Goals vs average
5.8
-0.3 vs league average
24 games · limited sample
NHL official stats and assignments
NHL official #44
Limited sample: 24 games across 2 seasons
Treat these patterns as early signals. Metrics stay visible, but confidence is below the 30-game publication gate.
NHL official profile
Official · NHL
Goals vs average
5.8
-0.3 vs league average
24 games · limited sample
Minors vs average
8.4
+0.4 vs league average
24 games · limited sample
Close-game scoring
6.0
+0.2 vs league in tight games
2 close games
Typical historical game environment associated with this official. Descriptive history only.
Near-average scoring environment
Insufficient evidence
Combined goals sit close to the league average (5.8).
League average 6.3 combined goals
Below-average penalties volume
Insufficient evidence
Averaged 8.4 penalties per game (-9.1 vs league).
League average 17.5 penalties
Fewer late-game whistles
Insufficient evidence
In close finishes, whistle rate historically drops versus earlier periods after intentional-foul filtering.
Late-game profile: Swallows Whistle
High game-to-game volatility
Insufficient evidence
Whistle volume swings more game to game than most peers in the scouting sample window.
Descriptive stability of whistle volume, not a market forecast
Multi-season sample on file
Insufficient evidence
Profile spans 2 seasons in this dataset (2024-25–2025-26).
Team performance comparisons are withheld until same-window team baselines clear sample gates. Raw records alone can overstate the official's relationship with strong or weak teams.
Scoring, whistle, and stability context from this official's verified sample versus league averages. Descriptive history only. Window: 2021-2026.
Whistle volume, penalty disposition, and high-leverage game-state tendencies.
Official Alex Lepkowski profiles as a game-flow (high subjective ratio) over the last 24 games. Whistle volume stays relatively stable in high-stakes settings.
Not enough games for reliable metrics yet (N=24). Outcome splits appear after the sample gate clears.
Late-game whistle tendency versus earlier periods. Zero on the scale is the neutral / no-shift anchor for this official (same whistle rate late as earlier), not a league average and not a betting recommendation.
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Officials who have appeared on the same crew most often in the available dataset.
Similarity is descriptive and based on available historical metrics. It does not imply identical decision-making.
Pre-Game Context
Refficacy Dimensions
This officialLeague norm (50)
How often this crew whistles during opponent scoring runs.
Combined scoring in this crew's games versus league average.
Contact and administrative whistle share relative to league norms.
Home versus away whistle or cover patterns in this crew's sample.
2 metrics excluded due to insufficient event data
Preliminary fingerprint - sample still building toward the published gate.
Against the spread: whether the home team beat the sportsbook point spread (not just who won). A home line of −5.5 means the home team must win by 6+ to cover. and Did both teams’ combined score finish above (over) or below (under) the closing total set by sportsbooks before tip-off? tables use The spread and total sportsbooks posted near tip-off. ATS and O/U tables here use that number, not our fixed 225 benchmark. per game. ATS/O-U results are shown only where external closing-line data is available. Team PIM splits live on team pages. Tonight's assignment signals are on the NHL home page.
Scores, PIM, and crews from NHL API. ATS/O-U from synthetic closing lines derived from final scores (12282/12282 games). Descriptive only, not market odds. Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.