# 2012–13 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League during the 2012–13 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 48 games due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout. No pre-season games were played.

## Suspensions

† - suspension carried over from 2011–12 NHL season
‡ - suspension covered at least one 2013 post-season game
| Date of Incident | Offender | Team(s) | Offense(s) | Date of Action | Length |
| April 15, 2012 | Arron Asham | Pittsburgh Penguins/New York Rangers | Cross-checking Brayden Schenn. | April 17, 2012 | 4 games† (3 PIT 2012 post-season + 1 NYR regular season) |
| April 17, 2012 | Raffi Torres | Phoenix Coyotes | Late charge to the head of Marian Hossa. | April 21, 2012 | 25 games reduced to 21 games† (13 2012 post-season + 8 regular season) |
| January 22, 2013 | Brayden Schenn | Philadelphia Flyers | Charging Anton Volchenkov. | January 23, 2013 | 1 game |
| January 29, 2013 | Colin McDonald | New York Islanders | Boarding Ben Lovejoy. | January 30, 2013 | 2 games |
| February 1, 2013 | John Erskine | Washington Capitals | Elbowing Wayne Simmonds. | February 2, 2013 | 3 games |
| February 19, 2013 | Jannik Hansen | Vancouver Canucks | Roughing Marian Hossa. | February 20, 2013 | 1 game |
| February 21, 2013 | Taylor Hall | Edmonton Oilers | Kneeing Cal Clutterbuck. | February 22, 2013 | 2 games |
| February 22, 2013 | Ryane Clowe | San Jose Sharks | Leaving the bench to initiate a fight with Andrew Shaw. | February 25, 2013 | 2 games |
| March 2, 2013 | Harry Zolnierczyk | Philadelphia Flyers | Charging Mike Lundin. | March 3, 2013 | 4 games |
| March 3, 2013 | Patrick Kaleta | Buffalo Sabres | Boarding Brad Richards. | March 4, 2013 | 5 games |
| March 7, 2013 | Brent Thompson | New York Islanders (assistant coach) | Verbal abuse towards an official. | March 8, 2013 | 2 games |
| March 12, 2013 | Corey Perry | Anaheim Ducks | Illegal hit to Jason Zucker. | March 13, 2013 | 4 games |
| March 19, 2013 | Eric Selleck | Florida Panthers | Instigator penalty in the last five minutes of a game. Leaving the bench to initiate a fight with Kevin Westgarth. | March 20, 2013 | 2 games (1 regular season + 1 regular season) |
| March 20, 2013 | Joffrey Lupul | Toronto Maple Leafs | Illegal hit to the head of Victor Hedman. | March 21, 2013 | 2 games |
| March 21, 2013 | Alexander Edler | Vancouver Canucks | Charging against a goaltender on Mike Smith. | March 22, 2013 | 2 games |
| March 29, 2013 | Nate Thompson | Tampa Bay Lightning | Illegal hit to the head of Matt D'Agostini. | March 30, 2013 | 2 games |
| April 10, 2013 | Anton Volchenkov | New Jersey Devils | Elbowing Brad Marchand. | April 11, 2013 | 4 games |
| April 15, 2013 | Ryan White | Montreal Canadiens | Illegal hit to the head of Kent Huskins. | April 17, 2013 | 5 games |
| April 23, 2013 | Dustin Brown | Los Angeles Kings | Elbowing Jason Pominville. | April 24, 2013 | 2 games |
| May 1, 2013 | Andrew Ference | Boston Bruins | Illegal hit to the head of Mikhail Grabovski. | May 2, 2013 | 1 game‡ |
| May 2, 2013 | Eric Gryba | Ottawa Senators | Illegal hit to the head of Lars Eller. | May 3, 2013 | 2 games‡ |
| May 4, 2013 | Justin Abdelkader | Detroit Red Wings | Charging Toni Lydman. | May 5, 2013 | 2 games‡ |
| May 14, 2013 | Raffi Torres | San Jose Sharks | Illegal hit to the head of Jarret Stoll. | May 16, 2013 | Remainder of 2nd round of playoffs‡ (6 games) |
| June 4, 2013 | Duncan Keith | Chicago Blackhawks | High-sticking Jeff Carter. | June 5, 2013 | 1 game‡ |

## Fines

Fines were changed for this season such that players can be fined up to 50% of one day's salary, up to a maximum of $10,000.00 U.S. for their first offense, and $15,000.00 U.S. for any subsequent offenses. The previous maximum fine before this season was only $2500.00 U.S., for players.
| Date of Incident | Offender | Team | Offense | Date of Action | Amount |
| February 5, 2013 | Brandon Dubinsky | Columbus Blue Jackets | Boarding Rob Scuderi. | February 6, 2013 | $10,000.00 U.S. (max.) |
| February 17, 2013 | Devin Setoguchi | Minnesota Wild | High-sticking Kyle Quincey. | February 19, 2013 | $8,108.11 U.S. (max.) |
| February 17, 2013 | Mark Giordano | Calgary Flames | Slew-footing Antoine Roussel. | February 19, 2013 | $10,000.00 U.S. (max.) |
| February 18, 2013 | Rich Clune | Nashville Predators | Boarding Aaron Palushaj. | February 20, 2013 | $1,452.70 U.S. (max.) |
| February 28, 2013 | Jamie Benn | Dallas Stars | Cross-checking Ryan Jones. | March 2, 2013 | $10,000.00 U.S. (max.) |
| March 23, 2013 | Jordan Nolan | Los Angeles Kings | Cross-checking Henrik Sedin. | March 24, 2013 | $1,436.94 U.S. (max.) |
| April 3, 2013 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | San Jose Sharks | Slashing Dany Heatley. | April 4, 2013 | $8,378.38 U.S. (max.) |
| May 17, 2013 | Team | San Jose Sharks | Fined in the wake of general manager Doug Wilson's comments following the May 16 suspension of Raffi Torres. | May 18, 2013 | $100,000.00 U.S. |
| May 25, 2013 | Jamal Mayers | Chicago Blackhawks | Shooting pucks into the Detroit Red Wings net during the pre-game warmup. | May 27, 2013 | $1,600.00 U.S. |
| May 25, 2013 | Team | Chicago Blackhawks | Fined in the wake of Jamal Mayers' actions during the pre-game warmup May 25. | May 28, 2013 | $10,000.00 U.S. |