# 2020–21 NHL suspensions and fines

    The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2020–21 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. The season was shortened to 56 games featuring exclusively intra-division play due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No pre-season games were played.
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 (116) for non-repeat offenders and games (56) for repeat offenders, salary will be forfeited for the term of their suspension.
$^†$ - suspension covered at least one 2021 postseason game  $^R$ - 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 |
| January 13, 2021 | Sammy Blais | St. Louis Blues | Illegal check to the head of Devon Toews. | January 14, 2021 | 2 games | $25,862.07 |
| July 26, 2020 | John Chayka | No team | Conduct detrimental to the league. | January 25, 2021 | 341 days$^†$ | N/A |
| January 28, 2021 | Kevin Fiala | Minnesota Wild | Boarding Matt Roy. | January 29, 2021 | 3 games | $77,586.21 |
| February 12, 2021 | Johan Larsson | Arizona Coyotes | Illegal check to the head of Zach Sanford. | February 13, 2021 | 2 games | $24,137.94 |
| March 1, 2021 | Alex Chiasson | Edmonton Oilers | Cross-checking Jimmy Vesey. | March 2, 2021 | 1 game | $18,534.48 |
| March 3, 2021 | Joachim Blichfeld | San Jose Sharks | Illegal check to the head of Nathan MacKinnon. | March 4, 2021 | 2 games | $12,701.14 |
| March 5, 2021 | Tom Wilson | Washington Capitals | Boarding Brandon Carlo. | March 6, 2021 | 7 games | $311,781.61 |
| March 9, 2021 | Dante Fabbro | Nashville Predators | Elbowing Brock McGinn. | March 10, 2021 | 2 games | $15,948.28 |
| March 16, 2021 | Carson Soucy | Minnesota Wild | Charging Conor Garland. | March 17, 2021 | 1 game | $23,706.90 |
| March 31, 2021 | Chandler Stephenson | Vegas Golden Knights | Elbowing Tobias Bjornfot. | April 1, 2021 | 3 games | $71,120.69 |
| April 7, 2021 | Jacob MacDonald | Colorado Avalanche | Illegal check to the head of Ryan Hartman. | April 8, 2021 | 2 games | $12,500.00 |
| April 10, 2021 | Michael McCarron | Nashville Predators | Illegal check to the head of Yanni Gourde. | April 11, 2021 | 2 games | $12,068.97 |
| April 18, 2021 | Alexander Edler | Vancouver Canucks | Kneeing Zach Hyman. | April 19, 2021 | 2 games | $103,448.28 |
| May 4, 2021 | Shayne Gostisbehere | Philadelphia Flyers | Boarding Mark Friedman. | May 5, 2021 | 2 games | $77,586.21 |
| May 5, 2021 | Pavel Buchnevich | New York Rangers | High-sticking Anthony Mantha. | May 6, 2021 | 1 game | $28,017.24 |
| May 6, 2021 | Zack MacEwen | Vancouver Canucks | Kneeing Darnell Nurse. | May 7, 2021 | 1 game | $7,112.07 |
| May 8, 2021 | Pat Maroon | Tampa Bay Lightning | Unsportsmanlike conduct against Brandon Montour. | May 9, 2021 | 1 game | $7,758.62 |
| May 16, 2021 | Sam Bennett | Florida Panthers | Boarding Blake Coleman. | May 17, 2021 | 1 game$^†$ | N/A |
| May 19, 2021 | Nazem Kadri | Colorado Avalanche | Illegal check to the head of Justin Faulk. | May 21, 2021 | 8 games$^†$ | N/A |
| May 23, 2021 | Josh Archibald | Edmonton Oilers | Clipping Logan Stanley. | May 24, 2021 | 1 game$^†$ | N/A |
| May 30, 2021 | Ryan Reaves | Vegas Golden Knights | Roughing/unsportsmanlike conduct against Ryan Graves. | May 31, 2021 | 2 games$^†$ | N/A |
| June 2, 2021 | Mark Scheifele | Winnipeg Jets | Charging Jake Evans. | June 3, 2021 | 4 games$^†$ (3 post-season + 1 2021–22 regular season) | N/A |
| Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | 49 games$^†$ (34 regular + 15 postseason) | $829,870.71 |