Today’s NHL games:
MTL vs. OTT – WSH vs. PHI
Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators
7:30 PM ET
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Mitch Dunning #20 |
Tom Chmielewski #18 |
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| Games ’25-26 | 39 | 57 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 349 / 0 | 681 / 4 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 3/28/19 | 4/8/14 | ||||
| Birthplace | Tecumseh, ON | Scott AFB, IL | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.1 (16) | 6.3 (14) | 6.2 (13) | 6.1 (23) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 5.1 (37) | 5.9 (29) | 5.3 (26) | 6.1 (17) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.1 (30) | 1.3 (15) | 1.1 (33) | 1.3 (20) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 6.2 (42) | 7.5 (24) | 6.7 (25) | 7.1 (35) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 14.2 (41) | 7.5 (11) | 14.5 (39) | 16.9 (36) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 47.0% (27) | 50.0% (15) | 48.7% (22) | 50.0% (8) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 52.6% (21) | 50.0% (30) | 52.4% (22) | 50.0% (29) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.2 (36) | 1.3 (26) | 1.4 (8) | 1.2 (36) | ||||
| Home Win % | 57% (34) | 62% (13) | 61% (26) | 69% (4) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 37-28-7 | 43-25-7 | 32-19-9 | 50-21-5 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 16.9% (31) | 20.0% (21) | 25.0% (5) | 20.0% (14) | ||||
| Team Records | 24-25 | 23-24 | 22-23 | 24-25 | 23-24 | 22-23 |
| MTL | 1-1-1 | 2-1-1 | 0-3-0 | 3-2-0 | 1-1-1 | 3-1-0 |
| OTT | 1-4-0 | 1-5-0 | 1-0-0 | 3-1-0 | 0-2-0 | 4-0-0 |
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Bevan Mills #53 |
Jonny Murray #95 |
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| Games ’25-26 | 59 | 50 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 574 / 46 | 1603 / 214 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 11/29/16 | 10/7/00 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 5/16/21 | 4/16/09 | ||||
| Birthplace | Surrey, BC | Beauport, QC | ||||
Washington Capitals at Philadelphia Flyers
7:30 PM ET
REFEREES |
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Eric Furlatt #27 |
Michael Sullivan #47 |
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| Games ’25-26 | 54 | 28 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1591 / 202 | 49 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/8/01 | 4/14/24 | ||||
| Birthplace | Trois-Rivieres, QC | Toronto, ON | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 5.7 (41) | 6.7 (3) | 6.3 (8) | 11.0 (1) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 5.4 (17) | 6.3 (12) | 6.2 (5) | 6.0 (26) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.1 (31) | 1.3 (18) | 1.2 (24) | 2.0 (2) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 6.7 (24) | 8.0 (14) | 7.3 (11) | 8.0 (13) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 15.4 (28) | 8.0 (18) | 16.5 (15) | 22.0 (3) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 48.5% (13) | 50.0% (11) | 51.5% (3) | 50.0% (7) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 51.1% (33) | 50.0% (37) | 48.4% (41) | 50.0% (34) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.4 (9) | 1.6 (6) | 1.2 (31) | 0.0 (43) | ||||
| Home Win % | 62% (20) | 63% (12) | 63% (19) | 100% (1) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 42-24-7 | 38-22-4 | 12-7-1 | 1-0-0 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 21.9% (15) | 20.0% (15) | 15.0% (36) | 0.0% (41) | ||||
| Team Records | 24-25 | 23-24 | 22-23 | 24-25 | 23-24 | 22-23 |
| WSH | 3-3-2 | 2-1-2 | 3-3-1 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PHI | 2-2-1 | 2-3-2 | 2-2-2 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
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Brad Kovachik #71 |
Dylan Blujus #57 |
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| Games ’25-26 | 57 | 36 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1962 / 200 | 36 / 0 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/10/96 | 10/30/25 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/14/01 | — | ||||
| Birthplace | Woodstock, ON | Buffalo, NY | ||||
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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