Today’s NHL Stanley Cup Playoff games:
PHI vs. PIT – OTT vs. CAR – MIN vs. DAL – ANA vs. EDM 

 

Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins
7:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Garrett Rank #7
 Kyle Rehman #10
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 76 / 0 76 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 749 / 35 1159 / 47
First NHL Game 1/15/15 1/22/08
First Playoff Game 5/17/21 4/12/18
Birthplace Elmira, ON Red Deer, AB
Goals/Gm 6.4 (7) | 5.7 (39) 6.4 (5) | 5.8 (36)
PP Opp/Gm 6.1 (10) | 5.3 (25) 6.1 (12) | 5.8 (8)
PPG/Gm 1.3 (9) | 1.0 (38) 1.3 (14) | 1.4 (4)
Penl/Gm 8.4 (2) | 7.0 (18) 7.6 (13) | 7.3 (10)
PIM/Gm 21.3 (1) | 7.0 (21) 17.6 (28) | 17.8 (12)
% of Penl on Home 48.2% (18) | 50.0% (36) 47.2% (31) | 50.0% (7)
% PP Opp for Home 51.2% (26) | 60.0% (5) 53.7% (11) | 50.0% (37)
Penl Diff.* 1.5 (2) | 1.3 (18) 1.5 (4) | 1.3 (17)
Home Win % 47% (38) | 60% (30) 56% (26) | 55% (39)
Home Rec. 32-37-7 | 40-26-8 27-21-6 | 36-30-8
OT/SO Games 26.7% (12) | 20.0% (12) 22.7% (29) | 30.0% (3)
Team Records 25-26 24-25 23-24 25-26 24-25 23-24
PHI 1-0-0 0-3-1 2-2-1 1-0-0 1-1-0 3-1-1
PIT 2-1-2 1-3-0 3-0-2 0-2-1 1-1-2 2-1-2
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Matt MacPherson #83
 Travis Gawryletz #67
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 77 / 0 78 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 1039 / 124 584 / 13
First NHL Game 10/11/11 11/8/17
First Playoff Game 4/17/14 4/17/23
Birthplace Antigonish, NS Trail, BC

  

Standby Official: Jon Mclsaac (#2)
Series Officiating Supervisor: Shane Heyer

 

 

Ottawa Senators at Carolina Hurricanes
7:30 PM ET

REFEREES
  Furman South #13
 Jean Hebert #15
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 76 / 1 63 / 1
Career Games (RS/PO) 486 / 4 887 / 116
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
OTT 3-1-0 1-3-1 2-4-1 2-3-0 2-2-0 3-0-0
CAR 3-1-0 3-2-0 2-2-0 3-3-0 1-3-0 3-1-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Ryan Gibbons #58
 Libor Suchanek #60
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 77 / 0 78 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 790 / 85 606 / 29
First NHL Game 10/8/15 11/16/17
First Playoff Game 4/12/17 8/2/20
Birthplace Vancouver, BC Stod, Czechia

  

Standby Official: Francois St. Laurent (#8)
Series Officiating Supervisor: Rob Shick

 

 

Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars
9:30 PM ET

REFEREES
  Brandon Blandina #39
 Wes McCauley #4
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 75 / 1 77 / 1
Career Games (RS/PO) 373 / 1 1517 / 221
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
MIN 4-2-1 2-3-1 2-2-1 3-2-1 1-3-0 1-3-1
DAL 1-0-1 3-0-0 1-2-0 4-4-1 3-0-1 3-0-2
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Trent Knorr #74
 Tyson Baker #88
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 78 / 0 78 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 850 / 43 509 / 5
First NHL Game 11/13/13 10/10/18
First Playoff Game 4/12/17 5/24/21
Birthplace Powell River, BC St. Mary’s, ON

  

Standby Official: Peter MacDougall (#38) Ben O’Quinn (#91)
Series Officiating Supervisor: Don VanMassenhoven

 

 

Anaheim Ducks at Edmonton Oilers
10:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Gord Dwyer #19
 Pierre Lambert #25
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 70 / 0 75 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 1383 / 127 582 / 8
First NHL Game 11/19/05 11/17/16
First Playoff Game 4/16/14 4/21/24
Birthplace Lower Sackville, NS St-Hubert, QC
Goals/Gm 6.2 (15) | 5.9 (27) 6.1 (21) | 5.8 (37)
PP Opp/Gm 6.2 (9) | 5.3 (28) 5.5 (28) | 5.5 (15)
PPG/Gm 1.2 (19) | 1.1 (32) 1.0 (34) | 1.3 (11)
Penl/Gm 7.5 (17) | 6.6 (29) 7.0 (28) | 6.7 (23)
PIM/Gm 19.1 (9) | 6.6 (26) 15.9 (33) | 15.8 (24)
% of Penl on Home 47.3% (36) | 50.0% (29) 49.7% (17) | 50.0% (14)
% PP Opp for Home 54.2% (6) | 50.0% (14) 51.1% (27) | 50.0% (32)
Penl Diff.* 1.6 (1) | 1.4 (13) 1.0 (40) | 1.3 (15)
Home Win % 51% (34) | 64% (14) 52% (30) | 67% (5)
Home Rec. 31-30-9 | 44-25-4 12-11-0 | 44-20-9
OT/SO Games 17.4% (34) | 20.0% (35) 20.3% (32) | 20.0% (14)
Team Records 25-26 24-25 23-24 25-26 24-25 23-24
ANA 4-1-0 0-2-0 0-1-0 2-3-0 1-2-0 1-5-0
EDM 2-0-0 2-2-0 0-1-1 3-0-0 1-2-1 4-0-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  David Brisebois #96
 Bevan Mills #53
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 77 / 0 77 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 1635 / 96 592 / 36
First NHL Game 10/11/00 11/29/16
First Playoff Game 4/16/10 5/16/21
Birthplace Sudbury, ON Surrey, BC

  

Standby Official: Chris Schlenker (#3)
Series Officiating Supervisor: Rod Pasma

 

 

  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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