Pittsburgh Penguins

How the Penguins play under each referee

Every Penguins game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Penguins are 417-364 (53.4%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Wes McCauley has the most Penguins games in this sample (52).

Updated Sep 30, 2026, 12:31 a.m.·2016-2026 (2016-10-13 – 2026-04-14)

Penguins record: 417-364 (53.4%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (1518) exceed 781 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Eric Furlatt
+17.7 pts vs team-0.1
Dean Morton
+17.6 pts vs team-0.2
Francis Charron
+16.2 pts vs team+0.0
Tom Kowal
+9.1 pts vs team+0.0
Steve Kozari
+7.9 pts vs team-0.5
Justin St. Pierre
+7.3 pts vs team-0.9
Jake Brenk
+7.1 pts vs team-0.3
Brandon Blandina
+5.9 pts vs team-0.9
Francois St-Laurent
+5.8 pts vs team-0.2
Jon McIsaac
+5.3 pts vs team-0.1
Chris Rooney
+5.3 pts vs team-0.7
Gord Dwyer
+4.7 pts vs team+0.0
Corey Syvret
+4.3 pts vs team-0.1
Kevin Pollock
+2.9 pts vs team-0.7
Pierre Lambert
+2.9 pts vs team+0.5
Ghislain Hebert
+2.4 pts vs team+0.2
Mitch Dunning
+2.2 pts vs team-0.6
Graham Skilliter
+1.9 pts vs team-0.4
Justin Kea
+1.1 pts vs team+0.4
Wes McCauley
+0.4 pts vs team+0.0
Furman South
+0.4 pts vs team-0.4
Thomas John Luxmore
-1.1 pts vs team+0.0
Kyle Rehman
-1.1 pts vs team+0.2
Brian Pochmara
-1.2 pts vs team-0.7
Dan O'Rourke
-2.0 pts vs team+1.1
Kelly Sutherland
-2.3 pts vs team-0.4
Kendrick Nicholson
-2.3 pts vs team-0.4
Brad Meier
-3.4 pts vs team+0.1
Jordan Samuels-Thomas
-3.4 pts vs team+0.2
Jean Hebert
-4.5 pts vs team-0.2
Frederick L'Ecuyer
-5.3 pts vs team-0.2
Ian Walsh
-5.6 pts vs team-0.9
Chris Lee
-6.2 pts vs team+0.1
Carter Sandlak
-6.3 pts vs team+0.4
Garrett Rank
-6.7 pts vs team-0.2
Marc Joannette
-6.7 pts vs team+0.1
Chris Schlenker
-7.6 pts vs team+0.4
Tom Chmielewski
-9.3 pts vs team-0.4
Dan O'Halloran
-9.9 pts vs team-0.3
Peter MacDougall
-10.2 pts vs team-0.3
Trevor Hanson
-10.9 pts vs team+0.2
Brandon Schrader
-12.5 pts vs team-0.1
Michael Markovic
-12.7 pts vs team-0.8
Tim Peel
-14.5 pts vs team+0.4
Brad Watson
-28.4 pts vs team+0.4

Late-game proxy

How Pittsburgh Penguins compares in one-goal and overtime games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores.

Overtime / shootout games

191 of 781 games match this window

Avg combined goals
OT/shootout avg
6.4
Season avg
6.3
Pressure impact
+0.1
Avg minors
OT/shootout avg
14.9
Season avg
15.8
Pressure impact
-0.9
Over rate
OT/shootout avg
54.5%
Season avg
47.6%
Pressure impact
+6.9 pp

Over benchmark: 6.3 combined goals · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 781 total games in sample

One-goal or OT games

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Penguins games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Penguins went 417-364 (53.4%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: PIM differential. A positive number means opponents are penalized more often than the Penguins.

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.