Today’s NHL games:
STL vs. BOSNYI vs. SEAEDM vs. TORCBJ vs. MTLNJD vs. TBLWPG vs. FLABUF vs. PHISJS vs. PITOTT vs. CARDAL vs. MINDET vs. LAKCHI vs. VAN 

 


St. Louis Blues at Boston Bruins
1:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Jean Hebert #15
Stephen Hiff #46
Games ’24-25 16 4
Career Games (RS/PO) 766 / 99 5 / 0
First NHL Game 3/30/11 4/11/24
Birthplace Bouctouche, NB Cambridge, ON
Goals/Gm 5.9 (39) 4.0 (43)
PP Opp/Gm 5.7 (35) 5.0 (43)
PPG/Gm 1.2 (30) 0.0 (43)
Penl/Gm 7.4 (27) 5.0 (43)
PIM/Gm 18.5 (24) 10.0 (43)
% of Penl on Home 49.2% (12) 40.0% (41)
% PP Opp for Home 49.7% (38) 60.0% (3)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (33) 1.0 (42)
Home Win % 65% (6) % (43)
Home Rec. 45-23-8 0-1-0
OT/SO Games 21.1% (18) 0.0% (41)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
STL 1-3-0 1-1-1 1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0
BOS 4-1-1 2-1-0 1-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Derek Nansen #70
Jesse Marquis #86
Games ’24-25 16 16
Career Games (RS/PO) 1412 / 65 342 / 12
First NHL Game 10/11/02 10/11/18
First Playoff Game 4/14/07 4/18/23
Birthplace Ottawa, ON Bouctouche, NB

  

Officiating Supervisor: Rob Shick

 


 

New York Islanders at Seattle Kraken
4:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Gord Dwyer #19
Furman South #13
Games ’24-25 15 16
Career Games (RS/PO) 1255 / 118 352 / 0
First NHL Game 11/19/05 4/6/17
Birthplace Lower Sackville, NS Sewickley, PA
Goals/Gm 6.4 (10) 6.1 (28)
PP Opp/Gm 6.2 (14) 5.5 (39)
PPG/Gm 1.2 (33) 1.1 (38)
Penl/Gm 8.6 (4) 6.8 (40)
PIM/Gm 25.0 (1) 15.7 (41)
% of Penl on Home 48.8% (26) 48.3% (20)
% PP Opp for Home 52.5% (16) 52.2% (18)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (21) 1.2 (34)
Home Win % 64% (7) 61% (15)
Home Rec. 25-13-4 42-25-8
OT/SO Games 21.4% (16) 18.7% (28)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
NYI 2-1-0 3-1-0 0-3 3-2-0 5-2-0 2-2
SEA 0-1-1 5-1-0 0-4 1-2-1 4-2-0 2-5
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Caleb Apperson #77
Travis Gawryletz #67
Games ’24-25 15 16
Career Games (RS/PO) 216 / 0 448 / 8
First NHL Game 10/19/21 11/8/17
First Playoff Game 4/17/23
Birthplace Kitchener, ON Trail, BC

  


 

Edmonton Oilers at Toronto Maple Leafs
7:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Chris Rooney #5
Garrett Rank #7
Games ’24-25 12 14
Career Games (RS/PO) 1475 / 170 613 / 23
First NHL Game 11/22/00 1/15/15
Birthplace Boston, MA Elmira, ON
Goals/Gm 6.3 (17) 6.2 (18)
PP Opp/Gm 6.2 (13) 6.4 (9)
PPG/Gm 1.3 (13) 1.4 (12)
Penl/Gm 7.6 (18) 8.6 (6)
PIM/Gm 19.4 (14) 23.2 (2)
% of Penl on Home 50.3% (13) 49.6% (16)
% PP Opp for Home 50.3% (32) 50.7% (31)
Penl Diff.* 1.2 (34) 1.3 (30)
Home Win % 50% (40) 55% (34)
Home Rec. 34-34-7 37-30-8
OT/SO Games 17.3% (32) 20.0% (21)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
EDM 1-1-0 4-3-0 3-0 2-3-1 3-0-1 5-2
TOR 2-1-0 3-0-1 2-1 3-2-1 2-1-1 6-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Steve Barton #59
Shandor Alphonso #52
Games ’24-25 15 14
Career Games (RS/PO) 1549 / 155 676 / 37
First NHL Game 11/1/00 10/17/14
First Playoff Game 4/11/07 8/2/20
Birthplace Vankleek Hill, ON Orangeville, ON

  

Officiating Supervisor: Paul Devorski

 


 

Columbus Blue Jackets at Montréal Canadiens
7:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Riley Brace #49
Jon Mclsaac #2
Games ’24-25 4 16
Career Games (RS/PO) 5 / 0 579 / 37
First NHL Game 4/13/24 11/21/13
Birthplace Fitzroy Harbour, ON Truro, NS
Goals/Gm 8.0 (2) 6.0 (36)
PP Opp/Gm 9.0 (1) 6.5 (7)
PPG/Gm 4.0 (1) 1.3 (19)
Penl/Gm 9.0 (1) 7.6 (21)
PIM/Gm 18.0 (29) 17.7 (33)
% of Penl on Home 33.3% (43) 48.6% (39)
% PP Opp for Home 66.7% (1) 53.9% (6)
Penl Diff.* 3.0 (1) 1.4 (15)
Home Win % 100% (1) 61% (15)
Home Rec. 1-0-0 41-24-10
OT/SO Games 100.0% (1) 26.7% (5)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
CBJ 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0 0-5-0 0-3-2 1-4
MTL 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0 2-1-2 1-1-0 1-3
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Ryan Gibbons #58
David Brisebois #96
Games ’24-25 15 11
Career Games (RS/PO) 654 / 70 1519 / 91
First NHL Game 10/8/15 10/11/00
First Playoff Game 4/12/17 4/16/10
Birthplace Vancouver, BC Sudbury, ON

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets are winless (0-8-2) over the past two seasons under referee Jon McIsaac.  

 


 

New Jersey Devils at Tampa Bay Lightning
7:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Mitch Dunning #20
Kendrick Nicholson #30
Games ’24-25 14 15
Career Games (RS/PO) 251 / 0 606 / 9
First NHL Game 3/28/19 1/17/15
Birthplace Tecumseh, ON Milverton, ON
Goals/Gm 6.3 (14) 5.8 (42)
PP Opp/Gm 5.9 (29) 6.1 (18)
PPG/Gm 1.3 (15) 1.2 (34)
Penl/Gm 7.5 (24) 8.1 (9)
PIM/Gm 19.8 (11) 20.6 (8)
% of Penl on Home 48.8% (15) 48.1% (36)
% PP Opp for Home 50.8% (30) 53.3% (8)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (26) 1.3 (30)
Home Win % 62% (13) 57% (26)
Home Rec. 43-25-7 40-30-5
OT/SO Games 20.0% (21) 17.3% (32)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
NJD 1-0-0 5-2-0 0-0 1-3-0 5-2-0 2-3
TBL 1-3-0 4-2-0 0-0 6-1-0 3-1-0 2-2
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Andrew Smith #51
Devin Berg #87
Games ’24-25 15 13
Career Games (RS/PO) 496 / 38 609 / 74
First NHL Game 10/4/17 10/15/15
First Playoff Game 4/10/19 4/11/18
Birthplace Kitchener, ON Kitchener, ON

  

The Tampa Bay Lightning went 9-2-0 over the past two seasons under ref Kendrick Nicholson.  

Kitchener, Ontario, is well-represented on the blueline today with Andrew Smith and Devin Berg.

 


 

Winnipeg Jets at Florida Panthers
7:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Ghislain Hebert #22
Dan O’Rourke #9
Games ’24-25 19 18
Career Games (RS/PO) 950 / 0 1466 / 204
First NHL Game 3/3/09 10/2/99
Birthplace Bathurst, NB Calgary, AB
Goals/Gm 6.4 (9) 6.0 (35)
PP Opp/Gm 5.7 (33) 6.1 (20)
PPG/Gm 1.2 (25) 1.2 (32)
Penl/Gm 8.1 (11) 8.3 (8)
PIM/Gm 20.7 (7) 20.3 (9)
% of Penl on Home 51.0% (1) 50.4% (14)
% PP Opp for Home 48.2% (43) 51.0% (28)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (29) 1.5 (7)
Home Win % 55% (33) 74% (3)
Home Rec. 40-32-7 45-14-6
OT/SO Games 17.7% (30) 24.6% (8)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
WPG 5-1-0 2-3-0 1-5 3-1-0 0-2-0 2-2
FLA 1-5-1 2-2-0 4-0 4-0-1 5-0-0 3-2
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  CJ Murray #68
Julien Fournier #56
Games ’24-25 14 17
Career Games (RS/PO) 217 / 0 317 / 0
First NHL Game 10/14/21 10/14/19
First Playoff Game
Birthplace Pittsburgh, PA Gatineau, QC

  

The Florida Panthers went 9-0-1 over the last two seasons under referee Dan O’Rourke.

 


 

Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers
7:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Eric Furlatt #27
Beau Halkidis #48
Games ’24-25 14 5
Career Games (RS/PO) 1478 / 180 123 / 0
First NHL Game 10/8/01 4/1/19
Birthplace Trois-Rivieres, QC London, ON
Goals/Gm 6.7 (3) 6.1 (26)
PP Opp/Gm 6.3 (12) 6.6 (5)
PPG/Gm 1.3 (18) 1.4 (9)
Penl/Gm 8.0 (14) 8.6 (5)
PIM/Gm 19.0 (18) 21.6 (5)
% of Penl on Home 48.9% (11) 49.7% (5)
% PP Opp for Home 49.8% (37) 50.0% (34)
Penl Diff.* 1.6 (6) 1.6 (5)
Home Win % 63% (12) 51% (38)
Home Rec. 38-22-4 17-16-3
OT/SO Games 21.9% (15) 19.4% (27)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
BUF 0-3-0 3-3-0 1-3 1-2-1 1-0-0 0-0
PHI 2-3-2 2-2-2 4-2 1-2-0 0-2-1 0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Libor Suchanek #60
Brandon Grillo #75
Games ’24-25 16 4
Career Games (RS/PO) 470 / 225 29 / 0
First NHL Game 11/16/17 10/26/23
First Playoff Game 8/2/20
Birthplace Stod, Czechia Canton, MI

  


 

San Jose Sharks at Pittsburgh Penguins
7:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Justin Kea #36
Francis Charron #6
Games ’24-25 16 16
Career Games (RS/PO) 85 / 0 749 / 90
First NHL Game 3/28/22 4/5/10
Birthplace Woodville, ON Ottawa, ON
Goals/Gm 6.5 (6) 6.1 (29)
PP Opp/Gm 6.0 (25) 6.0 (23)
PPG/Gm 1.5 (8) 1.2 (29)
Penl/Gm 7.9 (15) 7.0 (38)
PIM/Gm 19.6 (12) 16.1 (40)
% of Penl on Home 50.0% (17) 47.5% (37)
% PP Opp for Home 51.9% (22) 53.9% (5)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (13) 1.2 (37)
Home Win % 61% (15) 63% (10)
Home Rec. 23-14-3 37-21-5
OT/SO Games 12.5% (39) 23.8% (10)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
SJS 1-1-0 0-0-1 0-0 0-1-1 2-3-0 0-0
PIT 1-1-0 0-0-0 0-0 4-2-1 3-1-2 1-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Brad Kovachik #71
Tyson Baker #88
Games ’24-25 15 17
Career Games (RS/PO) 1849 / 200 374 / 1
First NHL Game 10/10/96 10/10/18
First Playoff Game 4/14/01 5/24/21
Birthplace Woodstock, ON St. Mary’s, ON

  


 

Ottawa Senators at Carolina Hurricanes
7:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Michael Markovic #31
Jake Brenk #26
Games ’24-25 16 15
Career Games (RS/PO) 261 / 1 528 / 9
First NHL Game 3/7/19 11/12/15
Birthplace Scarborough, ON Detroit Lakes, MN
Goals/Gm 6.0 (31) 6.2 (21)
PP Opp/Gm 6.7 (4) 6.5 (6)
PPG/Gm 1.5 (7) 1.5 (5)
Penl/Gm 8.1 (10) 8.6 (7)
PIM/Gm 19.4 (15) 20.1 (10)
% of Penl on Home 50.3% (3) 47.3% (29)
% PP Opp for Home 48.6% (42) 52.8% (11)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (18) 1.4 (17)
Home Win % 57% (25) 56% (30)
Home Rec. 39-29-6 32-24-12
OT/SO Games 27.0% (4) 25.0% (7)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
OTT 3-5-0 4-3-1 3-1 2-1-1 2-3-1 1-5
CAR 2-2-0 2-1-1 4-1 2-3-0 3-1-0 4-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Matt MacPherson #83
Tommy Hughes #65
Games ’24-25 14 17
Career Games (RS/PO) 902 / 112 155 / 0
First NHL Game 10/11/11 10/15/22
First Playoff Game 4/17/14
Birthplace Antigonish, NS London, ON

  


 

Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild
8:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Trevor Hanson #14
Brian Pochmara #16
Games ’24-25 16 15
Career Games (RS/PO) 677 / 43 1168 / 61
First NHL Game 10/24/13 12/23/05
Birthplace Richmond, BC Detroit, MI
Goals/Gm 5.9 (40) 6.0 (38)
PP Opp/Gm 5.8 (31) 5.9 (28)
PPG/Gm 1.1 (41) 1.2 (35)
Penl/Gm 7.5 (26) 7.1 (36)
PIM/Gm 19.3 (16) 17.0 (35)
% of Penl on Home 48.5% (39) 47.9% (23)
% PP Opp for Home 54.1% (4) 51.9% (21)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (19) 1.3 (23)
Home Win % 57% (27) 53% (36)
Home Rec. 39-29-8 25-22-10
OT/SO Games 14.5% (35) 35.1% (2)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
DAL 3-0-0 2-4-0 3-1 3-0-2 1-1-0 1-5
MIN 0-2-0 4-3-0 4-0 0-2-0 2-1-1 4-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Kyle Flemington #55
Michel Cormier #76
Games ’24-25 15 14
Career Games (RS/PO) 316 / 9 1383 / 99
First NHL Game 10/18/19 10/10/03
First Playoff Game 4/17/23 4/22/06
Birthplace Parkhill, ON Trois-Rivieres, QC

  

The Dallas Stars are 6-0-2 over the past two season under tonight’s refs, while the Minnesota Wild have gone 0-4-0. 

 

Officiating Supervisor: Brad Watson

 


 

Detroit Red Wings at Los Angeles Kings
8:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Wes McCauley #4
Cody Beach #32
Games ’24-25 17 16
Career Games (RS/PO) 1383 / 205 80 / 0
First NHL Game 1/20/03 4/12/22
Birthplace Georgetown, ON Nanaimo, BC
Goals/Gm 6.4 (13) 6.7 (4)
PP Opp/Gm 5.4 (41) 7.3 (3)
PPG/Gm 1.1 (36) 1.6 (4)
Penl/Gm 7.3 (32) 8.8 (3)
PIM/Gm 18.1 (27) 21.1 (6)
% of Penl on Home 46.6% (34) 46.6% (35)
% PP Opp for Home 53.2% (9) 52.6% (15)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (26) 1.7 (3)
Home Win % 64% (8) 45% (42)
Home Rec. 45-24-6 16-20-4
OT/SO Games 20.0% (21) 22.5% (13)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
DET 2-2-0 1-0-3 3-4 1-1-0 1-2-0 0-0
LAK 2-1-0 5-0-1 5-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Kiel Murchison #79
Travis Toomey #90
Games ’24-25 14 14
Career Games (RS/PO) 825 / 80 308 / 1
First NHL Game 1/21/13 10/3/19
First Playoff Game 4/17/15 4/25/23
Birthplace Cloverdale, BC Leduc, AB

  


 

Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks
10:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Brandon Schrader #34
Pierre Lambert #25
Games ’24-25 12 15
Career Games (RS/PO) 204 / 0 449 / 4
First NHL Game 3/1/19 11/17/16
Birthplace Sanborn, NY St-Hubert, QC
Goals/Gm 6.4 (11) 6.4 (8)
PP Opp/Gm 6.0 (27) 6.0 (24)
PPG/Gm 1.3 (22) 1.3 (17)
Penl/Gm 7.5 (25) 7.5 (23)
PIM/Gm 18.1 (28) 17.8 (31)
% of Penl on Home 51.1% (6) 49.7% (19)
% PP Opp for Home 49.4% (39) 51.8% (23)
Penl Diff.* 1.6 (4) 1.2 (38)
Home Win % 63% (10) 57% (23)
Home Rec. 42-23-10 37-26-12
OT/SO Games 25.3% (6) 22.7% (11)
Team Records 23-24 22-23 21-22 23-24 22-23 21-22
CHI 3-2-0 3-1-0 3-0 0-3-0 2-2-1 2-3
VAN 4-1-0 6-0-0 1-0 1-4-1 3-2-1 2-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Scott Cherrey #50
Mitchell Hunt #62
Games ’24-25 15 5
Career Games (RS/PO) 1174 / 155 102 / 0
First NHL Game 10/6/07 10/13/21
First Playoff Game 4/15/11
Birthplace Drayton, ON Naperville, IL

  

The Canucks are 10-1-0 over the past two seasons under referee Braden Schrader. 

 

Officiating Supervisor: Shane Heyer

 


  
 

Updated stats — including team records — for the full 2023-24 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. 

 

 

We’ve got new rules, new refs, promoted officials, and an updated pronunciation guide for 2024-25.

Here is the NHL’s officating roster for the 2024-25 season: 

NHL Officials – 2024-25