{"id":689814,"date":"2026-06-07T13:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/689814\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T13:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:11:11","slug":"todays-nhl-playoff-referees-and-linespersons-6-6-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/689814\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s NHL Playoff Referees and Linespersons \u2013 6\/6\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"

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REFEREES<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\nWes McCauley #4

\nChris Rooney #5
<\/p>\n

Games \u201925-26 (RS\/PO)
\n77 \/ 12
\n38 \/ 11<\/p>\n

Career Games (RS\/PO)
\n1517 \/ 232
\n1571 \/ 194<\/p>\n

First NHL Game
\n1\/20\/03
\n11\/22\/00<\/p>\n

First Playoff Game
\n4\/12\/07
\n4\/14\/03<\/p>\n

Birthplace
\nGeorgetown, ON
\nBoston, MA<\/p>\n

Goals\/Gm
\n6.1 (22) | 6.2 (10)
\n5.5 (40) | 6.4 (5)<\/p>\n

PP Opp\/Gm
\n5.4 (33) | 5.4 (16)
\n6.3 (5) | 5.6 (12)<\/p>\n

PPG\/Gm
\n1.1 (32) | 1.2 (19)
\n1.4 (4) | 1.3 (10)<\/p>\n

Penl\/Gm
\n7.1 (27) | 7.0 (16)
\n7.7 (10) | 6.8 (22)<\/p>\n

PIM\/Gm
\n17.7 (26) | 7.0 (14)
\n19.1 (11) | 16.5 (15)<\/p>\n

% of Penl on Home
\n47.2% (19) | 50.0% (16)
\n46.5% (32) | 50.0% (35)<\/p>\n

% PP Opp for Home
\n51.1% (27) | 50.0% (24)
\n52.1% (19) | 50.0% (13)<\/p>\n

Penl Diff.*
\n1.4 (9) | 1.4 (10)
\n1.3 (24) | 1.3 (22)<\/p>\n

Home Win %
\n50% (37) | 68% (4)
\n55% (27) | 66% (9)<\/p>\n

Home Rec.
\n13-14-4 | 45-19-10
\n17-13-8 | 43-22-6<\/p>\n

OT\/SO Games
\n32.9% (4) | 20.0% (29)
\n26.3% (14) | 20.0% (34)<\/p>\n

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

CAR
\n4-0-1
\n5-2-0
\n3-0-0
\n2-0-1
\n2-2-1
\n3-2-0<\/p>\n

VGK
\n2-1-2
\n3-3-0
\n2-3-1
\n2-1-0
\n2-2-0
\n0-3-0<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0
\nDevin Berg #87

\nMatt MacPherson #83
<\/p>\n

Games \u201925-26 (RS\/PO)
\n76 \/ 12
\n77 \/ 11<\/p>\n

Career Games (RS\/PO)
\n746 \/ 101
\n1039 \/ 135<\/p>\n

First NHL Game
\n10\/15\/15
\n10\/11\/11<\/p>\n

First Playoff Game
\n4\/11\/18
\n4\/17\/14<\/p>\n

Birthplace
\nKitchener, ON
\nAntigonish, NS<\/p>\n

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Standby Officials: Jean Hebert (#15) Scott Cherrey (#50)Series Officiating Supervisor: Kris King
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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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

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

NHL Officials Named for 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 REFEREES \u00a0 Wes McCauley #4 Chris Rooney #5 Games \u201925-26 (RS\/PO) 77 \/ 12 38 \/ 11…\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-689814","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\/689814","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=689814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689814\/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=689814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}