Game on! Here’s your officiating crew for opening night of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final:
Florida Panthers at Edmonton Oilers
Stanley Cup Final
Game 1 – 8:00 PM ET
REFEREES |
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Wes McCauley #4 |
Francis Charron #6 |
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| Games ’24-25 | 73 | 72 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1439 / 217 | 805 / 102 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 1/20/03 | 4/5/10 | ||||
| Birthplace | Georgetown, ON | Ottawa, ON | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.2 (10) | 5.6 (16) | 6.1 (17) | 6.2 (8) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 5.4 (16) | 4.4 (6) | 5.1 (38) | 3.6 (10) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.2 (19) | 0.3 (20) | 1.1 (27) | 0.6 (9) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.0 (16) | 8.6 (8) | 6.3 (35) | 9.0 (7) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 16.7 (14) | 23.6 (10) | 15.2 (30) | 34.9 (3) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 49.6% (16) | 47.8% (10) | 49.7% (5) | 44.4% (17) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 52.1% (24) | 25.7% (11) | 50.0% (37) | 28.1% (8) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.4 (10) | 1.4 (7) | 1.2 (30) | 1.2 (13) | ||||
| Home Win % | 68% (4) | 75% (3) | 63% (17) | 56% (16) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 45-19-10 | 8-3 | 41-22-10 | 7-4 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 17.6% (29) | 21.9% (15) | ||||
| Team Records | 24-25 | 23-24 | 22-23 | 24-25 | 23-24 | 22-23 |
| FLA | 2-3-0 | 3-0-0 | 0-2-1 | 4-3-0 | 2-1-0 | 0-4-1 |
| EDM | 2-3-0 | 2-1-1 | 3-0-0 | 2-4-0 | 3-0-0 | 2-0-2 |
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Scott Cherrey #50 |
Trent Knorr #74 |
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| Games ’24-25 | 73 | 73 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1232 / 169 | 771 / 40 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/6/07 | 11/13/13 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/15/11 | 4/12/17 | ||||
| Birthplace | Drayton, ON | Powell River, BC | ||||
Series Supervisor: Kris King
Refs Wes McCauley and Francis Charron are working together for the third time this postseason, having worked EDM/DAL Game 1 (EDM L 6-3) and CAR/FLA Game 3 (FLA W 6-2). in the Conference Finals. McCauley also worked the deciding Game 5 between Edmonton and Dallas (EDM W 6-3) with ref Chris Rooney.
Wes McCauley was paired up with Furman South in Round 1, working MIN/VGK Game 1, EDM/LAK Game 2 (EDM L 6-2), and TBL/FLA Game 3 (FLA L 5-1), before being partnered with Dan O’Rourke for COL/DAL Game 7. McCauley also had to step in and work the lines at FLA/TOR Game 2 after an injury to Shandor Alphonso.
He worked Round 2 with TJ Luxmore, skating at CAR/WSH Game 1, TOR/FLA Game 3 (FLA W 5-4), VGK/EDM Game 4 (EDM W 3-0), and DAL/WPG Game 5.
Referee Francis Charron started the postseason alongside Graham Skilliter, working STL/WPG Game 1, COL/DAL Game 2, WSH/MTL Game 3, CAR/NJD Game 4, and TOR/OTT Game 6.
He partnered up with ref Gord Dwyer for the second round, officiating VGK/EDM Game 2 (EDM W 5-4), TOR/FLA Game 4 (FLA W 2-0), WPG/DAL Game 4, and CAR/WSH Game 5.
Combined, the Oilers are 3-2 under either of tonight’s refs, while the Panthers are 3-1.
Linespersons Trent Knorr and Scott Cherrey were paired up starting in Round 2, where they worked CAR/WSH Game 1, TOR/FLA Game 3, WPG/DAL Game 4, and WPG/DAL Game 6; the duo also worked EDM/DAL Game 1, CAR/FLA Game 3, and CAR/FLA Game 5 in the conference finals. Knorr worked the opening round with James Tobias, while Cherrey skated alongside Libor Suchanek.
Stats have been updated through two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Data in blue shows current playoff stats and ranks.
Games: RS (Regular Season) / PO (Playoffs)
Stats/Numbers: ’24-25 avg. (’24-25 rank) | ’25 Playoffs (’25 Playoff 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.
The full line-up of playoff officials for the Conference Finals of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs:
NHL Referees, Linespersons Selected for 2025 Stanley Cup Final
We’ve got referee stats, 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:
