Today’s NHL Stanley Cup Playoff games:
OTT vs. CAR – MIN vs. DAL – PHI vs. PIT
Ottawa Senators at Carolina Hurricanes
3:00 PM ET
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Brandon Blandina #39 |
Wes McCauley #4 |
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| Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) | 75 / 0 | 77 / 0 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 373 / 0 | 1517 / 220 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 3/19/19 | 1/20/03 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | — | 4/12/07 | ||||
| Birthplace | Centennial, CO | Georgetown, ON | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.3 (8) | 5.7 (40) | 6.1 (22) | 6.2 (10) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 5.7 (18) | 5.3 (22) | 5.4 (33) | 5.4 (16) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.2 (24) | 1.3 (11) | 1.1 (32) | 1.2 (19) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.4 (18) | 7.1 (14) | 7.1 (27) | 7.0 (16) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 18.5 (17) | 7.1 (11) | 17.7 (26) | 16.7 (14) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 46.2% (28) | 50.0% (24) | 47.2% (19) | 50.0% (16) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 54.2% (7) | 50.0% (23) | 51.1% (27) | 50.0% (24) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.2 (29) | 1.4 (6) | 1.4 (9) | 1.4 (10) | ||||
| Home Win % | 63% (10) | 54% (40) | 50% (37) | 68% (4) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 42-22-11 | 35-31-7 | 13-14-4 | 45-19-10 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 25.3% (18) | 20.0% (23) | 32.9% (4) | 20.0% (29) | ||||
| Team Records | 25-26 | 24-25 | 23-24 | 25-26 | 24-25 | 23-24 |
| OTT | 1-1-1 | 1-2-0 | 4-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 2-3-0 | 1-2-0 |
| CAR | 5-3-0 | 4-3-0 | 5-1-0 | 4-0-1 | 5-2-0 | 3-0-0 |
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Ryan Daisy #81 |
Kyle Flemington #55 |
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| Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) | 60 / 0 | 77 / 0 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 625 / 49 | 452 / 14 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/13/16 | 10/18/19 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/12/19 | 4/17/23 | ||||
| Birthplace | Mansfield, MA | Parkhill, ON | ||||
Referee Brandon Blandina is making is Stanley Cup Playoff debut.
Series Officiating Supervisor: Rob Shick
Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars
5:30 PM ET
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Furman South #13 |
Jean Hebert #15 |
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| Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) | 76 / 0 | 63 / 0 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 486 / 3 | 887 / 115 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 4/6/17 | 3/30/11 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | — | 4/16/15 | ||||
| Birthplace | Sewickley, PA | Bouctouche, NB | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.1 (22) | 5.4 (42) | 6.6 (4) | 6.0 (23) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 5.5 (29) | 4.8 (42) | 5.9 (14) | 5.5 (14) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.2 (23) | 1.0 (41) | 1.4 (6) | 1.2 (13) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 6.8 (34) | 6.2 (38) | 8.0 (4) | 7.6 (6) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 17.3 (29) | 6.2 (33) | 19.3 (8) | 18.7 (5) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 50.4% (8) | 50.0% (8) | 50.1% (11) | 50.0% (4) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 49.5% (33) | 50.0% (36) | 52.3% (17) | 50.0% (39) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.2 (31) | 1.1 (39) | 1.3 (21) | 1.2 (34) | ||||
| Home Win % | 59% (21) | 60% (30) | 58% (23) | 67% (7) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 40-26-10 | 40-26-8 | 39-27-9 | 46-21-7 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 23.7% (24) | 20.0% (20) | 15.9% (37) | 20.0% (29) | ||||
| Team Records | 25-26 | 24-25 | 23-24 | 25-26 | 24-25 | 23-24 |
| MIN | 3-0-1 | 5-1-0 | 4-3-0 | 3-1-1 | 3-3-0 | 1-1-0 |
| DAL | 1-2-0 | 2-1-0 | 4-1-0 | 2-0-1 | 0-2-0 | 4-2-0 |
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Jonny Murray #95 |
CJ Murray #68 |
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| Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) | 64 / 0 | 78 / 0 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1617 / 204 | 355 / 4 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/7/00 | 10/14/21 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/16/09 | — | ||||
| Birthplace | Beauport, QC | Pittsburgh, PA | ||||
Series Officiating Supervisor: Don VanMassenhoven
Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins
8:00 PM ET
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Chris Rooney #5 |
Peter MacDougall #38 |
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| Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) | 38 / 0 | 66 / 0 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1571 / 183 | 516 / 7 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 11/22/00 | 4/8/17 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/14/03 | 4/24/24 | ||||
| Birthplace | Boston, MA | Regina, SK | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 5.5 (40) | 6.4 (5) | 6.6 (3) | 5.8 (32) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 6.3 (5) | 5.6 (12) | 5.7 (19) | 5.4 (21) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.4 (4) | 1.3 (10) | 1.3 (10) | 1.1 (25) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 7.7 (10) | 6.8 (22) | 7.4 (19) | 7.0 (15) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 19.1 (11) | 6.8 (15) | 18.6 (15) | 16.2 (20) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 46.5% (32) | 50.0% (35) | 49.9% (6) | 50.0% (28) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 52.1% (19) | 50.0% (13) | 49.2% (35) | 50.0% (16) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.3 (24) | 1.3 (22) | 1.1 (37) | 1.1 (41) | ||||
| Home Win % | 55% (27) | 66% (9) | 52% (31) | 65% (11) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 17-13-8 | 43-22-6 | 37-35-4 | 43-21-10 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 26.3% (14) | 20.0% (34) | 25.8% (17) | 20.0% (12) | ||||
| Team Records | 25-26 | 24-25 | 23-24 | 25-26 | 24-25 | 23-24 |
| PHI | 3-3-0 | 5-1-0 | 2-3-1 | 2-1-1 | 0-4-0 | 3-2-0 |
| PIT | 2-2-1 | 3-2-0 | 3-2-1 | 2-3-0 | 0-3-2 | 4-3-0 |
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Devin Berg #87 |
James Tobias #61 |
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| Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) | 76 / 0 | 78 / 0 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 746 / 90 | 551 / 21 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/15/15 | 11/22/17 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/11/18 | 4/17/23 | ||||
| Birthplace | Kitchener, ON | Buffalo, NY | ||||
Series Officiating Supervisor: Shane Heyer
Games: PS (Preseason); RS (Regular Season); PO (Playoffs)
Stats/Numbers: ’25-26 avg. (’25-26 rank) | ’24-25 avg. (’24-25 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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