{"id":559753,"date":"2026-03-23T21:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/559753\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T21:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:15:15","slug":"todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-3-23-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/559753\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s NHL Referees and Linespersons \u2013 3\/23\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/p>\n

REFEREES<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\nGraham Skilliter #24

\nCarter Sandlak #29
<\/p>\n

Games \u201925-26
\n64
\n58<\/p>\n

Career Games (RS\/PO)
\n875 \/ 39
\n243 \/ 0<\/p>\n

First NHL Game
\n1\/28\/13
\n3\/22\/22<\/p>\n

Birthplace
\nLa Ronge, SK
\nVancouver, BC<\/p>\n

Goals\/Gm
\n6.2 (14) | 6.1 (27)
\n6.5 (3) | 6.1 (25)<\/p>\n

PP Opp\/Gm
\n5.2 (32) | 6.2 (15)
\n5.1 (39) | 5.8 (32)<\/p>\n

PPG\/Gm
\n1.1 (28) | 1.5 (6)
\n1.5 (1) | 1.1 (37)<\/p>\n

Penl\/Gm
\n6.2 (41) | 7.4 (29)
\n6.2 (40) | 7.2 (34)<\/p>\n

PIM\/Gm
\n14.8 (35) | 7.4 (37)
\n14.9 (34) | 18.4 (25)<\/p>\n

% of Penl on Home
\n48.6% (11) | 50.0% (9)
\n47.9% (30) | 50.0% (32)<\/p>\n

% PP Opp for Home
\n51.4% (30) | 50.0% (40)
\n53.0% (17) | 50.0% (12)<\/p>\n

Penl Diff.*
\n1.3 (23) | 1.4 (11)
\n1.3 (26) | 1.1 (39)<\/p>\n

Home Win %
\n57% (35) | 61% (19)
\n46% (42) | 65% (5)<\/p>\n

Home Rec.
\n37-27-10 | 45-29-2
\n28-35-10 | 46-23-6<\/p>\n

OT\/SO Games
\n24.3% (7) | 10.0% (35)
\n19.4% (23) | 20.0% (11)<\/p>\n

Team Records
\n24-25
\n23-24
\n22-23
\n24-25
\n23-24
\n22-23<\/p>\n

OTT
\n1-2-1
\n1-3-0
\n2-2-0
\n1-2-2
\n3-1-0
\n2-0-0<\/p>\n

NYR
\n2-2-1
\n4-0-1
\n3-0-2
\n0-1-0
\n3-0-1
\n1-0-0<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0
LINESPERSONS<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\nCJ Murray #68

\nTyson Baker #88
<\/p>\n

Games \u201925-26
\n66
\n66<\/p>\n

Career Games (RS\/PO)
\n343 \/ 8
\n497 \/ 9<\/p>\n

First NHL Game
\n10\/14\/21
\n10\/10\/18<\/p>\n

First Playoff Game
\n\u2014
\n5\/24\/21<\/p>\n

Birthplace
\nPittsburgh, PA
\nSt. Mary\u2019s, ON<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Games: PS (Preseason); RS (Regular Season); PO (Playoffs)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stats\/Numbers<\/a>: \u201924-25 avg. (\u201924-25 rank) | \u201923-24 avg. (\u201923-24 rank)<\/p>\n

Number in orange\/parentheses indicated referee\u2019s rank among active officials.<\/p>\n

* 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.\u00a0 Lower numbers indicate less variance between total penalties in a game \u2013 that is, a closer number of calls for both teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got new rules<\/a>, new refs, promoted officials<\/a>, and an updated pronunciation guide<\/a> for 2025-26.<\/p>\n

NHL Officials \u2013 2025-26<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 REFEREES \u00a0 Graham Skilliter #24 Carter Sandlak #29 Games \u201925-26 64 58 Career Games (RS\/PO) 875 \/…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-559753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}