New York Rangers at Florida Panthers
Game 4 – 8:00 PM EST

REFEREES

  Garrett Rank #7
Jean Hebert #15
Games ’23-24 (RS/PO) 74 / 10 75 / 11
Career Games (RS/PO) 598 / 32 749 / 106
First NHL Game 1/15/15 3/30/11
Birthplace Elmira, ON Bouctouche, NB
Goals/Gm 6.2 (19) 5.9 (39)
PP Opp/Gm 6.4 (10) 5.7 (35)
PPG/Gm 1.4 (12) 1.2 (30)
Penl/Gm 8.6 (7) 7.4 (27)
PIM/Gm 23.2 (3) 18.5 (23)
% of Penl on Home 49.6% (16) 49.2% (12)
% PP Opp for Home 50.7% (32) 49.7% (38)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (30) 1.3 (34)
Home Win % 55% (33) 65% (6)
Home Rec. 37-30-8 45-23-8
OT/SO Games 20.0% (21) 21.1% (19)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
NYR 4-1-0 4-1-0 2-1 2-2-1 2-1-0 2-1
FLA 6-1-0 2-1-2 3-0 5-2-1 2-1-0 2-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Jonny Murray #95
Shandor Alphonso #52
Games ’23-24 (RS/PO) 71 / 11 72 / 9
Career Games (RS/PO) 1503 / 198 661 / 45
First NHL Game 10/7/00 10/17/14
First Playoff Game 4/16/09 8/2/20
Birthplace Beauport, QC Orangeville, ON

  

Referees Garrett Rank and Jean Hebert are working their second Conference Final game, coming off EDM/DAL Game 2 out west. 

Rank and Hebert have been paired up throughout the playoffs, working NYI/CAR Game 1, TOR/BOS Game 2, FLA/TBL Game 4 (FLA L 6-3), VGK/DAL Game 5, and VAN/NSH Game 6 in the opening round. 

They’ve also officiated BOS/FLA Game 2 (FLA W 6-1), NYR/CAR Game 4 (NYR L 4-3), COL/DAL Game 5, and VAN/EDM Game 6 in Round 2. 

Rank and Hebert aren’t shy about dishing out PIMs to clean up the ice.  handed out 12 misconduct penalties at Bruins/Panthers Game 2 and four at Canucks/Oilers Game 6.  Referee Garrett Rank also famously issued misconduct penalties to “everybody on the ice” earlier this season.

Their last time out, though, saw only four penalties – two per side – at Stars vs. Oilers Game 2.

This postseason marks the first Conference Finals appearances for ref Garrett Rank and linesman Shandor Alphonso.

Also, wishing a happy belated 40th birthday to linesman Shandor Alphonso!
 

 

Standby Officials: Kelly Sutherland (#11), Ryan Gibbons (#58)
Officiating Supervisor: Rob Shick

 


 

 
Stats have been updated through the end of the 2023-24 regular season. 

 

     
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. 

 

NHL Officials For 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals

 

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