{"id":641975,"date":"2026-05-14T04:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/641975\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T04:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:37:10","slug":"todays-nhl-playoff-referees-and-linespersons-5-13-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/641975\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s NHL Playoff Referees and Linespersons \u2013 5\/13\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>REFEREES<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nFrancis Charron #6<br \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"TOImgPad aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fc06.png\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\"\/><br \/>\nGord Dwyer #19<br \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"TOImgPad aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gd19.png\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Games \u201925-26 (RS\/PO)<br \/>\n76 \/ 6<br \/>\n70 \/ 7<\/p>\n<p>Career Games (RS\/PO)<br \/>\n882 \/ 110<br \/>\n1383 \/ 134<\/p>\n<p>First NHL Game<br \/>\n4\/5\/10<br \/>\n11\/19\/05<\/p>\n<p>First Playoff Game<br \/>\n4\/18\/14<br \/>\n4\/16\/14<\/p>\n<p>Birthplace<br \/>\nOttawa, ON<br \/>\nLower Sackville, NS<\/p>\n<p>Goals\/Gm<br \/>\n6.3 (11) | 6.1 (17)<br \/>\n6.2 (15) | 5.9 (27)<\/p>\n<p>PP Opp\/Gm<br \/>\n6.3 (4) | 5.1 (38)<br \/>\n6.2 (9) | 5.3 (28)<\/p>\n<p>PPG\/Gm<br \/>\n1.5 (3) | 1.1 (27)<br \/>\n1.2 (19) | 1.1 (32)<\/p>\n<p>Penl\/Gm<br \/>\n7.7 (9) | 6.3 (35)<br \/>\n7.5 (17) | 6.6 (29)<\/p>\n<p>PIM\/Gm<br \/>\n17.9 (22) | 6.3 (30)<br \/>\n19.1 (9) | 15.7 (26)<\/p>\n<p>% of Penl on Home<br \/>\n50.2% (5) | 50.0% (5)<br \/>\n47.3% (36) | 50.0% (29)<\/p>\n<p>% PP Opp for Home<br \/>\n49.3% (34) | 50.0% (37)<br \/>\n54.2% (6) | 50.0% (14)<\/p>\n<p>Penl Diff.*<br \/>\n1.2 (35) | 1.2 (30)<br \/>\n1.6 (1) | 1.4 (13)<\/p>\n<p>Home Win %<br \/>\n51% (35) | 63% (17)<br \/>\n51% (34) | 64% (14)<\/p>\n<p>Home Rec.<br \/>\n30-28-17 | 41-22-10<br \/>\n31-30-9 | 44-25-4<\/p>\n<p>OT\/SO Games<br \/>\n36.0% (2) | 20.0% (15)<br \/>\n17.4% (34) | 20.0% (35)<\/p>\n<p>Team Records<br \/>\n25-26<br \/>\n24-25<br \/>\n23-24<br \/>\n25-26<br \/>\n24-25<br \/>\n23-24<\/p>\n<p>MIN<br \/>\n1-0-3<br \/>\n3-3-0<br \/>\n1-1-0<br \/>\n1-2-1<br \/>\n2-1-2<br \/>\n0-1-1<\/p>\n<p>COL<br \/>\n2-0-1<br \/>\n2-1-1<br \/>\n1-3-1<br \/>\n6-0-0<br \/>\n4-3-0<br \/>\n2-1-0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>LINESPERSONS<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nDevin Berg #87<br \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"TOImgPad aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/db87.png\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\"\/><br \/>\nShandor Alphonso #52<br \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"TOImgPad aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sa52.png\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Games \u201925-26 (RS\/PO)<br \/>\n76 \/ 7<br \/>\n75 \/ 7<\/p>\n<p>Career Games (RS\/PO)<br \/>\n746 \/ 96<br \/>\n811 \/ 44<\/p>\n<p>First NHL Game<br \/>\n10\/15\/15<br \/>\n10\/17\/14<\/p>\n<p>First Playoff Game<br \/>\n4\/11\/18<br \/>\n8\/2\/20<\/p>\n<p>Birthplace<br \/>\nKitchener, ON<br \/>\nOrangeville, ON<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Refs Francis Charron and Gord Dwyer were paired up starting in Round 2, officiating PHI\/CAR Game 2 and ANA\/VGK Game 4.<\/p>\n<p>Charron worked the opening round with Jon McIsaac, refereeing BOS\/BUF Game 1, OTT\/CAR Game 3, PHI\/PIT Game 5, and MTL\/TBL Game 6.\u00a0 His last Avs game was April 11 vs. VGK (COL L 3-2 OT); he last worked a Wild game on January 19 \u2013 a 6-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n<p>Dwyer skated with Pierre Lambert at MIN\/DAL Game 3 (MIN L 4-3 2OT), UTA\/VGK Game 3, PHI\/PIT Game 6, and BOS\/BUF Game 6. His last Colorado assignment came on April 4 vs. the Dallas Stars (COL W 2-0).<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got a a new pairing on the lines. Devin Berg has worked with different partners for the second round \u2013 James Tobias (ANA\/VGK Game 2) and Ryan Daisy (MTL\/BUF Game 3) \u2013 after partnering up with Tobias throughout the opening round.\u00a0 Shandor Alphonso worked alongside Ryan Daisy (MTL\/BUF Game 2) and Ryan Gibbons (MIN\/COL Game 4) for Round 2; he previously worked with Julien Fournier in the opening round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Standby Officials: Frederick L\u2019Ecuyer (#17) Travis Gawryletz (#67)Series Officiating Supervisor: Rod Pasma<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Games: PS (Preseason); RS (Regular Season); PO (Playoffs)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scoutingtherefs.com\/2024-25-nhl-referee-stats\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stats\/Numbers<\/a>: \u201925-26 avg. (\u201925-26 rank) | \u201924-25 avg. (\u201924-25 rank)<\/p>\n<p>Number in orange\/parentheses indicated referee\u2019s rank among active officials.<\/p>\n<p>* 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<p>We\u2019ve also got <a href=\"https:\/\/scoutingtherefs.com\/2025\/09\/49364\/nhl-rule-book-updates-for-2025-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new rules<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scoutingtherefs.com\/2025\/09\/49381\/nhl-officials-new-names-and-numbers-for-2025-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new refs, promoted officials<\/a>, and an updated <a href=\"https:\/\/scoutingtherefs.com\/2025\/09\/49475\/nhl-officials-pronunciation-guide-2025-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pronunciation guide<\/a> for 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The NHL officials working the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scoutingtherefs.com\/2026\/05\/52143\/nhl-officials-advancing-to-round-2-of-the-2026-stanley-cup-playoffs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Officials Advancing to Round 2 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"REFEREES \u00a0 Francis Charron #6 Gord Dwyer #19 Games \u201925-26 (RS\/PO) 76 \/ 6 70 \/ 7 Career&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-641975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}