Today’s NHL Referees and Linespersons – 11/30/25

Today’s NHL games:
WSH vs. NYI – ANA vs. CHI – CGY vs. CAR – OTT vs. DAL 

REFEREES
	Michael Markovic #31			Kelly Sutherland #11
Games ’25-26	23			24
Career Games (RS/PO)	341 / 1			1628 / 262
First NHL Game	3/7/19			12/19/00
Birthplace	Scarborough, ON			Richmond, BC
Goals/Gm	6.0 (25) | 6.0 (31)			5.9 (28) | 6.4 (11)
PP Opp/Gm	5.9 (6) | 6.7 (4)			5.4 (18) | 5.6 (38)
PPG/Gm	1.2 (14) | 1.5 (7)			1.0 (40) | 1.3 (21)
Penl/Gm	7.1 (13) | 8.1 (10)			6.8 (20) | 6.7 (41)
PIM/Gm	16.3 (19) | 8.1 (15)			16.2 (21) | 16.3 (39)
% of Penl on Home	47.9% (23) | 50.0% (3)			50.0% (9) | 50.0% (27)
% PP Opp for Home	52.8% (20) | 50.0% (42)			50.9% (34) | 50.0% (25)
Penl Diff.*	1.2 (38) | 1.4 (18)			1.2 (27) | 1.3 (26)
Home Win %	62% (20) | 57% (25)			60% (27) | 56% (29)
Home Rec.	43-25-5 | 39-29-6			42-27-5 | 39-30-6
OT/SO Games	23.3% (9) | 30.0% (4)			13.5% (39) | 10.0% (38)
Team Records	24-25	23-24	22-23	24-25	23-24	22-23
WSH	3-2-0	5-1-1	2-2-0	6-0-2	3-4-0	2-2-1
NYI	3-0-1	1-3-2	0-4-1	3-3-1	2-1-4	5-1-1
LINESPERSONS
	Dan Kelly #98			David Brisebois #96
Games ’25-26	21			24
Career Games (RS/PO)	311 / 0			1582 / 99
First NHL Game	1/28/21			10/11/00
First Playoff Game	—			4/16/10
Birthplace	Morrisonville, NY			Sudbury, ON

REFEREES
	Brandon Blandina #39			Gord Dwyer #19
Games ’25-26	23			22
Career Games (RS/PO)	321 / 0			1335 / 136
First NHL Game	3/19/19			11/19/05
Birthplace	Centennial, CO			Lower Sackville, NS
Goals/Gm	5.7 (40) | 5.8 (0)			5.9 (27) | 6.4 (10)
PP Opp/Gm	5.3 (22) | 6.1 (0)			5.3 (28) | 6.2 (14)
PPG/Gm	1.3 (11) | 1.2 (0)			1.1 (32) | 1.2 (33)
Penl/Gm	7.1 (14) | 7.7 (0)			6.6 (29) | 8.6 (4)
PIM/Gm	18.1 (11) | 7.7 (0)			15.7 (26) | 25.0 (1)
% of Penl on Home	49.8% (24) | 50.0% (0)			47.9% (29) | 50.0% (26)
% PP Opp for Home	52.2% (23) | 50.0% (0)			53.2% (14) | 50.0% (16)
Penl Diff.*	1.4 (6) | 1.3 (0)			1.4 (13) | 1.3 (21)
Home Win %	54% (40) | 52% (0)			64% (14) | 64% (7)
Home Rec.	35-31-7 | 34-31-10			44-25-4 | 25-13-4
OT/SO Games	19.4% (23) | 20.0% (0)			15.3% (35) | 20.0% (16)
Team Records	24-25	23-24	22-23	24-25	23-24	22-23
ANA	1-1-0	3-0-0	3-2-0	0-2-0	0-1-0	3-1-0
CHI	0-4-1	0-5-0	1-4-1	1-3-0	2-2-0	1-2-0
LINESPERSONS
	Steve Barton #59			Ryan Jackson #84
Games ’25-26	21			25
Career Games (RS/PO)	1629 / 159			151 / 0
First NHL Game	11/1/00			10/30/22
First Playoff Game	4/11/07			—
Birthplace	Vankleek Hill, ON			Pointe-Claire, QC

The Chicago Blackhawks are 1-13-2 over the past three seasons with ref Brandon Blandina working.  

REFEREES
	Peter MacDougall #38			Beau Halkidis #48
Games ’25-26	25			12
Career Games (RS/PO)	475 / 11			163 / 0
First NHL Game	4/8/17			4/1/19
Birthplace	Regina, SK			London, ON
Goals/Gm	5.8 (32) | 6.0 (36)			6.0 (24) | 6.1 (26)
PP Opp/Gm	5.4 (21) | 6.3 (10)			5.3 (24) | 6.6 (5)
PPG/Gm	1.1 (25) | 1.2 (31)			1.0 (35) | 1.4 (9)
Penl/Gm	7.0 (15) | 8.0 (12)			6.5 (30) | 8.6 (5)
PIM/Gm	16.2 (20) | 8.0 (17)			15.2 (31) | 21.6 (5)
% of Penl on Home	46.8% (28) | 50.0% (31)			46.2% (38) | 50.0% (5)
% PP Opp for Home	53.0% (16) | 50.0% (19)			54.5% (8) | 50.0% (34)
Penl Diff.*	1.1 (41) | 1.4 (13)			1.2 (29) | 1.6 (5)
Home Win %	65% (11) | 51% (39)			65% (10) | 51% (38)
Home Rec.	43-21-10 | 37-36-2			19-9-5 | 17-16-3
OT/SO Games	23.0% (12) | 10.0% (40)			21.2% (21) | 20.0% (27)
Team Records	24-25	23-24	22-23	24-25	23-24	22-23
CGY	4-2-1	1-2-0	1-2-1	1-0-0	0-1-0	0-2-0
CAR	2-1-0	2-2-1	2-0-0	2-0-1	5-0-0	2-1-0
LINESPERSONS
	Michel Cormier #76			Matt MacPherson #83
Games ’25-26	22			25
Career Games (RS/PO)	1427 / 99			987 / 136
First NHL Game	10/10/03			10/11/11
First Playoff Game	4/22/06			4/17/14
Birthplace	Trois-Rivieres, QC			Antigonish, NS

REFEREES
	Wes McCauley #4			Kendrick Nicholson #30
Games ’25-26	24			23
Career Games (RS/PO)	1464 / 234			688 / 17
First NHL Game	1/20/03			1/17/15
Birthplace	Georgetown, ON			Milverton, ON
Goals/Gm	6.2 (10) | 6.4 (13)			6.3 (6) | 5.8 (42)
PP Opp/Gm	5.4 (16) | 5.4 (41)			5.1 (36) | 6.1 (18)
PPG/Gm	1.2 (19) | 1.1 (36)			1.2 (17) | 1.2 (34)
Penl/Gm	7.0 (16) | 7.3 (32)			7.4 (9) | 8.1 (9)
PIM/Gm	16.7 (14) | 7.3 (27)			18.4 (9) | 20.6 (8)
% of Penl on Home	49.6% (16) | 50.0% (34)			48.8% (15) | 50.0% (36)
% PP Opp for Home	52.1% (24) | 50.0% (9)			51.6% (28) | 50.0% (8)
Penl Diff.*	1.4 (10) | 1.3 (26)			1.3 (20) | 1.3 (30)
Home Win %	68% (4) | 64% (8)			56% (38) | 57% (26)
Home Rec.	45-19-10 | 45-24-6			38-31-4 | 40-30-5
OT/SO Games	17.6% (29) | 20.0% (21)			16.7% (32) | 20.0% (32)
Team Records	24-25	23-24	22-23	24-25	23-24	22-23
OTT	2-3-0	1-2-0	1-1-1	4-2-0	4-1-0	2-5-0
DAL	3-0-1	3-0-2	4-0-0	0-2-0	2-0-1	3-1-1
LINESPERSONS
	Caleb Apperson #77			Kilian McNamara #93
Games ’25-26	26			19
Career Games (RS/PO)	301 / 0			295 / 0
First NHL Game	10/19/21			10/25/21
First Playoff Game	—			—
Birthplace	Kitchener, ON			Lake Worth, FL

The Dallas Stars are undefeated in regulation (10-0-3) ith ref Wes McCauley over the past three seasons.  

Games: PS (Preseason); RS (Regular Season); PO (Playoffs) 

Stats/Numbers: ’24-25 avg. (’24-25 rank) | ’23-24 avg. (’23-24 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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