# 2023–24 NHL suspensions and fines

    The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2023–24 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 (192) for non-repeat offenders and games (82) for repeat offenders, salary will be forfeited for their suspension.
$^†$ - suspension covered at least one 2023 NHL preseason game $^‡$ - suspension covered at least one 2024 postseason game $^#$ - suspension was reduced on appeal  $^R$ - Player was considered a repeat offender under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (player had been suspended in the 18 months before this suspension)
| Date of incident | Offender | Team | Offense | Date of action | Length | Salary forfeited$^,$ |
| October 3, 2023 | Arthur Kaliyev | Los Angeles Kings | Kneeing Chase De Leo. | October 5, 2023 | 4 games$^†$ (2 preseason + 2 regular season) | $9,314.24 |
| October 10, 2023 | Brett Howden | Vegas Golden Knights | Illegal check to the head of Brandon Tanev. | October 11, 2023 | 2 games | $19,791.67 |
| October 20, 2023 | Rasmus Andersson | Calgary Flames | Charging Patrik Laine. | October 21, 2023 | 4 games | $94,791.67 |
| Unknown | Shane Pinto | Ottawa Senators | Activities relating to sports wagering. | October 26, 2023 | 41 games | N/A |
| October 27, 2023 | Connor Clifton | Buffalo Sabres | Illegal check to the head of Nico Hischier. | October 28, 2023 | 2 games | $34,722.22 |
| October 30, 2023 | Charlie McAvoy | Boston Bruins | Illegal check to the head of Oliver Ekman-Larsson. | October 31, 2023 | 4 games | $197,916.67 |
| November 4, 2023 | Andrew Mangiapane | Calgary Flames | Cross-checking Jared McCann. | November 5, 2023 | 1 game | $30,208.33 |
| November 26, 2023 | Ryan Hartman | Minnesota Wild | Tripping Alex DeBrincat. | November 27, 2023 | 2 games | $41,463.41 |
| November 30, 2023 | Brendan Smith | New Jersey Devils | Slashing Travis Konecny. | December 1, 2023 | 2 games | $11,458.33 |
| December 9, 2023 | David Perron | Detroit Red Wings | Cross-checking Artem Zub. | December 11, 2023 | 6 games | $148,437.48 |
| December 10, 2023 | Erik Gudbranson | Columbus Blue Jackets | Serving as the aggressor in an altercation with Nick Cousins. | December 11, 2023 | 1 game | $20,833.33 |
| January 2, 2024 | Jason Zucker | Arizona Coyotes | Boarding Nick Cousins. | January 3, 2024 | 3 games | $82,182.50 |
| January 18, 2024 | Yanni Gourde | Seattle Kraken | Charging Mattias Ekholm. | January 19, 2024 | 2 games | $53,819.44 |
| January 19, 2024 | Will Lockwood | Florida Panthers | Goaltender interference against Marc-Andre Fleury. | January 20, 2024 | 3 games | $12,109.38 |
| January 25, 2024 | Brendan Gallagher | Montreal Canadiens | Illegal check to the head of Adam Pelech. | January 26, 2024 | 5 games | $169,270.83 |
| January 26, 2024 | Jacob Trouba | New York Rangers | Elbowing Pavel Dorofeyev. | January 27, 2024 | 2 games | $83,333.33 |
| February 6, 2024 | Brenden Dillon | Winnipeg Jets | Illegal check to the head of Noel Acciari. | February 7, 2024 | 3 games | $60,937.50 |
| February 10, 2024 | Nikita Zadorov | Vancouver Canucks | Illegal check to the head of Lucas Raymond. | February 10, 2024 | 2 games | $39,062.50 |
| February 10, 2024 | Morgan Rielly | Toronto Maple Leafs | Cross-checking Ridly Greig. | February 13, 2024 | 5 games | $195,312.50 |
| March 4, 2024 | Martin Pospisil | Calgary Flames | Boarding Vince Dunn. | March 6, 2024 | 3 games | $12,109.38 |
| March 7, 2024 | Parker Kelly | Ottawa Senators | Illegal check to the head of Andreas Englund. | March 8, 2024 | 2 games | $7,942.71 |
| March 9, 2024 | John Tortorella (head coach) | Philadelphia Flyers | Failure to leave the bench area after being assessed a game misconduct for unprofessional conduct directed at officials during a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. | March 10, 2024 | 2 games | $50,000.00 |
| March 12, 2024 | Matt Rempe | New York Rangers | Elbowing Jonas Siegenthaler. | March 13, 2024 | 4 games | $17,083.33 |
| March 16, 2024 | Dmitry Kulikov | Florida Panthers | Illegal check to the head of Conor Sheary. | March 18, 2024 | 2 games | $10,416.67 |
| March 20, 2024 | Tom Wilson | Washington Capitals | High-sticking Noah Gregor. | March 22, 2024 | 6 games | $161,458.34 |
| March 28, 2024 | Kaiden Guhle | Montreal Canadiens | Slashing Travis Konecny. | March 29, 2024 | 1 game | $4,496.53 |
| March 30, 2024 | Ryan Hartman | Minnesota Wild | Unsportsmanlike conduct towards the officials. | April 1, 2024 | 3 games | $62,195.12 |
| May 12, 2024 | Carson Soucy | Vancouver Canucks | Cross-checking Connor McDavid. | May 13, 2024 | 1 game$^‡$ | N/A |
| May 13, 2024 | Valeri Nichushkin | Colorado Avalanche | Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program. | May 13, 2024 | 26 games$^‡$ (6 months; 3 postseason + 6 2024 preseason + 17 2024–25 regular-season) | N/A |
| Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | 121 games$^{†‡}$ (2 preseason + 115 regular + 4 postseason) | $1,630,667.41 |