Opp for Home 54.3% (2) 51.7% (19)
Penl Diff.* 1.8 (1) 1.3 (30)
Home Win % 60% (15) 58% (21)
Home Rec. 20-13-4 35-24-7
OT/SO Games 29.7% (5) 16.7% (36)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
DAL 0-1-1 3-3 2-2 4-1-1 2-1 0-0
MIN 1-0-0 3-1 3-0 1-0-0 1-2 0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Ryan Gibbons #58
 Kyle Flemington #55
Games ’23-24 11 12
Career Games (RS/PO) 580 / 59 242 / 5
First NHL Game 10/8/15 10/18/19
First Playoff Game 4/12/17 4/17/23
Birthplace Vancouver, BC Parkhill, ON

  

Officiating Supervisor: Brad Watson

 

 

Vancouver Canucks at Montréal Canadiens
7:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Jake Brenk #26
 Corey Syvret #23
Games ’23-24 13 12
Career Games (RS/PO) 459 / 9 243 / 0
First NHL Game 11/12/15 4/4/18
Birthplace Detroit Lakes, MN Millgrove, ON
Goals/Gm 6.2 (30) 6.5 (14)
PP Opp/Gm 6.6 (11) 5.6 (37)
PPG/Gm 1.4 (16) 1.2 (32)
Penl/Gm 7.9 (13) 7.0 (35)
PIM/Gm 19.9 (9) 16.6 (33)
% of Penl on Home 48.8% (29) 49.9% (12)
% PP Opp for Home 51.7% (18) 50.4% (33)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (18) 1.5 (7)
Home Win % 65% (5) 58% (25)
Home Rec. 44-22-8 38-27-8
OT/SO Games 28.4% (9) 20.5% (24)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
VAN 3-3-0 4-2 0-0 4-3-0 2-3 0-0
MTL 2-2-1 0-3 0-0 2-1-0 2-4 0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Brandon Gawryletz #64
 Libor Suchanek #60
Games ’23-24 12 11
Career Games (RS/PO) 548 / 14 393 / 21
First NHL Game 10/14/15 11/16/17
First Playoff Game — 8/2/20
Birthplace Trail, BC Stod, Czechia

  

Officiating Supervisor: Paul Devorski

 

 

Columbus Blue Jackets at New York Rangers
7:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Kevin Pollock #33
 Brandon Blandina #39
Games ’23-24 11 13
Career Games (RS/PO) 1572 / 219 164 / 0
First NHL Game 3/28/00 3/19/19
Birthplace Kincardine, ON Centennial, CO
Goals/Gm 6.4 (19) 6.4 (17)
PP Opp/Gm 6.0 (29) 5.7 (36)
PPG/Gm 1.4 (19) 1.4 (10)
Penl/Gm 7.3 (28) 7.1 (33)
PIM/Gm 17.3 (29) 17.5 (28)
% of Penl on Home 48.0% (21) 49.9% (22)
% PP Opp for Home 50.2% (34) 51.2% (25)
Penl Diff.* 1.1 (41) 1.3 (25)
Home Win % 54% (35) 49% (39)
Home Rec. 35-30-7 32-33-9
OT/SO Games 26.4% (15) 27.0% (13)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
CBJ 3-3-0 2-1 0-0 1-4-0 2-1 2-1
NYR 2-0-0 4-1 0-0 1-3-1 3-0 2-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Travis Gawryletz #67
 Matt MacPherson #83
Games ’23-24 12 12
Career Games (RS/PO) 372 / 5 828 / 96
First NHL Game 11/8/17 10/11/11
First Playoff Game 4/17/23 4/17/14
Birthplace Trail, BC Antigonish, NS

  

 

San Jose Sharks at Anaheim Ducks
8:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Ghislain Hebert #22
 TJ Luxmore #21
Games ’23-24 12 13
Career Games (RS/PO) 865 / 0 592 / 24
First NHL Game 3/3/09 11/19/13
Birthplace Bathurst, NB Timmins, ON
Goals/Gm 6.5 (12) 6.1 (34)
PP Opp/Gm 6.6 (10) 5.8 (32)
PPG/Gm 1.5 (5) 1.3 (22)
Penl/Gm 8.4 (8) 6.8 (38)
PIM/Gm 20.1 (7) 16.2 (35)
% of Penl on Home 49.1% (18) 48.5% (33)
% PP Opp for Home 51.3% (24) 51.9% (16)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (29) 1.3 (25)
Home Win % 62% (12) 57% (26)
Home Rec. 42-24-10 39-29-6
OT/SO Games 27.6% (11) 17.6% (34)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
SJS 1-3-0 0-3 2-4 1-3-1 0-2 2-1
ANA 0-5-0 2-2 1-5 3-3-0 3-1 5-4
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Justin Johnson #57
 Bevan Mills #53
Games ’23-24 7 12
Career Games (RS/PO) 107 / 0 381 / 23
First NHL Game 10/23/21 11/29/16
First Playoff Game — 5/16/21
Birthplace Winnipeg, MB Surrey, BC

  

 

 
 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