Today’s NHL games:
NYRvsBOS – PHIvsCAR – NYIvsDET – WPGvsNJD – STLvsOTT – NSHvsFLA – BUFvsEDM – CHIvsANA – MTLvsVAN – SEAvsVGK – TBLvsSJS
New York Rangers at Boston Bruins
7:00 PM EST
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Steve Kozari #40 |
Graham Skilliter #24 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 60 | 62 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1212 / 135 | 723 / 16 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/15/05 | 1/28/13 | ||||
| Birthplace | Penticton, BC | La Ronge, SK | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.5 (10) | 6.3 (23) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.0 (25) | 6.0 (26) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.4 (17) | 1.3 (25) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.7 (21) | 7.8 (20) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 20.0 (8) | 18.9 (19) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 49.7% (8) | 49.9% (15) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 50.6% (32) | 50.8% (30) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.6 (3) | 1.4 (21) | ||||
| Home Win % | 51% (37) | 43% (42) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 33-32-8 | 28-39-7 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 20.5% (24) | 14.9% (40) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| NYR | 4-2-1 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 3-0-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| BOS | 2-0-0 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 3-0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
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Steve Barton #59 |
James Tobias #61 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 58 | 61 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1522 / 143 | 387 / 5 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 11/1/00 | 11/22/17 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/11/07 | 4/17/23 | ||||
| Birthplace | Vankleek Hill, ON | Buffalo, NY | ||||
Philadelphia Flyers at Carolina Hurricanes
7:00 PM EST
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Mitch Dunning #20 |
TJ Luxmore #21 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 61 | 64 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 224 / 0 | 643 / 24 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 3/28/19 | 11/19/13 | ||||
| Birthplace | Tecumseh, ON | Timmins, ON | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.2 (32) | 6.1 (34) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 5.8 (34) | 5.8 (32) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.2 (33) | 1.3 (22) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.1 (32) | 6.8 (38) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 17.3 (30) | 16.2 (35) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 50.0% (9) | 48.5% (33) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 49.6% (39) | 51.9% (16) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.3 (34) | 1.3 (25) | ||||
| Home Win % | 54% (34) | 57% (26) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 34-29-7 | 39-29-6 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 18.6% (32) | 17.6% (34) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| PHI | 1-5-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-0-0 | 0-4 | 1-3 |
| CAR | 2-2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4-2-0 | 6-0 | 2-3 |
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Kyle Flemington #55 |
Libor Suchanek #60 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 57 | 61 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 287 / 5 | 443 / 21 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/18/19 | 11/16/17 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/17/23 | 8/2/20 | ||||
| Birthplace | Parkhill, ON | Stod, Czechia | ||||
New York Islanders at Detroit Red Wings
7:00 PM EST
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Frederick L’Ecuyer #17 |
Eric Furlatt #27 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 59 | 49 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1016 / 37 | 1450 / 168 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/13/07 | 10/8/01 | ||||
| Birthplace | St-Tite, QC | Trois-Rivieres, QC | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.0 (41) | 6.3 (22) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.4 (14) | 6.0 (27) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.4 (12) | 1.3 (27) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.9 (16) | 7.6 (23) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 19.4 (16) | 18.1 (25) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 48.0% (39) | 51.0% (7) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 53.8% (4) | 50.2% (35) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.5 (4) | 1.3 (33) | ||||
| Home Win % | 60% (15) | 66% (3) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 40-26-8 | 43-20-9 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 17.6% (34) | 26.4% (15) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| NYI | 5-0-0 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 3-2-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| DET | 3-2-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 3-0-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
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Shandor Alphonso #52 |
David Brisebois #96 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 59 | 58 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 649 / 26 | 1495 / 88 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/17/14 | 10/11/00 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 8/2/20 | 4/16/10 | ||||
| Birthplace | Orangeville, ON | Sudbury, ON | ||||
Winnipeg Jets at New Jersey Devils
7:00 PM EST
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Chris Rooney #5 |
Francis Charron #6 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 62 | 52 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1451 / 155 | 723 / 83 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 11/22/00 | 4/5/10 | ||||
| Birthplace | Boston, MA | Ottawa, ON | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.2 (29) | 6.2 (33) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.7 (7) | 5.8 (33) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.3 (22) | 1.1 (35) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.7 (22) | 7.0 (36) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 18.3 (23) | 16.6 (32) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 50.2% (20) | 50.6% (25) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 51.5% (22) | 52.1% (12) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.4 (18) | 1.1 (42) | ||||
| Home Win % | 62% (13) | 54% (33) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 42-25-7 | 35-29-10 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 20.3% (27) | 24.3% (20) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| WPG | 3-0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| NJD | 4-3-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3-2-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
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Kilian McNamara #93 |
Tyson Baker #88 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 60 | 60 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 191 / 0 | 345 / 1 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/25/21 | 10/10/18 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | — | 5/24/21 | ||||
| Birthplace | Lake Worth, FL | St. Mary’s, ON | ||||
St. Louis Blues at Ottawa Senators
7:00 PM EST
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Michael Markovic #31 |
Kelly Sutherland #11 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 61 | 61 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 233 / 0 | 1517 / 230 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 3/7/19 | 12/19/00 | ||||
| Birthplace | Scarborough, ON | Richmond, BC | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.8 (4) | 6.1 (37) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 7.2 (2) | 5.9 (30) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.5 (4) | 1.3 (21) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 8.8 (1) | 7.8 (18) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 21.4 (2) | 21.0 (5) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 47.9% (31) | 50.2% (11) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 52.8% (9) | 49.9% (38) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.5 (5) | 1.3 (32) | ||||
| Home Win % | 64% (6) | 56% (30) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 42-21-10 | 34-26-8 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 27.4% (12) | 19.1% (31) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| STL | 1-1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-4-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| OTT | 4-3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-2-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
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Devin Berg #87 |
Michel Cormier #76 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 60 | 57 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 585 / 58 | 1356 / 96 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/15/15 | 10/10/03 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/11/18 | 4/22/06 | ||||
| Birthplace | Kitchener, ON | Trois-Rivieres, QC | ||||
Nashville Predators at Florida Panthers
7:30 PM EST
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Jean Hebert #15 |
Pierre Lambert #37 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 63 | 62 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 738 / 83 | 422 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 3/30/11 | 11/17/16 | ||||
| Birthplace | Bouctouche, NB | St-Hubert, QC | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.4 (20) | 6.7 (6) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.1 (18) | 6.1 (21) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.4 (18) | 1.1 (35) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.5 (27) | 7.9 (16) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 17.1 (31) | 19.7 (10) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 51.1% (5) | 46.3% (40) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 50.0% (36) | 52.9% (8) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.1 (39) | 1.4 (16) | ||||
| Home Win % | 59% (20) | 55% (31) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 24-16-7 | 37-30-7 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 19.1% (30) | 25.7% (19) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| NSH | 1-1-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-3-0 | 1-3 | 1-5 |
| FLA | 2-1-0 | 2-1 | 8-2 | 4-2-1 | 1-4 | 1-1 |
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Ryan Daisy #81 |
Jonathan Deschamps #80 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 59 | 60 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 479 / 22 | 210 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/13/16 | 10/15/21 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/12/19 | — | ||||
| Birthplace | Mansfield, MA | Trois-Rivieres, QC | ||||
Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers
9:00 PM EST
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Corey Syvret #23 |
Tom Chmielewski #18 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 63 | 63 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 294 / 0 | 552 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 4/4/18 | 4/8/14 | ||||
| Birthplace | Millgrove, ON | Scott AFB, IL | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.5 (14) | 6.2 (26) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 5.6 (37) | 6.1 (20) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.2 (32) | 1.4 (14) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.0 (35) | 7.5 (24) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 16.6 (33) | 18.1 (26) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 49.9% (12) | 49.5% (24) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 50.4% (33) | 51.6% (21) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.5 (7) | 1.3 (23) | ||||
| Home Win % | 58% (25) | 51% (36) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 38-27-8 | 32-30-11 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 20.5% (24) | 28.8% (8) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| BUF | 1-1-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-3 | 0-2 |
| EDM | 2-0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-0-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
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Brandon Gawryletz #64 |
Travis Toomey #90 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 61 | 46 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 597 / 14 | 283 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/14/15 | 10/3/19 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | — | — | ||||
| Birthplace | Trail, BC | Leduc, AB | ||||
Chicago Blackhawks at Anaheim Ducks
10:00 PM EST
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Jordan Samuels-Thomas #42 |
Trevor Hanson #14 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 27 | 63 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 49 / 0 | 649 / 39 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 4/14/22 | 10/24/13 | ||||
| Birthplace | West Hartford, CT | Richmond, BC | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.5 (9) | 5.6 (46) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.8 (5) | 6.0 (23) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.5 (6) | 1.3 (28) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 8.4 (6) | 8.0 (12) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 22.2 (1) | 21.3 (4) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 48.0% (16) | 45.6% (43) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 51.2% (26) | 54.7% (1) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.4 (11) | 1.7 (2) | ||||
| Home Win % | 58% (24) | 58% (22) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 10-7-2 | 38-26-10 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 10.5% (43) | 28.4% (9) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| CHI | 1-1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2-0 | 4-1 | 5-1 |
| ANA | 1-2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3-2 | 1-5 | 2-8 |
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Travis Gawryletz #67 |
Jonny Murray #95 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 62 | 59 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 422 / 5 | 1492 / 175 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 11/8/17 | 10/7/00 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/17/23 | 4/16/09 | ||||
| Birthplace | Trail, BC | Beauport, QC | ||||
Montréal Canadiens at Vancouver Canucks
10:00 PM EST
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Jake Brenk #26 |
Kendrick Nicholson #30 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 64 | 63 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 510 / 9 | 580 / 5 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 11/12/15 | 1/17/15 | ||||
| Birthplace | Detroit Lakes, MN | Milverton, ON | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.2 (30) | 6.7 (5) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.6 (11) | 6.7 (8) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.4 (16) | 1.5 (3) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.9 (13) | 8.4 (7) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 19.9 (9) | 19.5 (14) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 48.8% (29) | 48.9% (30) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 51.7% (18) | 51.8% (17) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.4 (18) | 1.4 (20) | ||||
| Home Win % | 65% (5) | 62% (10) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 44-22-8 | 42-24-7 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 28.4% (9) | 16.4% (37) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| MTL | 2-2-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-5-0 | 1-2 | 2-8 |
| VAN | 3-3-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 1-3-0 | 2-5 | 5-11 |
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Bryan Pancich #94 |
Caleb Apperson #77 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 29 | 62 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 913 / 67 | 191 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/3/09 | 10/19/21 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/17/14 | — | ||||
| Birthplace | Great Falls, MT | Kitchener, ON | ||||
Seattle Kraken at Vegas Golden Knights
10:30 PM EST
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Gord Dwyer #19 |
Peter MacDougall #38 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 32 | 65 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1231 / 114 | 367 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 11/19/05 | 4/8/17 | ||||
| Birthplace | Lower Sackville, NS | Regina, SK | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.0 (40) | 6.1 (38) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.0 (22) | 6.5 (13) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.0 (41) | 1.4 (15) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.5 (26) | 8.3 (9) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 18.3 (22) | 21.4 (3) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 49.2% (27) | 52.2% (1) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 51.6% (20) | 48.4% (41) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.5 (8) | 1.4 (21) | ||||
| Home Win % | 47% (41) | 62% (11) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 29-33-11 | 42-24-8 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 20.5% (24) | 24.3% (20) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| SEA | 5-1-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 4-1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| VGK | 3-1-1 | 3-1 | 4-2 | 3-0-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 |
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Mark Shewchyk #92 |
CJ Murray #68 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 58 | 59 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1391 / 75 | 191 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/9/03 | 10/14/21 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/15/09 | — | ||||
| Birthplace | Waterdown, ON | Pittsburgh, PA | ||||
Tampa Bay Lightning at San Jose Sharks
10:30 PM EST
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Ghislain Hebert #22 |
Chris Schlenker #3 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 67 | 60 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 920 / 0 | 411 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 3/3/09 | 10/24/16 | ||||
| Birthplace | Bathurst, NB | Medicine Hat, AB | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.5 (12) | 6.6 (7) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.6 (10) | 6.8 (6) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.5 (5) | 1.5 (8) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 8.4 (8) | 8.1 (11) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 20.1 (7) | 19.7 (11) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 49.1% (18) | 50.7% (23) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 51.3% (24) | 51.7% (19) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.3 (29) | 1.3 (30) | ||||
| Home Win % | 62% (12) | 58% (21) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 42-24-10 | 35-24-7 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 27.6% (11) | 16.7% (36) | ||||
| Team Records | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 |
| TBL | 0-2-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| SJS | 1-3-0 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 0-4-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
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Tommy Hughes #65 |
Trent Knorr #74 |
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| Games ’23-24 | 57 | 59 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 124 / 0 | 685 / 24 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/15/22 | 11/13/13 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | — | 4/12/17 | ||||
| Birthplace | London, ON | Powell River, 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:
