Today’s NHL Stanley Cup Playoff games:
PIT vs. PHI – DAL vs. MIN – ANA vs. EDM
Pittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers
7:00 PM ET
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Jake Brenk #26 |
Francois St. Laurent #8 |
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| Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) | 76 / 1 | 59 / 1 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 662 / 14 | 1147 / 96 | ||||
| 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 |
| PIT | 7-1-0 | 1-3-2 | 3-1-0 | 2-1-1 | 2-2-2 | 3-1-2 |
| PHI | 3-0-2 | 4-2-1 | 1-2-0 | 3-1-1 | 1-1-0 | 1-6-0 |
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CJ Murray #68 |
Jonny Murray #95 |
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| Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) | 78 / 1 | 64 / 1 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 355 / 5 | 1617 / 204 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/14/21 | 10/7/00 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | — | 4/16/09 | ||||
| Birthplace | Pittsburgh, PA | Beauport, QC | ||||
Brenk & St. Laurent previously worked Game 1 of Canadiens/Lightning.
Murray and Murray (no relation) worked the lines for Wild vs. Stars Game 1.
Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild
9:30 PM ET
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Gord Dwyer #19 |
Pierre Lambert #25 |
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| Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) | 70 / 1 | 75 / 1 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1383 / 128 | 582 / 9 | ||||
| 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 |
| DAL | 3-2-2 | 4-4-1 | 2-1-1 | 2-2-0 | 3-1-0 | 1-2-0 |
| MIN | 1-2-1 | 2-1-2 | 0-1-1 | 5-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-2-1 |
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Ryan Gibbons #58 |
Libor Suchanek #60 |
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| Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) | 77 / 1 | 78 / 1 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 790 / 86 | 606 / 30 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/8/15 | 11/16/17 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/12/17 | 8/2/20 | ||||
| Birthplace | Vancouver, BC | Stod, Czechia | ||||
Dwyer and Lambert were paired up at Ducks/Oilers Game 1.
Gibbons and Suchanek covered Sens/Canes Game 2.
Anaheim Ducks at Edmonton Oilers
10:00 PM ET
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Chris Rooney #5 |
Peter MacDougall #38 |
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| Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) | 38 / 1 | 66 / 1 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1571 / 184 | 516 / 8 | ||||
| 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 |
| ANA | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-3-0 | 3-2-0 | 1-4-0 | 2-3-0 |
| EDM | 0-0-0 | 2-1-1 | 1-1-0 | 3-1-1 | 2-2-0 | 1-1-1 |
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David Brisebois #96 |
Bevan Mills #53 |
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| Games ’25-26 (RS/PO) | 77 / 1 | 77 / 1 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1635 / 97 | 592 / 37 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/11/00 | 11/29/16 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/16/10 | 5/16/21 | ||||
| Birthplace | Sudbury, ON | Surrey, BC | ||||
Rooney and MacDougall also officiated Game 1 of Flyers/Penguins.
Brisebois and Mills skated the lines for Ducks/Oilers Game 1.
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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