# 2018–19 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2018–19 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.
Based on each player's average annual salary, divided by number of days in the season (186) for non-repeat offenders and games (82) for repeat offenders, salary will be forfeited for the term of their suspension. 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 go to the NHL Foundation.

## Suspensions

$^†$ - suspension covered at least one 2018 NHL preseason game $^‡$ - suspension covered at least one 2019 postseason game $^#$ - Suspension was later reduced upon further review/successful appeal; information presented in italics  $^R$ - 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 |
| September 2, 2018 | Nate Schmidt | Vegas Golden Knights | Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. | September 2, 2018 | 27 games$^†$ (7 preseason + 20 regular) | $466,532.26$^,$$^,$ |
| September 7, 2018 | Austin Watson | Nashville Predators | Unacceptable off-ice conduct. | September 12, 2018 October 12, 2018 | 33 games$^{†#}$ (6 preseason + 27 regular) 24 games$^†$ (6 preseason + 18 regular) | $354,838.71$^,$ $248,387.10$^,$ |
| September 19, 2018 | Max Domi | Montreal Canadiens | Roughing Aaron Ekblad. | September 20, 2018 | 5 games$^†$ (5 preseason) | N/A |
| September 25, 2018 | Robert Bortuzzo | St. Louis Blues | Elbowing Michal Kempny. | September 27, 2018 | 3 games$^†$ (2 preseason + 1 regular) | $6,182.80 |
| September 30, 2018 | Tom Wilson | Washington Capitals | Illegal check to the head of Oskar Sundqvist. | October 3, 2018 November 13, 2018 | 20 games$^#$ 14 games | $1,260,162.60 $882,113.71 |
| October 13, 2018 | Mike Matheson | Florida Panthers | Interference and unsportsmanlike conduct against Elias Pettersson. | October 15, 2018 | 2 games | $52,419.35 |
| October 23, 2018 | Mark Borowiecki | Ottawa Senators | Elbowing Urho Vaakanainen. | October 24, 2018 | 1 game | $6,451.61 |
| October 28, 2018 | Mark Borowiecki | Ottawa Senators | Illegal check to the head of Cody Eakin. | October 29, 2018 | 3 games | $43,902.44 |
| November 2, 2018 | Brendan Lemieux | Winnipeg Jets | Illegal check to the head of Vincent Trocheck. | November 5, 2018 | 2 games | $9,023.30 |
| November 15, 2018 | Josh Archibald | Arizona Coyotes | Illegal check to the head of Ryan Hartman. | November 17, 2018 | 2 games | $7,258.06 |
| December 2, 2018 | Tyler Bertuzzi | Detroit Red Wings | Roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct against Matt Calvert. | December 3, 2018 | 2 games | $15,053.76 |
| December 6, 2018 | Mark Giordano | Calgary Flames | Kneeing Mikko Koivu. | December 7, 2018 | 2 games | $72,580.64 |
| December 6, 2018 | Ryan Lomberg | Calgary Flames | Automatic suspension for instigating in the final five minutes of regulation and leaving the bench on a legal line change for the purpose of starting a fight with Matt Dumba. | December 7, 2018 | 2 games | $7,634.41 |
| December 8, 2018 | Zach Hyman | Toronto Maple Leafs | Interference against Charlie McAvoy. | December 9, 2018 | 2 games | $24,193.55 |
| December 18, 2018 | Jujhar Khaira | Edmonton Oilers | Cross-checking Vince Dunn. | December 19, 2018 | 2 games | $7,258.06 |
| December 22, 2018 | Erik Karlsson | San Jose Sharks | Illegal check to the head of Austin Wagner. | December 23, 2018 | 2 games | $69,892.47 |
| December 27, 2018 | David Backes | Boston Bruins | Illegal check to the head of Blake Coleman. | December 28, 2018 | 3 games | $219,512.20 |
| January 15, 2019 | Paul Byron | Montreal Canadiens | Charging MacKenzie Weegar. | January 16, 2019 | 3 games | $18,817.21 |
| January 17, 2019 | Ryan Johansen | Nashville Predators | High-sticking Mark Scheifele. | January 18, 2019 | 2 games | $86,021.51 |
| January 26, 2019 | Alexander Ovechkin | Washington Capitals | Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. | January 2, 2019 | 1 game | N/A |
| January 26, 2019 | Carey Price | Montreal Canadiens | Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. | January 7, 2019 | 1 game | N/A |
| January 29, 2019 | Austin Watson | Nashville Predators | Suspended indefinitely for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Program. | January 29, 2019 | 21 games | $289,784.95$^,$ |
| February 11, 2019 | Evgeni Malkin | Pittsburgh Penguins | High-sticking Michael Raffl. | February 12, 2019 | 1 game | $51,075.27 |
| February 19, 2019 | Radko Gudas | Philadelphia Flyers | High-sticking Nikita Kucherov. | February 20, 2019 | 2 games | $81,707.32 |
| February 21, 2019 | Connor McDavid | Edmonton Oilers | Illegal check to the head of Nick Leddy. | February 22, 2019 | 2 games | $134,408.60 |
| March 1, 2019 | Kurtis Gabriel | New Jersey Devils | Boarding Nolan Patrick. | March 2, 2019 | 1 game | $3,494.62 |
| March 1, 2019 | Adam Lowry | Winnipeg Jets | High-sticking Filip Forsberg. | March 2, 2019 | 2 games | $31,362.00 |
| March 9, 2019 | Jakub Voracek | Philadelphia Flyers | Interference against Johnny Boychuk. | March 10, 2019 | 2 games | $88,709.68 |
| March 9, 2019 | Jack Eichel | Buffalo Sabres | Illegal check to the head of Carl Soderberg. | March 10, 2019 | 2 games | $107,526.88 |
| March 20, 2019 | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | Ottawa Senators | Boarding Ashton Sautner. | March 21, 2019 | 1 game | $16,666.67 |
| March 21, 2019 | Yanni Gourde | Tampa Bay Lightning | Illegal check to the head of Jordan Staal. | March 22, 2019 | 2 games | $10,752.69 |
| April 12, 2019 | Nikita Kucherov | Tampa Bay Lightning | Boarding Markus Nutivaara. | April 13, 2019 | 1 game$^‡$ (1 postseason) | N/A |
| April 13, 2019 | Nazem Kadri | Toronto Maple Leafs | Cross-checking Jake DeBrusk. | April 15, 2019 | 5 games$^‡$ (5 postseason) | N/A |
| April 14, 2019 | Joe Thornton | San Jose Sharks | Illegal check to the head of Tomas Nosek. | April 15, 2019 | 1 game$^‡$ (1 postseason) | N/A |
| May 6, 2019 | Charlie McAvoy | Boston Bruins | Illegal check to the head of Josh Anderson. | May 7, 2019 | 1 game$^‡$ (1 postseason) | N/A |
| May 29, 2019 | Oskar Sundqvist | St. Louis Blues | Boarding Matt Grzelcyk. | May 30, 2019 | 1 game$^‡$ (1 postseason) | N/A |
| June 6, 2019 | Ivan Barbashev | St. Louis Blues | Illegal check to the head of Marcus Johansson. | June 7, 2019 | 1 game$^‡$ (1 postseason) | N/A |
| Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | 154 games$^{†‡}$ (20 preseason + 124 regular + 10 postseason) | $3,051,465.07 |