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REFEREES
  Furman South #13
 Jake Brenk #26
Games ’25-26 50 51
Career Games (RS/PO) 460 / 6 637 / 17
First NHL Game 4/6/17 11/12/15
Birthplace Sewickley, PA Detroit Lakes, MN
Goals/Gm 5.4 (42) | 6.1 (28) 6.1 (18) | 6.2 (21)
PP Opp/Gm 4.8 (42) | 5.5 (39) 5.6 (13) | 6.5 (6)
PPG/Gm 1.0 (41) | 1.1 (38) 1.2 (16) | 1.5 (5)
Penl/Gm 6.2 (38) | 6.8 (40) 7.5 (7) | 8.6 (7)
PIM/Gm 14.9 (33) | 6.8 (41) 17.8 (13) | 20.1 (10)
% of Penl on Home 50.2% (8) | 50.0% (20) 48.0% (31) | 50.0% (29)
% PP Opp for Home 50.1% (36) | 50.0% (18) 53.8% (11) | 50.0% (11)
Penl Diff.* 1.1 (39) | 1.2 (34) 1.3 (14) | 1.4 (17)
Home Win % 60% (30) | 61% (15) 62% (20) | 56% (30)
Home Rec. 40-26-8 | 42-25-8 43-25-5 | 32-24-12
OT/SO Games 21.6% (20) | 20.0% (28) 23.3% (9) | 30.0% (7)
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
CBJ 2-2-0 2-5-1 1-3-1 4-1-1 3-1-0 2-3-0
CHI 2-2-0 3-2-1 0-3-1 0-5-0 1-0-0 1-3-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Brandon Gawryletz #64
 Libor Suchanek #60
Games ’25-26 48 53
Career Games (RS/PO) 730 / 22 581 / 33
First NHL Game 10/14/15 11/16/17
First Playoff Game 5/16/21 8/2/20
Birthplace Trail, BC Stod, Czechia

   

 

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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