The Stanley Cup is in the house for tonight’s Game 6 in South Florida… and so are the officials who handled Games 2 and 4. Tonight’s NHL referees and linespersons for Oilers vs. Panthers:
Edmonton Oilers at Florida Panthers
Stanley Cup Final
Game 6 – 8:00 PM ET
REFEREES |
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Jean Hebert #15 |
Chris Rooney #5 |
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| Games ’24-25 | 73 | 70 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 823 / 115 | 1533 / 183 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 3/30/11 | 11/22/00 | ||||
| Birthplace | Bouctouche, NB | Boston, MA | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.0 (23) | 5.8 (12) | 6.4 (5) | 6.1 (9) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 5.5 (14) | 3.3 (15) | 5.6 (12) | 3.1 (18) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.2 (13) | 0.4 (18) | 1.3 (10) | 0.5 (11) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.6 (6) | 7.4 (16) | 6.8 (22) | 5.5 (22) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 18.7 (5) | 16.8 (18) | 16.5 (15) | 12.6 (21) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 50.4% (4) | 48.6% (6) | 47.6% (35) | 52.3% (1) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 49.4% (39) | 15.2% (18) | 53.6% (13) | 12.0% (20) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.2 (34) | 0.8 (16) | 1.3 (22) | 1.3 (10) | ||||
| Home Win % | 67% (7) | 60% (14) | 66% (9) | 75% (3) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 46-21-7 | 6-4 | 43-22-6 | 6-2 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 17.6% (29) | 20.0% (18) | 15.7% (34) | 20.0% (32) | ||||
| Team Records | 24-25 | 23-24 | 22-23 | 24-25 | 23-24 | 22-23 |
| EDM | 2-2-0 | 2-4-0 | 3-1-0 | 2-1-1 | 1-1-0 | 4-3-0 |
| FLA | 4-3-2 | 5-2-1 | 2-1-0 | 3-1-1 | 4-1-0 | 2-2-0 |
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Devin Berg #87 |
Ryan Gibbons #58 |
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| Games ’24-25 | 73 | 74 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 669 / 89 | 713 / 84 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/15/15 | 10/8/15 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/11/18 | 4/12/17 | ||||
| Birthplace | Kitchener, ON | Vancouver, BC | ||||
Referees Jean Hebert and Chris Rooney are back from Game 2 (FLA W 5-4 2OT) and Game 4 (EDM W 5-4 OT) of the Stanley Cup Final.
This duo – taking the ice together for the fourth time this postseason – was previously put together in the first round to handle Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers (FLA W 6-1).
Jean Hebert handled Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final with referee Kelly Sutherland (FLA W 5-3). He worked the earlier Conference Finals games alongside Garrett Rank at EDM/DAL Game 2 (EDM W 3-0) and CAR/FLA Game 4 (FLA L 3-0). Hebert and Rank were also partnered up in Round 2, working DAL/WPG Game 1, VGK/EDM Game 3 (EDM L 4-3), WSH/CAR Game 4, and TOR/FLA Game 6 (FLA L 2-0). Hebert also officiated TOR/FLA Game 7 (FLA W 6-1) with Chris Rooney and Garrett Rank, after Rank came in as the standby ref following Rooney’s injury.
Hebert worked the opening round with Peter MacDougall, officiating NJD/CAR Game 2, TOR/OTT Game 4, MTL/WSH Game 5, and WPG/STL Game 6.
Florida is 4-3 with Hebert in stripes, while Edmonton has gone 2-2.
Chris Rooney worked two games in the Conference Finals – both out west – after returning to action following a scary injury from a high stick to the face, He worked DAL/EDM Game 4 (EDM W 4-1) with Dan O’Rourke, then returned for DAL/EDM Game 5 (EDM W 6-3) with Wes McCauley.
Rooney worked alongside Graham Skilliter in Round 2 at TOR/FLA Game 1 (FLA L 5-4), WSH/CAR Game 2, and WPG/DAL Game 3. He also handled TOR/FLA Game 7 (FLA W 6-1) with Jean Hebert before leaving due to aforementioned injury. Rooney previously skated with Jon McIsaac in the opening round at STL/WPG Game 2, COL/DAL Game 3, FLA/TBL Game 4 (FLA W 4-2), and EDM/LAK Game 6 (EDM W 6-4).
The Oilers are 4-1 this postseason when Rooney’s reffing while the Panthers are 3-2
Series Summary
| Final | EDM PP |
FLA PP |
EDM Pnl/PIM |
FLA Pnl/PIM |
Refs | |
| Game 1 | EDM 4-3 OT | 1/4 | 1/2 | 3/6:00 | 4/8:00 | Charron McCauley |
| Game 2 | FLA 5-4 2OT | 1/6 | 1/4 | 6/12:00 | 8/16:00 | Hebert Rooney |
| Game 3 | FLA 6-1 | 1/6 | 3/11 | 21/85:00 | 14/55:00 | Charron McCauley |
| Game 4 | EDM 5-4 OT | 1/4 | 2/4 | 4/8:00 | 4/8:00 | Hebert Rooney |
| Game 5 | FLA 5-2 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 2/4:00 | 3/6:00 | Charron McCauley |
| Game 6 | – | – | – | – | – | Hebert Rooney |
| Total | 4/23 (17%) |
7/23 (30%) |
36/ 115:00 |
33/ 93:00 |
Series Supervisor: Kris King
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:
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