{"id":652317,"date":"2026-05-19T12:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/652317\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:19:18","slug":"todays-nhl-playoff-referees-and-linespersons-5-18-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/652317\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s NHL Playoff Referees and Linespersons \u2013 5\/18\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"

The officials for Canadiens vs. Sabres Game 7 include two returning referees who have already worked separate games this series. Tonight\u2019s stripes:<\/p>\n

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REFEREES<\/p>\n

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\nJean Hebert #15

\nWes McCauley #4
<\/p>\n

Games \u201925-26 (RS\/PO)
\n63 \/ 7
\n77 \/ 8<\/p>\n

Career Games (RS\/PO)
\n887 \/ 122
\n1517 \/ 228<\/p>\n

First NHL Game
\n3\/30\/11
\n1\/20\/03<\/p>\n

First Playoff Game
\n4\/16\/15
\n4\/12\/07<\/p>\n

Birthplace
\nBouctouche, NB
\nGeorgetown, ON<\/p>\n

Goals\/Gm
\n6.6 (4) | 6.0 (23)
\n6.1 (22) | 6.2 (10)<\/p>\n

PP Opp\/Gm
\n5.9 (14) | 5.5 (14)
\n5.4 (33) | 5.4 (16)<\/p>\n

PPG\/Gm
\n1.4 (6) | 1.2 (13)
\n1.1 (32) | 1.2 (19)<\/p>\n

Penl\/Gm
\n8.0 (4) | 7.6 (6)
\n7.1 (27) | 7.0 (16)<\/p>\n

PIM\/Gm
\n19.3 (8) | 7.6 (5)
\n17.7 (26) | 16.7 (14)<\/p>\n

% of Penl on Home
\n50.1% (11) | 50.0% (4)
\n47.2% (19) | 50.0% (16)<\/p>\n

% PP Opp for Home
\n52.3% (17) | 50.0% (39)
\n51.1% (27) | 50.0% (24)<\/p>\n

Penl Diff.*
\n1.3 (21) | 1.2 (34)
\n1.4 (9) | 1.4 (10)<\/p>\n

Home Win %
\n58% (23) | 67% (7)
\n50% (37) | 68% (4)<\/p>\n

Home Rec.
\n39-27-9 | 46-21-7
\n13-14-4 | 45-19-10<\/p>\n

OT\/SO Games
\n15.9% (37) | 20.0% (29)
\n32.9% (4) | 20.0% (29)<\/p>\n

Team Records
\n25-26
\n24-25
\n23-24
\n25-26
\n24-25
\n23-24<\/p>\n

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

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

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LINESPERSONS<\/p>\n

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\nScott Cherrey #50

\nDevin Berg #87
<\/p>\n

Games \u201925-26 (RS\/PO)
\n42 \/ 9
\n76 \/ 8<\/p>\n

Career Games (RS\/PO)
\n1275 \/ 180
\n746 \/ 97<\/p>\n

First NHL Game
\n10\/6\/07
\n10\/15\/15<\/p>\n

First Playoff Game
\n4\/15\/11
\n4\/11\/18<\/p>\n

Birthplace
\nDrayton, ON
\nKitchener, ON<\/p>\n

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Refs Jean Hebert and Wes McCauley are working together for the first time this postseason<\/p>\n

Hebert worked Round 1 with Furman South, handling MIN\/DAL Game 1, OTT\/CAR Game 2, PHI\/PIT Game 4, and MTL\/TBL Game 5 (MTL W 3-2). \u00a0He was paired with Trevor Hanson for the second round, working ANA\/VGK Game 1, MTL\/BUF Game 2 (MTL W 5-1), and MIN\/COL Game 4.<\/p>\n

McCauley started the playoffs alongside Brandon Blandina at OTT\/CAR Game 1, MIN\/DAL Game 2, TBL\/MTL Game 4 (MTL L 3-2), and EDM\/ANA Game 6. He worked with Chris Rooney for TBL\/MTL Game 7 (MTL W 2-1).\u00a0 In Round 2, McCauley skated with Pierre Lambert for MTL\/BUF Game 1 (BUF W 4-1), CAR\/PHI Game 4, and ANA\/VGK Game 5.<\/p>\n

This is Wes McCauley\u2019s second Game 7 of this Stanley Cup Playoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Linespersons Scott Cherrey and Devin Berg are also working together for the first time in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs.\u00a0 Cherrey worked the opening round with Kilian McNamara and the second with Jesse Marquis. Berg started the playoffs alongside James Tobias, switching to skate alongside Ryan Daisy and Shandor Alphonso in Round 2.\u00a0 Cherrey worked Games 1 and 6 of this series; Berg manned the lines for Game 3.<\/p>\n

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Standby Officials: Garrett Rank (#7), Jesse Marquis (#86)Series Officiating Supervisor: Kay Whitmore
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Games: PS (Preseason); RS (Regular Season); PO (Playoffs)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stats\/Numbers<\/a>: \u201925-26 avg. (\u201925-26 rank) | \u201924-25 avg. (\u201924-25 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

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

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The NHL officials working the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs:<\/p>\n

NHL Officials Advancing to Round 2 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The officials for Canadiens vs. Sabres Game 7 include two returning referees who have already worked separate games…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-652317","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\/652317","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=652317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}