Today’s NHL games:
SJSvsBUF – NJDvsBOS – VANvsCBJ – ANAvsFLA – SEAvsPIT – LAKvsCAR – NYIvsMIN – NSHvsVGK – COLvsMTL – PHIvsSTL

San Jose Sharks at Buffalo Sabres
12:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Kendrick Nicholson #30
 Peter MacDougall #38
Games ’23-24 37 37
Career Games (RS/PO) 553 / 5 338 / 0
First NHL Game 1/17/15 4/8/17
Birthplace Milverton, ON Regina, SK
Goals/Gm 6.7 (5) 6.1 (38)
PP Opp/Gm 6.7 (8) 6.5 (13)
PPG/Gm 1.5 (3) 1.4 (15)
Penl/Gm 8.4 (7) 8.3 (9)
PIM/Gm 19.5 (14) 21.4 (3)
% of Penl on Home 48.9% (30) 52.2% (1)
% PP Opp for Home 51.8% (17) 48.4% (41)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (20) 1.4 (21)
Home Win % 62% (10) 62% (11)
Home Rec. 42-24-7 42-24-8
OT/SO Games 16.4% (37) 24.3% (20)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
SJS 1-3-1 2-2 0-0 2-2-0 2-1 1-2
BUF 5-0-0 1-3 0-0 2-4-0 4-3 2-4
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Brad Kovachik #71
 Shandor Alphonso #52
Games ’23-24 32 35
Career Games (RS/PO) 1796 / 200 624 / 26
First NHL Game 10/10/96 10/17/14
First Playoff Game 4/14/01 8/2/20
Birthplace Woodstock, ON Orangeville, ON

  

 

New Jersey Devils at Boston Bruins
1:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Kevin Pollock #33
 Corey Syvret #23
Games ’23-24 37 38
Career Games (RS/PO) 1598 / 219 269 / 0
First NHL Game 3/28/00 4/4/18
Birthplace Kincardine, ON Millgrove, ON
Goals/Gm 6.4 (19) 6.5 (14)
PP Opp/Gm 6.0 (29) 5.6 (37)
PPG/Gm 1.4 (19) 1.2 (32)
Penl/Gm 7.3 (28) 7.0 (35)
PIM/Gm 17.3 (29) 16.6 (33)
% of Penl on Home 48.0% (21) 49.9% (12)
% PP Opp for Home 50.2% (34) 50.4% (33)
Penl Diff.* 1.1 (41) 1.5 (7)
Home Win % 54% (35) 58% (25)
Home Rec. 35-30-7 38-27-8
OT/SO Games 26.4% (15) 20.5% (24)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
NJD 3-2-2 2-3 0-0 1-2-0 2-4 0-0
BOS 4-1-1 4-1 0-0 3-0-0 2-3 0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Kyle Flemington #55
 Steve Barton #59
Games ’23-24 36 35
Career Games (RS/PO) 266 / 5 1500 / 143
First NHL Game 10/18/19 11/1/00
First Playoff Game 4/17/23 4/11/07
Birthplace Parkhill, ON Vankleek Hill, ON

  

 

Vancouver Canucks at Columbus Blue Jackets
1:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Chris Schlenker #3
 Chris Rooney #5
Games ’23-24 36 35
Career Games (RS/PO) 387 / 0 1424 / 155
First NHL Game 10/24/16 11/22/00
Birthplace Medicine Hat, AB Boston, MA
Goals/Gm 6.6 (7) 6.2 (29)
PP Opp/Gm 6.8 (6) 6.7 (7)
PPG/Gm 1.5 (8) 1.3 (22)
Penl/Gm 8.1 (11) 7.7 (22)
PIM/Gm 19.7 (11) 18.3 (23)
% of Penl on Home 50.7% (23) 50.2% (20)
% PP Opp for Home 51.7% (19) 51.5% (22)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (30) 1.4 (18)
Home Win % 58% (21) 62% (13)
Home Rec. 35-24-7 42-25-7
OT/SO Games 16.7% (36) 20.3% (27)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
VAN 2-2-0 3-3 6-13 3-0-0 3-0 0-0
CBJ 3-3-0 4-0 0-0 1-3-0 3-1 1-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Julien Fournier #56
 CJ Murray #68
Games ’23-24 36 35
Career Games (RS/PO) 264 / 0 167 / 0
First NHL Game 10/14/19 10/14/21
First Playoff Game — —
Birthplace Gatineau, QC Pittsburgh, PA

  

 

Anaheim Ducks at Florida Panthers
1:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Pierre Lambert #37
 Ghislain Hebert #22
Games ’23-24 37 40
Career Games (RS/PO) 397 / 0 893 / 0
First NHL Game 11/17/16 3/3/09
Birthplace St-Hubert, QC Bathurst, NB
Goals/Gm 6.7 (6) 6.5 (12)
PP Opp/Gm 6.1 (21) 6.6 (10)
PPG/Gm 1.1 (35) 1.5 (5)
Penl/Gm 7.9 (16) 8.4 (8)
PIM/Gm 19.7 (10) 20.1 (7)
% of Penl on Home 46.3% (40) 49.1% (18)
% PP Opp for Home 52.9% (8) 51.3% (24)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (16) 1.3 (29)
Home Win % 55% (31) 62% (12)
Home Rec. 37-30-7 42-24-10
OT/SO Games 25.7% (19) 27.6% (11)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
ANA 2-2-0 1-3 1-1 0-5-0 2-2 1-5
FLA 4-2-1 1-4 1-1 2-2-0 4-0 2-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Jonathan Deschamps #80
 Jonny Murray #95
Games ’23-24 36 37
Career Games (RS/PO) 186 / 0 1470 / 175
First NHL Game 10/15/21 10/7/00
First Playoff Game — 4/16/09
Birthplace Trois-Rivieres, QC Beauport, QC

  

Officiating Supervisor: Brad Watson

 

 

Seattle Kraken at Pittsburgh Penguins
1:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Brandon Blandina #39
 Dan O’Rourke #9
Games ’23-24 39 29
Career Games (RS/PO) 190 / 0 1413 / 187
First NHL Game 3/19/19 10/2/99
Birthplace Centennial, CO Calgary, AB
Goals/Gm 6.4 (17) 5.9 (45)
PP Opp/Gm 5.7 (36) 6.0 (27)
PPG/Gm 1.4 (10) 1.3 (29)
Penl/Gm 7.1 (33) 7.5 (25)
PIM/Gm 17.5 (28) 18.8 (20)
% of Penl on Home 49.9% (22) 49.5% (19)
% PP Opp for Home 51.2% (25) 51.4% (23)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (25) 1.3 (24)
Home Win % 49% (39) 77% (2)
Home Rec. 32-33-9 45-12-4
OT/SO Games 27.0% (13) 29.5% (6)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
SEA 4-1-0 3-2 0-0 2-0-0 1-2 0-0
PIT 3-2-1 1-1 0-0 3-3-1 3-1 2-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Devin Berg #87
 Bryan Pancich #94
Games ’23-24 35 5
Career Games (RS/PO) 560 / 58 889 / 67
First NHL Game 10/15/15 10/3/09
First Playoff Game 4/11/18 4/17/14
Birthplace Kitchener, ON Great Falls, MT

  

 

Los Angeles Kings at Carolina Hurricanes
3:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Brian Pochmara #16
 Garrett Rank #7
Games ’23-24 39 39
Career Games (RS/PO) 1136 / 61 564 / 11
First NHL Game 12/23/05 1/15/15
Birthplace Detroit, MI Elmira, ON
Goals/Gm 5.9 (44) 6.4 (17)
PP Opp/Gm 5.9 (31) 6.9 (4)
PPG/Gm 1.1 (35) 1.5 (7)
Penl/Gm 7.1 (34) 8.4 (5)
PIM/Gm 16.4 (34) 19.7 (12)
% of Penl on Home 48.0% (38) 47.1% (34)
% PP Opp for Home 52.6% (10) 52.1% (13)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (25) 1.4 (9)
Home Win % 56% (28) 56% (28)
Home Rec. 37-28-9 36-27-11
OT/SO Games 27.0% (13) 23.0% (23)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
LAK 2-3-0 3-2 0-2 6-0-0 4-1 3-1
CAR 2-3-1 3-4 3-3 5-0-0 5-0 4-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Derek Nansen #70
 David Brisebois #96
Games ’23-24 36 35
Career Games (RS/PO) 1360 / 65 1472 / 88
First NHL Game 10/11/02 10/11/00
First Playoff Game 4/14/07 4/16/10
Birthplace Ottawa, ON Sudbury, ON

  

Officiating Supervisor: Rob Shick

 

 

New York Islanders at Minnesota Wild
6:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Jean Hebert #15
 Michael Markovic #31
Games ’23-24 38 35
Career Games (RS/PO) 713 / 83 207 / 0
First NHL Game 3/30/11 3/7/19
Birthplace Bouctouche, NB Scarborough, ON
Goals/Gm 6.4 (20) 6.8 (4)
PP Opp/Gm 6.1 (18) 7.2 (2)
PPG/Gm 1.4 (18) 1.5 (4)
Penl/Gm 7.5 (27) 8.8 (1)
PIM/Gm 17.1 (31) 21.4 (2)
% of Penl on Home 51.1% (5) 47.9% (31)
% PP Opp for Home 50.0% (36) 52.8% (9)
Penl Diff.* 1.1 (39) 1.5 (5)
Home Win % 59% (20) 64% (6)
Home Rec. 24-16-7 42-21-10
OT/SO Games 19.1% (30) 27.4% (12)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
NYI 0-1-0 1-2 1-0 0-4-1 1-3 0-0
MIN 1-2-0 1-0 1-1 2-1-1 4-0 0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Joe Mahon #89
 Scott Cherrey #50
Games ’23-24 23 37
Career Games (RS/PO) 67 / 0 1125 / 143
First NHL Game 11/1/22 10/6/07
First Playoff Game — 4/15/11
Birthplace Calgary, AB Drayton, ON

  

 

Nashville Predators at Vegas Golden Knights
6:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Tom Chmielewski #18
 Kyle Rehman #10
Games ’23-24 37 38
Career Games (RS/PO) 526 / 0 973 / 35
First NHL Game 4/8/14 1/22/08
Birthplace Scott AFB, IL Red Deer, AB
Goals/Gm 6.2 (26) 6.1 (34)
PP Opp/Gm 6.1 (20) 6.5 (12)
PPG/Gm 1.4 (14) 1.4 (10)
Penl/Gm 7.5 (24) 7.9 (13)
PIM/Gm 18.1 (26) 19.6 (13)
% of Penl on Home 49.5% (24) 49.7% (10)
% PP Opp for Home 51.6% (21) 50.8% (29)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (23) 1.1 (40)
Home Win % 51% (36) 57% (26)
Home Rec. 32-30-11 39-29-6
OT/SO Games 28.8% (8) 16.2% (38)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
NSH 1-0-0 4-5 0-2 4-1-0 3-1 1-2
VGK 5-0-0 6-1 3-3 4-2-0 3-5 0-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  James Tobias #61
 Travis Gawryletz #67
Games ’23-24 35 36
Career Games (RS/PO) 362 / 5 396 / 5
First NHL Game 11/22/17 11/8/17
First Playoff Game 4/17/23 4/17/23
Birthplace Buffalo, NY Trail, BC

  

 

Colorado Avalanche at Montréal Canadiens
7:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Wes McCauley #4
 Jon Mclsaac #2
Games ’23-24 37 36
Career Games (RS/PO) 1329 / 201 525 / 34
First NHL Game 1/20/03 11/21/13
Birthplace Georgetown, ON Truro, NS
Goals/Gm 6.1 (36) 6.4 (15)
PP Opp/Gm 5.3 (40) 6.7 (9)
PPG/Gm 0.9 (42) 1.4 (13)
Penl/Gm 6.6 (40) 8.5 (3)
PIM/Gm 15.3 (41) 19.5 (15)
% of Penl on Home 48.9% (36) 48.9% (17)
% PP Opp for Home 53.0% (7) 51.1% (28)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (17) 1.2 (37)
Home Win % 58% (23) 63% (9)
Home Rec. 38-26-11 35-19-9
OT/SO Games 33.3% (2) 30.2% (4)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
COL 2-2-1 2-1 1-0 2-1-0 1-4 2-0
MTL 1-1-2 2-0 0-0 1-1-0 1-3 0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Michel Cormier #76
 Mark Shewchyk #92
Games ’23-24 35 31
Career Games (RS/PO) 1334 / 96 1364 / 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

  

 

Philadelphia Flyers at St. Louis Blues
8:00 PM EST

REFEREES
  Carter Sandlak #29
 Frederick L’Ecuyer #17
Games ’23-24 36 36
Career Games (RS/PO) 73 / 0 993 / 37
First NHL Game 3/22/22 10/13/07
Birthplace Vancouver, BC St-Tite, QC
Goals/Gm 7.0 (27) 6.0 (41)
PP Opp/Gm 5.0 (24) 6.4 (14)
PPG/Gm 1.1 (30) 1.4 (12)
Penl/Gm 5.8 (19) 7.9 (16)
PIM/Gm 12.5 (17) 19.4 (16)
% of Penl on Home 48.1% (4) 48.0% (39)
% PP Opp for Home 52.0% (40) 53.8% (4)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (12) 1.5 (4)
Home Win % 79% (1) 60% (15)
Home Rec. 31-7-3 40-26-8
OT/SO Games 29.4% (3) 17.6% (34)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
PHI 1-1-0 — — 1-4-0 2-2 4-3
STL 0-2-0 — — 2-2-0 4-1 0-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Brandon Gawryletz #64
 Bevan Mills #53
Games ’23-24 36 35
Career Games (RS/PO) 572 / 14 404 / 23
First NHL Game 10/14/15 11/29/16
First Playoff Game — 5/16/21
Birthplace Trail, BC Surrey, BC

  

Officiating Supervisor: Mike Leggo

 

 

 
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