Today’s NHL games:
BUF vs. DET – VAN vs. CGY – ANA vs. UTA – MTL vs. SEA 

 

Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
7:30 PM ET

REFEREES
  Brandon Schrader #34
 Frederick L’Ecuyer #17
Games ’24-25 55 57
Career Games (RS/PO) 247 / 0 1088 / 43
First NHL Game 3/1/19 10/13/07
Birthplace Sanborn, NY St-Tite, QC
Goals/Gm 5.8 (29) | 6.4 (11) 6.1 (18) | 6.0 (34)
PP Opp/Gm 5.6 (15) | 6.0 (27) 5.4 (22) | 6.4 (8)
PPG/Gm 1.2 (22) | 1.3 (22) 1.3 (8) | 1.4 (10)
Penl/Gm 7.5 (9) | 7.5 (25) 6.4 (33) | 7.6 (18)
PIM/Gm 17.9 (7) | 7.5 (28) 15.4 (27) | 19.0 (19)
% of Penl on Home 47.0% (37) | 50.0% (6) 49.0% (25) | 50.0% (33)
% PP Opp for Home 53.9% (9) | 50.0% (39) 52.4% (21) | 50.0% (14)
Penl Diff.* 1.6 (3) | 1.6 (4) 1.2 (28) | 1.5 (8)
Home Win % 62% (16) | 63% (10) 61% (21) | 62% (13)
Home Rec. 31-18-6 | 42-23-10 32-20-5 | 43-25-7
OT/SO Games 23.6% (6) | 30.0% (6) 19.3% (21) | 30.0% (3)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
BUF 0-1-1 1-1-1 0-0-0 1-1-0 2-2-1 3-2-0
DET 1-1-0 2-1-1 0-0-1 1-0-0 4-2-1 3-2-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Steve Barton #59
 James Tobias #61
Games ’24-25 56 58
Career Games (RS/PO) 1590 / 155 457 / 13
First NHL Game 11/1/00 11/22/17
First Playoff Game 4/11/07 4/17/23
Birthplace Vankleek Hill, ON Buffalo, NY

  

Officiating Supervisor: Paul Devorski

 

 

Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames
9:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Tom Chmielewski #18
 Chris Lee #28
Games ’24-25 58 57
Career Games (RS/PO) 622 / 4 1475 / 120
First NHL Game 4/8/14 4/2/01
Birthplace Scott AFB, IL St. John, NB
Goals/Gm 6.2 (12) | 6.1 (23) 6.2 (14) | 6.2 (22)
PP Opp/Gm 5.3 (25) | 6.1 (17) 5.6 (14) | 5.4 (42)
PPG/Gm 1.1 (33) | 1.3 (20) 1.3 (7) | 1.1 (39)
Penl/Gm 6.8 (24) | 7.1 (35) 7.1 (15) | 6.5 (42)
PIM/Gm 14.8 (37) | 7.1 (36) 17.4 (12) | 15.6 (42)
% of Penl on Home 48.8% (19) | 50.0% (8) 48.2% (27) | 50.0% (18)
% PP Opp for Home 52.3% (22) | 50.0% (29) 52.8% (18) | 50.0% (24)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (5) | 1.2 (36) 1.3 (26) | 1.3 (25)
Home Win % 61% (18) | 69% (4) 57% (31) | 57% (24)
Home Rec. 31-18-8 | 50-21-5 30-22-4 | 42-31-3
OT/SO Games 24.6% (4) | 20.0% (14) 17.9% (27) | 20.0% (25)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
VAN 1-1-1 4-2-0 3-1-1 1-1-0 3-2-0 1-4-0
CGY 3-2-0 3-3-0 3-3-1 3-2-0 0-3-1 1-4-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Bryan Pancich #94
 Travis Toomey #90
Games ’24-25 42 35
Career Games (RS/PO) 965 / 70 329 / 1
First NHL Game 10/3/09 10/3/19
First Playoff Game 4/17/14 4/25/23
Birthplace Great Falls, MT Leduc, AB

  

Officiating Supervisor: Brad Meier

 

 

Anaheim Ducks at Utah Hockey Club
10:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Chris Rooney #5
 Corey Syvret #23
Games ’24-25 54 58
Career Games (RS/PO) 1517 / 170 363 / 0
First NHL Game 11/22/00 4/4/18
Birthplace Boston, MA Millgrove, ON
Goals/Gm 6.4 (6) | 6.3 (17) 5.8 (28) | 6.1 (30)
PP Opp/Gm 5.7 (12) | 6.2 (13) 5.7 (11) | 5.6 (37)
PPG/Gm 1.3 (13) | 1.3 (13) 1.3 (8) | 1.2 (28)
Penl/Gm 6.8 (22) | 7.6 (18) 6.8 (25) | 7.2 (33)
PIM/Gm 15.9 (23) | 7.6 (14) 15.3 (28) | 18.9 (20)
% of Penl on Home 48.3% (32) | 50.0% (13) 49.8% (8) | 50.0% (10)
% PP Opp for Home 53.3% (11) | 50.0% (32) 50.5% (34) | 50.0% (33)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (22) | 1.2 (34) 1.4 (10) | 1.1 (40)
Home Win % 70% (3) | 50% (40) 60% (25) | 55% (35)
Home Rec. 35-14-4 | 34-34-7 31-20-6 | 38-31-7
OT/SO Games 15.1% (33) | 20.0% (32) 35.1% (1) | 20.0% (25)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
ANA 1-0-0 1-3-0 1-3-0 1-2-1 1-5-0 0-6-1
UTA 2-0-0 0-3-0 2-1-1 3-1-1 3-3-0 1-8-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Ryan Gibbons #58
 Caleb Apperson #77
Games ’24-25 59 62
Career Games (RS/PO) 698 / 70 263 / 0
First NHL Game 10/8/15 10/19/21
First Playoff Game 4/12/17 —
Birthplace Vancouver, BC Kitchener, ON

  

 

Montreal Canadiens at Seattle Kraken
10:30 PM ET

REFEREES
  Cody Beach #32
 Trevor Hanson #14
Games ’24-25 57 58
Career Games (RS/PO) 121 / 0 719 / 43
First NHL Game 4/12/22 10/24/13
Birthplace Nanaimo, BC Richmond, BC
Goals/Gm 6.2 (13) | 6.7 (4) 5.8 (31) | 5.9 (40)
PP Opp/Gm 6.2 (5) | 7.3 (3) 5.7 (10) | 5.8 (31)
PPG/Gm 1.4 (5) | 1.6 (4) 1.3 (11) | 1.1 (41)
Penl/Gm 7.9 (5) | 8.8 (3) 8.0 (4) | 7.5 (26)
PIM/Gm 18.8 (5) | 8.8 (6) 19.6 (4) | 19.3 (16)
% of Penl on Home 47.2% (36) | 50.0% (35) 46.4% (40) | 50.0% (39)
% PP Opp for Home 53.3% (12) | 50.0% (15) 56.1% (2) | 50.0% (4)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (12) | 1.7 (3) 1.7 (2) | 1.3 (19)
Home Win % 56% (33) | 45% (42) 55% (35) | 57% (27)
Home Rec. 28-21-7 | 16-20-4 29-23-5 | 39-29-8
OT/SO Games 19.6% (19) | 20.0% (13) 17.5% (29) | 10.0% (35)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
MTL 0-2-0 2-1-1 0-2-0 0-1-1 3-0-0 1-2-0
SEA 2-3-0 1-0-1 1-0-0 1-3-0 4-3-0 3-3-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Andrew Smith #51
 Kiel Murchison #79
Games ’24-25 58 57
Career Games (RS/PO) 539 / 38 868 / 80
First NHL Game 10/4/17 1/21/13
First Playoff Game 4/10/19 4/17/15
Birthplace Kitchener, ON Cloverdale, BC

  

Officiating Supervisor: Mike Leggo

 

 

  
Games: PS (Preseason); RS (Regular Season); PO (Playoffs) 

Stats/Numbers: ’24-25 avg. (’24-25 rank) | ’23-24 avg. (’23-24 rank)

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. 

 

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