Today’s NHL games:
NYR vs. DET – MIN vs. NYI – CHI vs. CGY – WPG vs. SJS 

 

New York Rangers at Detroit Red Wings
7:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Brandon Blandina #39
 Pierre Lambert #25
Games ’25-26 13 14
Career Games (RS/PO) 311 / 0 521 / 12
First NHL Game 3/19/19 11/17/16
Birthplace Centennial, CO St-Hubert, QC
Goals/Gm 5.7 (40) | 5.8 (0) 5.8 (37) | 6.4 (8)
PP Opp/Gm 5.3 (22) | 6.1 (0) 5.5 (15) | 6.0 (24)
PPG/Gm 1.3 (11) | 1.2 (0) 1.3 (11) | 1.3 (17)
Penl/Gm 7.1 (14) | 7.7 (0) 6.7 (23) | 7.5 (23)
PIM/Gm 18.1 (11) | 7.7 (0) 15.8 (24) | 17.8 (31)
% of Penl on Home 49.8% (24) | 50.0% (0) 49.3% (14) | 50.0% (19)
% PP Opp for Home 52.2% (23) | 50.0% (0) 51.1% (32) | 50.0% (23)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (6) | 1.3 (0) 1.3 (15) | 1.2 (38)
Home Win % 54% (40) | 52% (0) 67% (5) | 57% (23)
Home Rec. 35-31-7 | 34-31-10 44-20-9 | 37-26-12
OT/SO Games 19.4% (23) | 20.0% (0) 22.2% (14) | 20.0% (11)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
NYR 4-2-0 5-1-0 1-3-1 1-3-0 2-0-1 2-1-1
DET 2-1-0 1-2-1 2-2-0 0-3-1 3-0-0 2-4-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Jonny Murray #95
 Kyle Flemington #55
Games ’24-25 14 14
Career Games (RS/PO) 1567 / 214 389 / 19
First NHL Game 10/7/00 10/18/19
First Playoff Game 4/16/09 4/17/23
Birthplace Beauport, QC Parkhill, ON

  

Officiating Supervisor: Dan O’Halloran

 

 

Minnesota Wild at New York Islanders
7:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Jon Mclsaac #2
 Carter Sandlak #29
Games ’25-26 9 12
Career Games (RS/PO) 636 / 45 197 / 0
First NHL Game 11/21/13 3/22/22
Birthplace Truro, NS Vancouver, BC
Goals/Gm 6.3 (9) | 6.0 (36) 6.5 (3) | 6.1 (25)
PP Opp/Gm 5.3 (27) | 6.5 (7) 5.1 (39) | 5.8 (32)
PPG/Gm 1.1 (29) | 1.3 (19) 1.5 (1) | 1.1 (37)
Penl/Gm 6.5 (32) | 7.6 (21) 6.2 (40) | 7.2 (34)
PIM/Gm 15.3 (29) | 7.6 (33) 14.9 (34) | 18.4 (25)
% of Penl on Home 47.9% (32) | 50.0% (39) 47.9% (30) | 50.0% (32)
% PP Opp for Home 53.8% (10) | 50.0% (6) 53.0% (17) | 50.0% (12)
Penl Diff.* 1.2 (35) | 1.4 (15) 1.3 (26) | 1.1 (39)
Home Win % 63% (16) | 61% (15) 46% (42) | 65% (5)
Home Rec. 38-21-5 | 41-24-10 28-35-10 | 46-23-6
OT/SO Games 21.9% (19) | 30.0% (5) 19.4% (23) | 20.0% (11)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
MIN 2-3-1 3-1-2 2-2-2 4-1-0 5-0-0 1-0-1
NYI 0-3-2 2-3-1 3-1-0 1-3-1 2-1-0 1-0-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Brad Kovachik #71
 Ben O’Quinn #91
Games ’24-25 11 15
Career Games (RS/PO) 1916 / 200 301 / 0
First NHL Game 10/10/96 10/14/21
First Playoff Game 4/14/01 —
Birthplace Woodstock, ON Woodstock, ON

  

The Minnesota Wild are 9-1-0 over the past two seasons when referee Carter Sandlak is working. 

 

Officiating Supervisor: Rob Shick

 

 

Chicago Blackhawks at Calgary Flames
8:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Michael Markovic #31
 Frederick L’Ecuyer #17
Games ’25-26 12 13
Career Games (RS/PO) 330 / 1 1118 / 52
First NHL Game 3/7/19 10/13/07
Birthplace Scarborough, ON St-Tite, QC
Goals/Gm 6.0 (25) | 6.0 (31) 6.1 (21) | 6.0 (34)
PP Opp/Gm 5.9 (6) | 6.7 (4) 5.3 (23) | 6.4 (8)
PPG/Gm 1.2 (14) | 1.5 (7) 1.3 (6) | 1.4 (10)
Penl/Gm 7.1 (13) | 8.1 (10) 6.8 (21) | 7.6 (18)
PIM/Gm 16.3 (19) | 8.1 (15) 18.2 (10) | 19.0 (19)
% of Penl on Home 47.9% (23) | 50.0% (3) 48.8% (25) | 50.0% (33)
% PP Opp for Home 52.8% (20) | 50.0% (42) 53.1% (15) | 50.0% (14)
Penl Diff.* 1.2 (38) | 1.4 (18) 1.3 (24) | 1.5 (8)
Home Win % 62% (20) | 57% (25) 64% (12) | 62% (13)
Home Rec. 43-25-5 | 39-29-6 44-24-6 | 43-25-7
OT/SO Games 23.3% (9) | 30.0% (4) 19.2% (26) | 30.0% (3)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
CHI 2-0-1 2-2-0 2-4-0 1-0-0 0-4-1 2-2-0
CGY 1-1-4 1-3-0 4-0-3 2-2-0 1-2-0 1-2-2
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Shandor Alphonso #52
 Libor Suchanek #60
Games ’24-25 10 13
Career Games (RS/PO) 746 / 42 541 / 33
First NHL Game 10/17/14 11/16/17
First Playoff Game 8/2/20 8/2/20
Birthplace Orangeville, ON Stod, Czechia

  

Officiating Supervisor: Mike Leggo

 

 

Winnipeg Jets at San Jose Sharks
9:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Cody Beach #12
 Chris Lee #28
Games ’25-26 11 12
Career Games (RS/PO) 148 / 0 1504 / 120
First NHL Game 4/12/22 4/2/01
Birthplace Nanaimo, BC St. John, NB
Goals/Gm 6.2 (12) | 6.7 (4) 6.1 (21) | 6.2 (22)
PP Opp/Gm 6.2 (4) | 7.3 (3) 5.2 (30) | 5.4 (42)
PPG/Gm 1.4 (2) | 1.6 (4) 1.2 (14) | 1.1 (39)
Penl/Gm 7.8 (4) | 8.8 (3) 6.5 (31) | 6.5 (42)
PIM/Gm 18.9 (3) | 8.8 (6) 15.9 (23) | 15.6 (42)
% of Penl on Home 46.8% (33) | 50.0% (35) 49.3% (21) | 50.0% (18)
% PP Opp for Home 53.0% (19) | 50.0% (15) 51.7% (27) | 50.0% (24)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (7) | 1.7 (3) 1.2 (33) | 1.3 (25)
Home Win % 57% (35) | 45% (42) 57% (35) | 57% (24)
Home Rec. 37-27-9 | 16-20-4 39-29-5 | 42-31-3
OT/SO Games 21.9% (15) | 20.0% (13) 17.8% (28) | 20.0% (25)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
WPG 3-1-0 3-1-1 1-1-0 6-1-0 6-0-0 4-3-0
SJS 1-5-0 0-2-1 1-0-0 1-3-1 0-5-0 1-3-1
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Travis Gawryletz #67
 Jeremy Faucher #97
Games ’24-25 14 3
Career Games (RS/PO) 520 / 18 3 / 0
First NHL Game 11/8/17 10/28/25
First Playoff Game 4/17/23 —
Birthplace Trail, BC Cowansville, QC

  

The Winnipeg Jets are 12-1-0 over the past two seasons with referee Chris Lee on the ice.

Lee, Beach, and Gawryletz are all coming off Sharks/Kraken on Wednesday night.  

 

 

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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