2022–23 NHL suspensions and fines explained

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2022–23 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.^[1]

Suspensions

Based on each player's average annual salary, divided by number of days in the season (185) 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 2022 NHL preseason game
^‡ - suspension covered at least one 2023 postseason game
- 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^,
		Seattle Kraken	Illegal check to the head of James Hamblin.^[2]		data-sort-value="2"	2 games^†	N/A
		Los Angeles Kings	Interference against Jeffrey Viel.^[3]		data-sort-value="2"	2 games^†	N/A
		Washington Capitals	High-sticking Kyle Burroughs.^[4]		data-sort-value="1"	1 game	$42,162.16
		Detroit Red Wings	High-sticking David Krejci.^[5]		data-sort-value="2"	2 games	$15,783.78
		Florida Panthers	High-sticking Jonathan Quick.^[6]		data-sort-value="2"	2 games	$102,702.70
		Montreal Canadiens	Boarding Alex Pietrangelo.^[7]		data-sort-value="2"	2 games	$59,459.46
		Montreal Canadiens	Boarding Matt Luff.^[8]		data-sort-value="2"	2 games	$10,270.28
		Washington Capitals	Illegal check to the head of Cal Foote.^[9]		data-sort-value="3"	3 games	$16,216.23
		Toronto Maple Leafs	High-sticking Sean Durzi.^[10]		data-sort-value="1"	1 game	$12,162.16
		Buffalo Sabres	High-sticking Jake Guentzel.^[11]		data-sort-value="3"	3 games	$145,945.95
		Seattle Kraken	Illegal check to the head of Alexander Alexeyev.^[12]		data-sort-value="3"	3 games	$74,594.59
		San Jose Sharks	High-sticking Elias Lindholm.^[13]		data-sort-value="2"	2 games	$87,972.97
		Minnesota Wild	Kneeing Evgeny Svechnikov.^[14]		data-sort-value="2"	2 games	$8,108.11
		Tampa Bay Lightning	Elbowing Kyle Okposo.^[15]		data-sort-value="2"	2 games	$31,891.89
		New York Rangers	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Drew Doughty.^[16]		data-sort-value="3"	3 games	$15,000.00
		Philadelphia Flyers	Spearing Corey Perry.^[17]		data-sort-value="2"	2 games	$54,054.05
		St. Louis Blues	Roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct against Ryan Hartman.^[18]		data-sort-value="2"	2 games	$64,864.86
		Boston Bruins	Cross-checking Mike Hoffman.^[19]		data-sort-value="1"	1 game	$4,121.62
		Los Angeles Kings	Cross-checking Josh Morrissey.^[20]		data-sort-value="1"	1 game	$9,054.05
		Minnesota Wild	Interference against Nikolaj Ehlers.^[21]		data-sort-value="1"	1 game	$9,189.19
		Toronto Maple Leafs	Illegal check to the head and interference against Erik Cernak.^[22]		data-sort-value="3"	3 games^‡	N/A
		Colorado Avalanche	Interference against Jared McCann.^[23]		data-sort-value="1"	1 game^‡	N/A
	^R	Edmonton Oilers	Automatic suspension for instigating a fight against Nicolas Hague during the final five minutes of a game.^[24]		data-sort-value="1"	1 game^‡	N/A
		Vegas Golden Knights	Slashing Leon Draisaitl.^[25]		data-sort-value="1"	1 game^‡	N/A
		Dallas Stars	Cross-checking Mark Stone.^[26]		data-sort-value="2"	2 games^‡	N/A
Player totals:					47 games^†‡	$755,445.94

Notes

1. All figures are in US dollars.

2. As players are not paid salary in the preseason or postseason, no fines are generated for games lost due to suspension during those periods.

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.^[27] For more details on diving/embellishment fines:

Diving/embellishment specifications

Incident Number^1	Player Fine^2	Coach Fine^2
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

1. For coach incident totals, each citation issued to a player on his club counts toward his total.
2. 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	Roughing Jonatan Berggren.^[28]		$5,000.00
		Arizona Coyotes	Roughing Gage Quinney.^[29]		$2,027.03
		New York Islanders	Charging Vincent Trocheck.^[30]		$5,000.00
		Edmonton Oilers	Interference against Kyle Burroughs.^[31]		$5,000.00
		Dallas Stars	Interference against Igor Shesterkin.^[32]		$2,333.33
		New York Islanders	Interference against Alex Stalock.^[33]		$5,000.00
		Anaheim Ducks	Slashing Matt Benning.^[34]		$1,500.00
		Minnesota Wild	Roughing Drew Doughty.^[35]		$5,000.00
		Washington Capitals	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Pat Maroon.^[36]		$4,054.05
	^R	Tampa Bay Lightning	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Garnet Hathaway.		$2,702.70
		Calgary Flames	Slew-footing Pierre-Luc Dubois.^[37]		$5,000.00
		Seattle Kraken	Roughing Pierre-Luc Dubois.^[38]		$2,500.00
		Ottawa Senators	High-sticking Sebastian Aho.^[39]		$5,000.00
		Dallas Stars	Diving/embellishment (second citation).^[40]		$2,000.00
		Ottawa Senators	Interference against Dylan Larkin.^[41]		$4,054.05
		Tampa Bay Lightning	Slashing Michael Bunting.^[42]		$5,000.00
	(head coach)	Toronto Maple Leafs	Demeaning conduct directed at the officials.^[43]		$25,000.00
	Team	Toronto Maple Leafs	Violating the collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the NHLPA.^[44]		$100,000.00
		Arizona Coyotes	Cross-checking Erik Brannstrom.^[45]		$5,000.00
	^R	Tampa Bay Lightning	Roughing Conor Garland.^[46]		$5,000.00
	(head coach)	Florida Panthers	Inappropriate comments against officials during a postgame press conference.^[47]		$25,000.00
		Montreal Canadiens	Interference against Eric Staal.^[48]		$5,000.00
		Arizona Coyotes	Slashing Max Jones.^[49]		$4,189.19
		Tampa Bay Lightning	Kneeing Andrew Cogliano.^[50]		$5,000.00
		Detroit Red Wings	Cross-checking T.J. Oshie.^[51]		$5,000.00
	^R	Boston Bruins	Dangerous trip against Oliver Bjorkstrand.^[52]		$5,000.00
		Vancouver Canucks	Slashing Ty Dellandrea.^[53]		$2,027.03
		Dallas Stars	Elbowing Nils Aman.^[54]		$5,000.00
	^R	Minnesota Wild	Slashing Rasmus Andersson.^[55]		$4,594.59
		Toronto Maple Leafs	Slashing Vincent Desharnais.^[56]		$5,000.00
		Montreal Canadiens	Cross-checking Anton Lundell.^[57]		$2,500.00
		New York Rangers	Slashing Corey Perry.^[58]		$5,000.00
		Tampa Bay Lightning	Slashing Igor Shesterkin.^[59]		$5,000.00
		Pittsburgh Penguins	Diving/embellishment (second citation).^[60]		$2,000.00
		Anaheim Ducks	Unsportsmanlike conduct against the Colorado Avalanche.^[61]		$5,000.00
		Winnipeg Jets	Cross-checking Marcus Johansson.^[62]		$5,000.00
		Toronto Maple Leafs	Cross-checking Ross Colton.^[63]		$3,108.11
		Florida Panthers	Cross-checking Garnet Hathaway.^[64]		$5,000.00
		Florida Panthers	Cross-checking Michael Bunting.^[65]		$5,000.00
		New Jersey Devils	High-sticking Sebastian Aho.^[66]		$5,000.00
	Team	Vancouver Canucks	Violating the collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the NHLPA.^[67]		$50,000.00
	(head coach)	Edmonton Oilers	Automatic fine for Darnell Nurse instigating a fight during the final five minutes of a game.		$10,000.00
		Dallas Stars	Slashing Mark Stone.^[68]		$5,000.00
Totals:	$369,590.08

Notes

1. All figures are in US dollars.

2. Marchment was issued his first citation following an incident on November 26, 2022.

3. Friedman was issued his first citation following an incident on December 28, 2022.

Further reading

• Web site: National Hockey League Official Rules 2022–2023 . . 2022.
• Web site: NHL Department of Player Safety Education Videos . . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319122317/http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=995 . March 19, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
• Web site: Goal: Transparent NHL Player Discipline. Assist: Labour Law . Glasner . Daniel . Canadian Lawyer . March 24, 2014 . April 10, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325014617/http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/5059/Goal-Transparent-NHL-player-discipline.-Assist-labour-law.html . March 25, 2014 . dead .

See also

• 2021–22 NHL suspensions and fines
• 2023–24 NHL suspensions and fines
• 2022 in sports
• 2023 in sports
• 2022–23 NHL season
• 2022–23 NHL transactions

External links

• NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Notes and References

1. Web site: Department of Player Safety FAQs . nhl.com . 2015-08-31.
2. Web site: Melanson suspended two games for actions in Kraken game . nhl.com . September 27, 2022.
3. Web site: Doty suspended two games for actions in Kings game . nhl.com . September 30, 2022.
4. Web site: Kuznetsov suspended one game for actions in Capitals game . nhl.com . October 18, 2022.
5. Web site: Rasmussen suspended two games for actions in Red Wings game . nhl.com . October 28, 2022.
6. Web site: Tkachuck suspended two games for actions in Panthers game . nhl.com . November 6, 2022.
7. Web site: Anderson suspended two games for actions in Canadiens game . nhl.com . November 6, 2022.
8. Web site: Slafkovsky suspended two games for actions in Canadiens game . nhl.com . November 9, 2022.
9. Web site: Aube-Kubel suspended three games for actions in Capitals game . nhl.com . November 12, 2022.
10. Web site: Engvall suspended one game for actions in Maple Leafs game . nhl.com . December 9, 2022.
11. Web site: Skinner suspended three games for actions in Sabres game . nhl.com . December 10, 2022.
12. Web site: Oleksiak suspended three games for actions in Kraken game . nhl.com . December 10, 2022.
13. Web site: Hertl suspended 2 games for actions in Sharks game . nhl.com . December 19, 2022.
14. Web site: Shaw suspended 2 games for actions in Wild game . nhl.com . December 23, 2022.
15. Web site: Cernak suspended 2 games for actions in Lightning game . nhl.com . February 24, 2023.
16. Web site: Miller suspended 3 games for actions in Rangers game . nhl.com . February 28, 2023.
17. Web site: DeAngelo suspended 2 games for actions in Flyers game . nhl.com . March 8, 2023.
18. Web site: Binnington suspended 2 games for actions in Blues game . nhl.com . March 16, 2023.
19. Web site: Greer suspended 1 game for actions in Bruins game . nhl.com . March 24, 2023.
20. Web site: Lizotte suspended 1 game for actions in Kings game . nhl.com . March 26, 2023.
21. Web site: Hartman suspended 1 game for actions in Wild game . nhl.com . April 12, 2023.
22. Web site: Bunting of Maple Leafs suspended 3 games . nhl.com . April 19, 2023.
23. Web site: Makar suspended 1 game for actions in Avalanche Game 4 loss . nhl.com . April 25, 2023.
24. Web site: Nurse suspended 1 game, out for Oilers against Golden Knights in Game 5 . nhl.com . May 11, 2023.
25. Web site: Pietrangelo suspended 1 game for actions in Golden Knights game . nhl.com . May 11, 2023.
26. Web site: Benn suspended 2 games for cross-checking in Stars game . nhl.com . May 24, 2023.
27. Web site: NHL announces rules changes for 2014-15 season . nhl.com . September 11, 2014.
28. Web site: Petry fined $5,000 for actions in Penguins game . nhl.com . September 28, 2022.
29. Web site: Carcone fined $2,027.23 for actions in Coyotes game . nhl.com . October 5, 2022.
30. Web site: Romanov fined $5,000 for actions in Islanders game . nhl.com . October 9, 2022.
31. Web site: Nurse fined $5,000 for actions in Oilers game . nhl.com . October 13, 2022.
32. Web site: Dellandrea fined $2,333.33 for actions in Stars game . nhl.com . October 30, 2022.
33. Web site: Cizikas fined $5,000 for actions in Islanders game . nhl.com . November 2, 2022.
34. Web site: Zegras fined $1,500 for actions in Ducks game . nhl.com . November 2, 2022.
35. Web site: Kaprizov fined $5,000 for actions in Wild game . nhl.com . November 9, 2022.
36. Web site: Hathaway, Maroon fined maximum for actions in Capitals-Lightning game . nhl.com . November 12, 2022.
37. Web site: Coleman fined maximum for actions in Flames game . nhl.com . November 13, 2022.
38. Web site: Soucy fined $2,500 for actions in Kraken game . nhl.com . November 14, 2022.
39. Web site: Joseph fined $5,000 for actions in Senators game . nhl.com . November 15, 2022.
40. Web site: Marchment of Stars fined $2,000 for diving/embellishment . nhl.com . December 16, 2022.
41. Web site: Watson fined maximum for actions in Senators game . nhl.com . December 18, 2022.
42. Web site: Sergachev fined $5,000 for actions in Lightning game . nhl.com . December 21, 2022.
43. Web site: Keefe of Maple Leafs fined $25,000 for demeaning conduct toward officials . nhl.com . December 28, 2022.
44. Web site: Maple Leafs fined $100,000 for violating collective bargaining agreement . nhl.com . December 28, 2022.
45. Web site: Keller fined $5,000 for actions in Coyotes game . nhl.com . January 13, 2023.
46. Web site: Sergachev fined $5,000 for actions in Lightning game . nhl.com . January 13, 2023.
47. Web site: Maurice of Panthers fined $25,000 for comments about officiating . nhl.com . January 19, 2023.
48. Web site: Matheson fined $5,000 for actions in Canadiens game . nhl.com . January 20, 2023.
49. Web site: Valimaki fined maximum for actions in Coyotes game . nhl.com . January 25, 2023.
50. Web site: Cole fined $5,000 for actions in Lightning game . nhl.com . February 10, 2023.
51. Web site: Larkin fined $5,000 for actions in Red Wings game . nhl.com . February 22, 2023.
52. Web site: Marchand fined $5,000 for actions in Bruins game . nhl.com . February 24, 2023.
53. Web site: Wolanin fined maximum for actions in Canucks game . nhl.com . February 28, 2023.
54. Web site: Miller fined $5,000 for actions in Stars game . nhl.com . February 28, 2023.
55. Web site: Hartman fined maximum for actions in Wild game . nhl.com . March 8, 2023.
56. Web site: Tavares fined $5,000 for actions in Maple Leafs . nhl.com . March 12, 2023.
57. Web site: Suzuki fined $2,500 for actions in Canadiens game . nhl.com . March 17, 2023.
58. Web site: Fox fined $5,000 for actions in Rangers game . nhl.com . April 6, 2023.
59. Web site: Killorn fined $5,000 for actions in Lightning game . nhl.com . April 6, 2023.
60. Web site: Friedman fined $2,000 for actions in Penguins game . nhl.com . April 6, 2023.
61. Web site: Strome fined $5,000 for actions in Ducks game . nhl.com . April 10, 2023.
62. Web site: Pionk fined $5,000 for actions in Jets game . nhl.com . April 12, 2023.
63. Web site: Lafferty fined for actions in Maple Leafs' Game 3 against Lightning . nhl.com . April 23, 2023.
64. Web site: Tkachuk fined $5,000 for actions in Panthers' Game 4 against Bruins . nhl.com . April 24, 2023.
65. Web site: Bennett fined $5,000 for actions in Panthers game . nhl.com . May 5, 2023.
66. Web site: Tatar fined $5,000 for actions in Devils game . nhl.com . May 8, 2023.
67. Web site: Canucks fined $50K by NHL for violating off-season training rules . sportsnet.ca . May 8, 2023.
68. Web site: Domi fined $5,000 for actions in Stars game . NHL.com . May 24, 2023.