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

 

Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens
7:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Frederick L’Ecuyer #17
 Graham Skilliter #24
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 75 / 0 76 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 1180 / 48 887 / 31
First NHL Game 10/13/07 1/28/13
First Playoff Game 4/16/15 5/19/21
Birthplace St-Tite, QC La Ronge, SK
Goals/Gm 5.9 (33) | 6.1 (21) 5.9 (31) | 6.2 (14)
PP Opp/Gm 5.6 (24) | 5.3 (23) 5.6 (22) | 5.2 (32)
PPG/Gm 1.1 (33) | 1.3 (6) 1.1 (28) | 1.1 (28)
Penl/Gm 7.4 (20) | 6.8 (21) 7.2 (26) | 6.2 (41)
PIM/Gm 19.0 (12) | 6.8 (10) 17.0 (30) | 14.8 (35)
% of Penl on Home 48.6% (15) | 50.0% (25) 49.8% (23) | 50.0% (11)
% PP Opp for Home 51.1% (29) | 50.0% (15) 52.0% (20) | 50.0% (30)
Penl Diff.* 1.4 (7) | 1.3 (24) 1.0 (39) | 1.3 (23)
Home Win % 65% (5) | 64% (12) 61% (17) | 57% (35)
Home Rec. 47-24-4 | 44-24-6 43-27-6 | 37-27-10
OT/SO Games 24.0% (21) | 20.0% (26) 17.1% (35) | 20.0% (7)
Team Records 25-26 24-25 23-24 25-26 24-25 23-24
TBL 4-0-2 3-0-1 3-1-1 4-1-0 1-2-0 1-1-0
MTL 3-1-1 3-2-0 1-1-2 3-1-1 0-2-2 1-1-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Jesse Marquis #86
 Andrew Smith #51
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 76 / 1 77 / 1
Career Games (RS/PO) 476 / 20 632 / 44
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: Furman South (#13)
Series Officiating Supervisor: Brad Meier

 

 

Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
7:30 PM ET

REFEREES
  Eric Furlatt #27
 Kendrick Nicholson #30
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 69 / 1 76 / 1
Career Games (RS/PO) 1606 / 192 741 / 14
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
BOS 5-1-0 2-2-0 3-2-1 1-1-0 1-3-1 3-1-2
BUF 3-0-1 1-2-0 0-3-0 5-1-1 5-1-1 2-1-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Devin Berg #87
 James Tobias #61
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 76 / 1 78 / 1
Career Games (RS/PO) 746 / 91 551 / 22
First NHL Game 10/15/15 11/22/17
First Playoff Game 4/11/18 4/17/23
Birthplace Kitchener, ON Buffalo, NY

  Furlatt and Nicholson worked Kings vs. Avs Game 1.

Standby Official: Kyle Rehman (#10)
Series Officiating Supervisor: Dan O’Halloran

 

 

Utah Mammoth at Vegas Golden Knights
9:30 PM ET

REFEREES
  Kelly Sutherland #11
 Corey Syvret #23
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 76 / 0 77 / 0
Career Games (RS/PO) 1680 / 252 455 / 0
First NHL Game 12/19/00 4/4/18
First Playoff Game 4/9/03 —
Birthplace Richmond, BC Millgrove, ON
Goals/Gm 6.0 (28) | 5.9 (28) 5.9 (29) | 5.8 (34)
PP Opp/Gm 5.7 (21) | 5.4 (18) 5.5 (27) | 5.7 (10)
PPG/Gm 1.2 (24) | 1.0 (40) 1.0 (35) | 1.3 (7)
Penl/Gm 8.1 (3) | 6.8 (20) 6.6 (36) | 6.6 (27)
PIM/Gm 21.1 (2) | 6.8 (21) 15.0 (37) | 14.6 (37)
% of Penl on Home 49.7% (7) | 50.0% (9) 48.9% (14) | 50.0% (10)
% PP Opp for Home 48.8% (36) | 50.0% (34) 51.5% (24) | 50.0% (35)
Penl Diff.* 1.2 (29) | 1.2 (27) 1.4 (15) | 1.3 (21)
Home Win % 64% (8) | 60% (27) 64% (9) | 64% (12)
Home Rec. 44-24-7 | 42-27-5 45-25-7 | 44-23-6
OT/SO Games 21.3% (30) | 10.0% (39) 19.7% (33) | 30.0% (1)
Team Records 25-26 24-25 23-24 25-26 24-25 23-24
UTA 1-1-0 3-2-0 0-1-0 5-1-0 6-1-1 3-3-0
VGK 1-1-1 3-2-0 4-3-0 4-4-0 5-0-0 2-1-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Scott Cherrey #50
 Kilian McNamara #93
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 42 / 1 76 / 1
Career Games (RS/PO) 1275 / 173 352 / 1
First NHL Game 10/6/07 10/25/21
First Playoff Game 4/15/11 —
Birthplace Drayton, ON Lake Worth, FL

  

Standby Official: Tom Chmielewski (#18)
Series Officiating Supervisor: Brad Watson

 

 

Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche
10:00 PM ET

REFEREES
  Trevor Hanson #14
 TJ Luxmore #21
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 76 / 1 76 / 1
Career Games (RS/PO) 811 / 48 803 / 38
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
LAK 1-4-2 4-1-1 7-4-0 1-2-0 0-1-2 1-1-2
COL 5-4-0 4-1-0 2-1-0 1-2-2 2-1-0 3-3-0
 

 
LINESPERSONS
  Kiel Murchison #79
 Travis Toomey #90
Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) 77 / 1 76 / 1
Career Games (RS/PO) 962 / 91 420 / 2
First NHL Game 1/21/13 10/3/19
First Playoff Game 4/17/15 4/25/23
Birthplace Cloverdale, BC Leduc, AB

  

Hanson and Luxmore previously handled Game 1 of Mammoth vs. Golden Knights. 

Standby Official: Brandon Blandina (#39) Brandon Gawryletz (#64)
Series Officiating Supervisor: Kay Whitmore

  

  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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