Today’s NHL Stanley Cup Playoff games:
LAK vs. COL – MTL vs. TBL – BOS vs. BUF – UTA vs. VGK

 

Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche
3:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Eric Furlatt #27
 Kendrick Nicholson #30
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 69 / 0 76 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 1606 / 191 741 / 13
First NHL Game 10/8/01 1/17/15
First Playoff Game 4/12/03 4/18/23
Birthplace Trois-Rivieres, QC Milverton, ON
Goals/Gm 6.2 (14) | 5.7 (41) 6.3 (12) | 6.3 (6)
PP Opp/Gm 5.9 (13) | 5.4 (17) 5.5 (30) | 5.1 (36)
PPG/Gm 1.3 (12) | 1.1 (31) 1.2 (16) | 1.2 (17)
Penl/Gm 7.9 (7) | 6.7 (24) 6.9 (33) | 7.4 (9)
PIM/Gm 18.6 (14) | 6.7 (28) 16.0 (32) | 18.4 (9)
% of Penl on Home 46.0% (30) | 50.0% (13) 48.7% (13) | 50.0% (15)
% PP Opp for Home 54.0% (10) | 50.0% (33) 51.7% (22) | 50.0% (28)
Penl Diff.* 1.5 (6) | 1.4 (9) 1.2 (32) | 1.3 (20)
Home Win % 65% (7) | 62% (20) 52% (31) | 56% (38)
Home Rec. 38-19-12 | 42-24-7 34-32-10 | 38-31-4
OT/SO Games 30.9% (8) | 20.0% (15) 25.3% (18) | 20.0% (32)
Team Records 25-26 24-25 23-24 25-26 24-25 23-24
LAK 3-0-2 3-0-0 1-1-0 2-0-1 1-1-0 3-1-0
COL 1-0-0 3-1-0 3-1-0 2-1-1 3-3-0 4-2-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Scott Cherrey #50
 Kilian McNamara #93
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 42 / 0 76 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 1275 / 171 352 / 0
First NHL Game 10/6/07 10/25/21
First Playoff Game 4/15/11 —
Birthplace Drayton, ON Lake Worth, FL

  

Standby Officials: Tom Chmielewski (#18) Brandon Gawryletz (#64)
Series Officiating Supervisor: Kay Whitmore

 

 

Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning
5:45 PM ET

REFEREES
  Jake Brenk #26
 Francois St. Laurent #8
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 76 / 0 59 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 662 / 13 1147 / 95
First NHL Game 11/12/15 11/10/05
First Playoff Game 5/2/22 4/13/11
Birthplace Detroit Lakes, MN Greenfield Park, QC
Goals/Gm 6.2 (16) | 6.1 (18) 6.8 (1) | 5.8 (35)
PP Opp/Gm 6.3 (7) | 5.6 (13) 5.8 (15) | 5.9 (7)
PPG/Gm 1.6 (1) | 1.2 (16) 1.4 (7) | 1.2 (21)
Penl/Gm 7.7 (12) | 7.5 (7) 7.6 (15) | 7.2 (12)
PIM/Gm 17.8 (25) | 7.5 (13) 18.5 (16) | 16.4 (17)
% of Penl on Home 46.4% (35) | 50.0% (31) 49.3% (10) | 50.0% (17)
% PP Opp for Home 54.1% (8) | 50.0% (11) 50.1% (32) | 50.0% (29)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (13) | 1.3 (14) 1.5 (5) | 1.4 (4)
Home Win % 62% (13) | 62% (20) 63% (11) | 63% (18)
Home Rec. 37-22-4 | 43-25-5 35-20-4 | 36-21-2
OT/SO Games 23.7% (24) | 20.0% (9) 20.3% (31) | 10.0% (40)
Team Records 25-26 24-25 23-24 25-26 24-25 23-24
MTL 3-3-0 3-1-1 0-6-2 0-3-0 2-1-0 2-3-1
TBL 1-0-1 1-3-0 2-3-1 2-1-1 2-4-1 0-2-2
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Shandor Alphonso #52
 Julien Fournier #56
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 75 / 0 78 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 811 / 38 452 / 5
First NHL Game 10/17/14 10/14/19
First Playoff Game 8/2/20 —
Birthplace Orangeville, ON Gatineau, QC

  

Standby Official: Graham Skilliter (#24)
Series Officiating Supervisor: Brad Meier

 

 

Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
7:30 PM ET

REFEREES
  Francis Charron #6
 Jon Mclsaac #2
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 76 / 0 75 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 882 / 104 702 / 41
First NHL Game 4/5/10 11/21/13
First Playoff Game 4/18/14 4/10/19
Birthplace Ottawa, ON Truro, NS
Goals/Gm 6.3 (11) | 6.1 (17) 6.1 (19) | 6.3 (9)
PP Opp/Gm 6.3 (4) | 5.1 (38) 5.2 (38) | 5.3 (27)
PPG/Gm 1.5 (3) | 1.1 (27) 1.1 (27) | 1.1 (29)
Penl/Gm 7.7 (9) | 6.3 (35) 6.3 (39) | 6.5 (32)
PIM/Gm 17.9 (22) | 6.3 (30) 14.7 (38) | 15.3 (29)
% of Penl on Home 50.2% (5) | 50.0% (5) 44.2% (40) | 50.0% (32)
% PP Opp for Home 49.3% (34) | 50.0% (37) 56.8% (1) | 50.0% (10)
Penl Diff.* 1.2 (35) | 1.2 (30) 1.4 (12) | 1.2 (35)
Home Win % 51% (35) | 63% (17) 66% (4) | 63% (16)
Home Rec. 30-28-17 | 41-22-10 43-20-13 | 38-21-5
OT/SO Games 36.0% (2) | 20.0% (15) 24.0% (21) | 20.0% (19)
Team Records 25-26 24-25 23-24 25-26 24-25 23-24
BOS 2-2-0 1-4-1 5-2-0 4-2-1 4-1-0 4-0-0
BUF 1-3-0 1-0-1 4-1-0 3-1-0 2-1-0 3-0-2
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Jesse Marquis #86
 Andrew Smith #51
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 76 / 0 77 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 476 / 20 632 / 43
First NHL Game 10/11/18 10/4/17
First Playoff Game 4/18/23 4/10/19
Birthplace Bouctouche, NB Kitchener, ON

  

Standby Official: Chris Rooney (#5)
Series Officiating Supervisor: Dan O’Halloran

 

 

Utah Mammoth at Vegas Golden Knights
10:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Trevor Hanson #14
 TJ Luxmore #21
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 76 / 0 76 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 811 / 47 803 / 37
First NHL Game 10/24/13 11/19/13
First Playoff Game 4/12/17 8/2/20
Birthplace Richmond, BC Timmins, ON
Goals/Gm 6.3 (12) | 5.8 (32) 6.0 (27) | 5.9 (26)
PP Opp/Gm 5.5 (31) | 5.7 (9) 5.8 (16) | 4.8 (43)
PPG/Gm 1.2 (26) | 1.2 (19) 1.3 (15) | 0.9 (43)
Penl/Gm 7.3 (24) | 7.7 (5) 7.6 (14) | 6.2 (39)
PIM/Gm 19.4 (6) | 7.7 (7) 19.1 (10) | 14.6 (38)
% of Penl on Home 46.2% (39) | 50.0% (42) 50.7% (3) | 50.0% (19)
% PP Opp for Home 56.2% (2) | 60.0% (2) 48.1% (37) | 50.0% (18)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (14) | 1.6 (2) 1.3 (22) | 1.4 (11)
Home Win % 52% (31) | 59% (33) 56% (25) | 62% (23)
Home Rec. 33-30-11 | 41-28-5 34-27-9 | 42-26-6
OT/SO Games 16.0% (36) | 20.0% (22) 28.9% (9) | 20.0% (26)
Team Records 25-26 24-25 23-24 25-26 24-25 23-24
UTA 3-6-0 2-4-0 5-3-0 2-4-0 1-2-1 0-1-2
VGK 4-0-0 4-0-2 6-1-1 2-3-1 2-1-1 3-2-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Travis Toomey #90
 Kiel Murchison #79
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 76 / 0 77 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 420 / 2 962 / 89
First NHL Game 10/3/19 1/21/13
First Playoff Game 4/25/23 4/17/15
Birthplace Leduc, AB Cloverdale, BC

  

Standby Official: Corey Syvret (#23)
Series Officiating Supervisor: Brad Watson

 

  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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