Today’s NHL games:
STL vs. TBL – VAN vs. PHI – SEA vs. ANA – CBJ vs. LAK 

 

St. Louis Blues at Tampa Bay Lightning
7:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Michael Markovic #31
 TJ Luxmore #21
Games ’25-26 33 33
Career Games (RS/PO) 351 / 1 760 / 46
First NHL Game 3/7/19 11/19/13
Birthplace Scarborough, ON Timmins, ON
Goals/Gm 6.0 (25) | 6.0 (31) 5.9 (26) | 6.1 (24)
PP Opp/Gm 5.9 (6) | 6.7 (4) 4.8 (43) | 5.7 (36)
PPG/Gm 1.2 (14) | 1.5 (7) 0.9 (43) | 1.2 (27)
Penl/Gm 7.1 (13) | 8.1 (10) 6.2 (39) | 7.3 (30)
PIM/Gm 16.3 (19) | 8.1 (15) 14.6 (38) | 18.0 (29)
% of Penl on Home 47.9% (23) | 50.0% (3) 49.0% (19) | 50.0% (28)
% PP Opp for Home 52.8% (20) | 50.0% (42) 53.0% (18) | 50.0% (10)
Penl Diff.* 1.2 (38) | 1.4 (18) 1.4 (11) | 1.4 (15)
Home Win % 62% (20) | 57% (25) 62% (23) | 63% (9)
Home Rec. 43-25-5 | 39-29-6 42-26-6 | 44-24-7
OT/SO Games 23.3% (9) | 30.0% (4) 19.2% (26) | 20.0% (9)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
STL 2-0-1 4-2-1 1-1-1 1-2-1 4-3-0 3-4-0
TBL 5-1-0 2-3-0 2-2-0 3-3-1 4-0-2 4-1-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Michel Cormier #76
 Tommy Hughes #65
Games ’25-26 31 37
Career Games (RS/PO) 1436 / 99 237 / 0
First NHL Game 10/10/03 10/15/22
First Playoff Game 4/22/06 —
Birthplace Trois-Rivieres, QC London, ON

  

 

Vancouver Canucks at Philadelphia Flyers
7:30 PM ET

REFEREES
  Furman South #13
 Liam Maaskant #45
Games ’25-26 34 11
Career Games (RS/PO) 444 / 6 12 / 0
First NHL Game 4/6/17 4/17/25
Birthplace Sewickley, PA Clinton, ON
Goals/Gm 5.4 (42) | 6.1 (28) 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0)
PP Opp/Gm 4.8 (42) | 5.5 (39) 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0)
PPG/Gm 1.0 (41) | 1.1 (38) 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0)
Penl/Gm 6.2 (38) | 6.8 (40) 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0)
PIM/Gm 14.9 (33) | 6.8 (41) 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0)
% of Penl on Home 50.2% (8) | 50.0% (20) 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0)
% PP Opp for Home 50.1% (36) | 50.0% (18) 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0)
Penl Diff.* 1.1 (39) | 1.2 (34) 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0)
Home Win % 60% (30) | 61% (15) % (0) | % (0)
Home Rec. 40-26-8 | 42-25-8 0 | 0
OT/SO Games 21.6% (20) | 20.0% (28) 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
VAN 2-2-0 1-1-0 1-3-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
PHI 2-2-0 1-2-0 2-3-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  James Tobias #61
 Shandor Alphonso #52
Games ’25-26 35 31
Career Games (RS/PO) 508 / 29 767 / 42
First NHL Game 11/22/17 10/17/14
First Playoff Game 4/17/23 8/2/20
Birthplace Buffalo, NY Orangeville, ON

  

Officiating Supervisor: Marc Joannette

 

 

Seattle Kraken at Anaheim Ducks
10:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Trevor Hanson #14
 Alex Lepkowski #44
Games ’25-26 33 8
Career Games (RS/PO) 768 / 51 9 / 0
First NHL Game 10/24/13 4/8/25
Birthplace Richmond, BC Buffalo, NY
Goals/Gm 5.8 (32) | 5.9 (40) 0.0 (43) | 0.0 (0)
PP Opp/Gm 5.7 (9) | 5.8 (31) 5.0 (40) | 0.0 (0)
PPG/Gm 1.2 (19) | 1.1 (41) 1.0 (38) | 0.0 (0)
Penl/Gm 7.7 (5) | 7.5 (26) 5.0 (43) | 0.0 (0)
PIM/Gm 18.5 (7) | 7.5 (16) 10.0 (43) | 0.0 (0)
% of Penl on Home 46.1% (42) | 50.0% (39) 40.0% (43) | 0.0% (0)
% PP Opp for Home 56.9% (2) | 50.0% (4) 60.0% (1) | 0.0% (0)
Penl Diff.* 1.6 (2) | 1.3 (19) 1.0 (42) | 0.0 (0)
Home Win % 59% (33) | 57% (27) % (43) | % (0)
Home Rec. 41-28-5 | 39-29-8 0 | 0
OT/SO Games 20.3% (22) | 10.0% (35) 0.0% (43) | 0.0% (0)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
SEA 4-3-0 4-3-0 3-3-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
ANA 4-4-0 2-6-1 1-3-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Ryan Gibbons #58
 Brandon Gawryletz #64
Games ’25-26 33 30
Career Games (RS/PO) 746 / 98 712 / 22
First NHL Game 10/8/15 10/14/15
First Playoff Game 4/12/17 5/16/21
Birthplace Vancouver, BC Trail, BC

  

Officiating Supervisor: Mike Leggo

 

 

Columbus Blue Jackets at Los Angeles Kings
10:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Graham Skilliter #24
 Riley Brace #49
Games ’25-26 34 7
Career Games (RS/PO) 845 / 39 26 / 0
First NHL Game 1/28/13 4/13/24
Birthplace La Ronge, SK Fitzroy Harbour, ON
Goals/Gm 6.2 (14) | 6.1 (27) 6.5 (4) | 8.0 (2)
PP Opp/Gm 5.2 (32) | 6.2 (15) 6.4 (2) | 9.0 (1)
PPG/Gm 1.1 (28) | 1.5 (6) 1.4 (3) | 4.0 (1)
Penl/Gm 6.2 (41) | 7.4 (29) 8.0 (3) | 9.0 (1)
PIM/Gm 14.8 (35) | 7.4 (37) 18.8 (4) | 18.0 (29)
% of Penl on Home 48.6% (11) | 50.0% (9) 51.0% (12) | 30.0% (43)
% PP Opp for Home 51.4% (30) | 50.0% (40) 51.3% (31) | 70.0% (1)
Penl Diff.* 1.3 (23) | 1.4 (11) 1.3 (15) | 3.0 (1)
Home Win % 57% (35) | 61% (19) 67% (8) | 100% (1)
Home Rec. 37-27-10 | 45-29-2 11-5-2 | 1-0-0
OT/SO Games 24.3% (7) | 10.0% (35) 11.1% (41) | 100.0% (1)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
CBJ 2-0-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
LAK 4-1-0 3-4-0 4-3-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Trent Knorr #74
 Kiel Murchison #79
Games ’25-26 31 32
Career Games (RS/PO) 803 / 56 917 / 98
First NHL Game 11/13/13 1/21/13
First Playoff Game 4/12/17 4/17/15
Birthplace Powell River, BC Cloverdale, BC

  

 

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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