Today’s NHL games:
TORvsWSHARIvsDALMINvsLAK 

 


Toronto Maple Leafs at Washington Capitals
7:30 PM EST

REFEREES

  Brandon Schrader #34
Dan O’Rourke #9
Games ’23-24 61 51
Career Games (RS/PO) 178 / 0 1434 / 187
First NHL Game 3/1/19 10/2/99
Birthplace Sanborn, NY Calgary, AB
Goals/Gm 6.2 (27) 5.9 (45)
PP Opp/Gm 6.0 (24) 6.0 (27)
PPG/Gm 1.3 (30) 1.3 (29)
Penl/Gm 7.8 (19) 7.5 (25)
PIM/Gm 19.1 (17) 18.8 (20)
% of Penl on Home 51.2% (4) 49.5% (19)
% PP Opp for Home 49.4% (40) 51.4% (23)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (12) 1.3 (24)
Home Win % 63% (8) 77% (2)
Home Rec. 20-11-3 45-12-4
OT/SO Games 31.7% (3) 29.5% (6)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
TOR 1-1-0 2-3-0 3-1 0-0
WSH 0-1-1 2-1-1 3-2 3-2
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Scott Cherrey #50
Ryan Galloway #82
Games ’23-24 60 60
Career Games (RS/PO) 1147 / 143 1402 / 23
First NHL Game 10/6/07 10/17/02
First Playoff Game 4/15/11 4/13/11
Birthplace Drayton, ON Winnipeg, MB

  

Officiating Supervisor: Mike Leggo

 


 

Arizona Coyotes at Dallas Stars
8:00 PM EST

REFEREES

  Chris Lee #28
Furman South #13
Games ’23-24 62 62
Career Games (RS/PO) 1405 / 117 324 / 0
First NHL Game 4/2/01 4/6/17
Birthplace St. John, NB Sewickley, PA
Goals/Gm 6.2 (30) 6.0 (43)
PP Opp/Gm 5.5 (39) 5.7 (35)
PPG/Gm 1.1 (39) 1.2 (34)
Penl/Gm 6.9 (37) 7.3 (31)
PIM/Gm 16.1 (38) 18.0 (27)
% of Penl on Home 47.9% (35) 46.9% (37)
% PP Opp for Home 53.1% (6) 53.8% (3)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (14) 1.2 (36)
Home Win % 55% (31) 59% (18)
Home Rec. 38-31-5 39-26-8
OT/SO Games 20.3% (27) 26.0% (17)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
ARI 2-2-1 1-1 2-2 3-0-0 0-2 0-0
DAL 4-1-0 5-1 4-0 4-1-1 3-1 0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Brad Kovachik #71
Bevan Mills #53
Games ’23-24 57 60
Career Games (RS/PO) 1822 / 200 429 / 23
First NHL Game 10/10/96 11/29/16
First Playoff Game 4/14/01 5/16/21
Birthplace Woodstock, ON Surrey, BC

  

Officiating Supervisor: Brad Watson

 


 

Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings
10:00 PM EST

REFEREES

  François St. Laurent #8
Ghislain Hebert #22
Games ’23-24 61 66
Career Games (RS/PO) 1017 / 76 919 / 0
First NHL Game 11/10/05 3/3/09
Birthplace Greenfield Park, QC Bathurst, NB
Goals/Gm 6.5 (13) 6.5 (12)
PP Opp/Gm 6.3 (15) 6.6 (10)
PPG/Gm 1.7 (1) 1.5 (5)
Penl/Gm 8.3 (10) 8.4 (8)
PIM/Gm 19.1 (18) 20.1 (7)
% of Penl on Home 47.7% (41) 49.1% (18)
% PP Opp for Home 54.3% (2) 51.3% (24)
Penl Diff.* 1.8 (1) 1.3 (29)
Home Win % 60% (15) 62% (12)
Home Rec. 20-13-4 42-24-10
OT/SO Games 29.7% (5) 27.6% (11)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
MIN 1-0-0 3-1 3-0 4-3-1 3-1 4-0
LAK 1-2-0 1-1 1-0 2-2-0 2-2 4-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Andrew Smith #51
Travis Gawryletz #67
Games ’23-24 55 61
Career Games (RS/PO) 466 / 34 421 / 5
First NHL Game 10/4/17 11/8/17
First Playoff Game 4/10/19 4/17/23
Birthplace Kitchener, ON Trail, BC

  

Officiating Supervisor: Jay Sharrers

 


 

    
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