2021–22 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2021–22 NHL season. It lists which players or coaches of what team have been punished for which offense and the amount of punishment they have received.

Players' money forfeited due to suspension or fine goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund, while money forfeited by coaches, staff or organizations as a whole goes to the NHL Foundation.

Suspensions Based on each player's average annual salary, divided by number of days in the season (200) for non-repeat offenders and games (82) for repeat offenders, salary will be forfeited for the term of their suspension.

† - suspension covered at least one 2021 NHL preseason game ‡ - suspension covered at least one 2022 postseason game # - suspension was reduced on appeal - Player was considered a repeat offender under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (player had been suspended in the 18 months prior to this suspension) Date of incident Offender Team(s) Offense(s) Date of action Length Salary forfeited, Winnipeg Jets Charging Jake Evans. 4 games (3 2021 post-season +1 regular season)N/A Ottawa Senators Cross-checking Pierre-Luc Dubois. 2 games† (1 preseason +1 regular season)$4,470.84 Washington Capitals Illegal check to the head of Steven Fogarty. 4 games† (2 preseason +2 regular season)$7,500.00 Calgary Flames Boarding Jansen Harkins. 2 games† (1 preseason +1 regular season)$24,500.00 Colorado Avalanche Boarding Kirby Dach. 2 games$70,000.00 Detroit Red Wings Roughing Mathieu Joseph. 1 game$30,500.00 San Jose Sharks Violating NHL/NHLPA COVID-19 protocol. 21 games$1,540,000.00 R St. Louis Blues Head-butting Lawson Crouse. 2 games$141,463.41 Montreal Canadiens Boarding Trevor Zegras. 2 games$9,500.00 Tampa Bay Lightning Illegal check to the head of Mitch Marner. 2 games$48,000.00 Vancouver Canucks High-sticking Kiefer Sherwood. 2 games$25,000.00 San Jose Sharks Slew-footing Tyler Bozak. 1 game$23,625.00 Boston Bruins Slew-footing Oliver Ekman-Larsson. 3 games$91,875.00 Los Angeles Kings Biting Brady Tkachuk. 5 games$38,750.00 Winnipeg Jets Kneeing Rasmus Sandin. 2 games$58,750.00 Toronto Maple Leafs Kneeing Neal Pionk. 6 games#4 games$22,500.00$15,000.00 Chicago Blackhawks Interference against Tanner Kero. 4 games$70,000.00 R Florida Panthers Illegal check to the head of Cedric Paquette. 3 games$161,890.24 Montreal Canadiens Head-butting Erik Haula. 1 game$3,750.00 New York Islanders Illegal check to the head of A. J. Greer. 3 games$15,000.00 Washington Capitals Kneeing Nikolaj Ehlers. 2 games$51,000.00 Buffalo Sabres Interference against Drake Batherson. 3 games$11,250.00 R Boston Bruins Roughing/high-sticking Tristan Jarry. 6 games$448,170.73 Minnesota Wild Kneeing Adam Lowry. 2 games$31,000.00 Ottawa Senators Interference against Jack Ahcan. 2 games$15,000.00 Toronto Maple Leafs Cross-checking Rasmus Dahlin. 2 games$116,402.50 Carolina Hurricanes Slashing Axel Jonsson-Fjallby. 1 game$26,250.00 Arizona Coyotes Slashing Kevin Shattenkirk. 1 game$12,500.00 New York Islanders Boarding Brendan Smith. 1 game$12,500.00 Pittsburgh Penguins Cross-checking Mark Borowiecki. 4 games$190,000.00 Montreal Canadiens Illegal check to the head of T.J. Oshie. 2 games$7,500.00 Florida Panthers Automatic suspension for instigating a fight against Erik Cernak during the final five minutes of a game. 1 game$3,625.00 Toronto Maple Leafs Boarding Ross Colton. 1 game‡N/A Edmonton Oilers Head-butting Phillip Danault. 1 game‡N/A Edmonton Oilers Boarding Nazem Kadri. 1 game‡N/APlayer totals: 97 games†‡( + ) + )$3,304,772.72 Notes 1. All figures are in US dollars. 2. Fines generated for games lost due to suspension for off-ice conduct are calculated uniquely and irrespective of repeat offender status. 3. As the Winnipeg Jets were eliminated from the playoffs, the remaining game of Scheifele's suspension was instead made to be served in his first game of the 2021–22 NHL season. 4. While Kane's date of incident was not publicized, the NHL announced an investigation into potential violations of COVID-19 protocol on September 22, 2021. As Kane missed the San Jose Sharks' October 16, 2021 game while the investigation was pending, his 21 game suspension retroactively included that game in his total. 5. Spezza and the NHLPA appealed the suspension on December 8, 2021. On December 17, 2021, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced he had heard the appeal and was reducing the suspension to four games; as Spezza had sat out the previous four Maple Leafs games, he became immediately eligible to return to the lineup. 6. Suspension was appealed by Marchand on February 11, 2022. On February 18, 2022, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced he had heard the appeal and was upholding the original 6 game suspension levied to Marchand. 7. Suspension was appealed by Niederreiter on March 21, 2022. On March 28, 2022, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced he had heard the appeal and was upholding the original 1 game suspension levied to Niederreiter.

Fines Players can be fined up to 50% of one day's salary, up to a maximum of $10,000.00 for their first offense, and $15,000.00 for any subsequent offenses (player had been fined in the 12 months prior to this fine). Coaches, non-playing personnel, and teams are not restricted to such maximums, though can still be treated as repeat offenders.

Fines for players/coaches fined for diving/embellishment are structured uniquely and are only handed out after non-publicized warnings are given to the player/coach for their first offense. For more details on diving/embellishment fines:

+ Diving/embellishment specifications Incident Number1 Player Fine2 Coach Fine2 1 Warning (N/A) Warning (N/A) 2 $2,000 N/A 3 $3,000 N/A 4 $4,000 N/A 5 $5,000 $2,000 6 $5,000 $3,000 7 $5,000 $4,000 8+ $5,000 $5,000 For coach incident totals, each citation issued to a player on his club counts toward his total. All figures are in US dollars.

Fines listed in italics indicate that was the maximum allowed fine. - Player was considered a repeat offender under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (player had been fined in the 12 months prior to this fine)

Date of incident Offender Team Offense Date of action Amount Pittsburgh Penguins Spearing Sean Kuraly. $1,812.50 Calgary Flames Roughing Kailer Yamamoto. $5,000.00 Dallas Stars Slashing Tim Stutzle. $5,000.00 R Florida Panthers Slashing Boris Katchouk. $1,875.00 R Philadelphia Flyers Kneeing Mason Marchment. $2,687.50 Anaheim Ducks Dangerous trip against Joel Eriksson Ek. $1,000.00 Team Chicago Blackhawks Inadequate procedures and insufficient and untimely response to internal investigation of staff wrongdoings. $2,000,000.00 New Jersey Devils Dangerous trip against Milan Lucic. $5,000.00 R New Jersey Devils Dangerous trip against Trevor Zegras. $15,000.00 Calgary Flames High-sticking John Klingberg. $5,000.00 Philadelphia Flyers Unsportsmanlike conduct against Garnet Hathaway. $2,000.00 Carolina Hurricanes Diving/embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 Pittsburgh Penguins Dangerous trip against Zach Sanford. $2,500.00 Minnesota Wild High-sticking Jordan Eberle. $5,000.00 Montreal Canadiens Roughing Barclay Goodrow. $2,500.00 Calgary Flames Cross-checking Travis Konecny. $5,000.00 R Minnesota Wild Slew-footing Ross Colton. $4,250.00 Winnipeg Jets Slashing Alexandre Texier. $5,000.00 Columbus Blue Jackets Unsportsmanlike conduct against Evgeny Svechnikov. $5,000.00 Ottawa Senators Cross-checking Timo Meier. $5,000.00 New York Rangers Unsportsmanlike conduct against Brad Marchand. $5,000.00 Carolina Hurricanes Kneeing Scott Laughton. $5,000.00 (head coach) Carolina Hurricanes Inappropriate conduct against the Washington Capitals. $25,000.00 Toronto Maple Leafs Cross-checking Jansen Harkins. $2,250.00 Carolina Hurricanes Kneeing Mark Scheifele. $5,000.00 (head coach) Dallas Stars Inappropriate conduct against the St. Louis Blues. $25,000.00 Chicago Blackhawks Dangerous trip against Cole Caufield. $2,500.00 Montreal Canadiens Cross-checking Tyler Seguin. $5,000.00 Los Angeles Kings Dangerous trip against Brayden Point. $5,000.00 Tampa Bay Lightning Cross-checking Buddy Robinson. $2,125.00 Buffalo Sabres Cross-checking Brock Nelson. $2,235.42 (head coach) Nashville Predators Inappropriate conduct against the Washington Capitals. $25,000.00 Calgary Flames Elbowing Kevin Shattenkirk. $2,004.17 Dallas Stars Unsportsmanlike conduct against MacKenzie Entwistle. $5,000.00 Edmonton Oilers Cross-checking Kristian Vesalainen. $2,043.75 Toronto Maple Leafs Diving/embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 Minnesota Wild Kneeing Jakub Voracek. $5,000.00 Washington Capitals Diving/embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 Boston Bruins Roughing Ilya Lyubushkin. $5,000.00 Nashville Predators Kneeing Brady Tkachuk. $2,000.00 Nashville Predators Spearing Josh Norris. $2,500.00 Edmonton Oilers Kneeing Sean Durzi. $5,000.00 R Minnesota Wild Unsportsmanlike conduct against Evander Kane. $4,250.00 R New York Islanders Unsportsmanlike conduct against Mitch Marner. $2,500.00 Toronto Maple Leafs High-Sticking Corey Perry. $2,500.00 R Toronto Maple Leafs Charging Mikhail Sergachev. $2,250.00 Los Angeles Kings Cross-checking Josh Mahura. $2,235.42 (head coach) Florida Panthers Automatic fine for Ryan Lomberg instigating a fight during the final five minutes of a game. $10,000.00 Colorado Avalanche Cross-checking Dmitry Kulikov. $1,812.50 Colorado Avalanche Kneeing Marcus Foligno. $2,187.50 R Tampa Bay Lightning Unsportsmanlike conduct against Morgan Rielly. $2,250.00 Tampa Bay Lightning Unsportsmanlike conduct against Wayne Simmonds. $2,500.00 R Toronto Maple Leafs Unsportsmanlike conduct against Victor Hedman. $2,250.00 Minnesota Wild Cross-checking Pavel Buchnevich. $5,000.00 Boston Bruins Slashing Pyotr Kochetkov. $5,000.00 Boston Bruins High-sticking Teuvo Teravainen. $5,000.00 R Dallas Stars High-sticking Andrew Mangiapane. $5,000.00 Washington Capitals High-sticking Noel Acciari. $5,000.00 R Dallas Stars Tripping Trevor Lewis. $5,000.00 Edmonton Oilers Cross-checking Sean Durzi. $5,000.00 Boston Bruins Tripping Brady Skjei. $5,000.00 Carolina Hurricanes Elbowing David Pastrnak. $2,000.00 Florida Panthers Head-butting Ross Colton. $5,000.00 Tampa Bay Lightning Boarding Eetu Luostarinen. $3,750.00 St. Louis Blues Cross-checking Nazem Kadri. $5,000.00 R Edmonton Oilers Unsportsmanlike conduct against Bowen Byram. $2,500.00 Totals: $2,315,268.76

Notes 1. All figures are in US dollars. 2. While club fines typically go to the NHL Foundation, $1,000,000.00 of the fine will be redirected to fund local organizations in and around the Chicago community that provide counseling and training for, and support and assistance to, survivors of sexual and other forms of abuse. 3. DeAngelo was issued his first citation following an incident on October 31, 2021. 4. Bunting was issued his first citation following an incident on November 16, 2021. 5. Hathaway was issued his first citation following an incident on February 24, 2022.

2021–22 NHL suspensions and fines

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