# 2022–23 NHL suspensions and fines

    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.

## 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  $^R$ - 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 26, 2022 | Jacob Melanson | Seattle Kraken | Illegal check to the head of James Hamblin. | September 27, 2022 | 2 games$^†$ | N/A |
| September 28, 2022 | Jacob Doty | Los Angeles Kings | Interference against Jeffrey Viel. | September 30, 2022 | 2 games$^†$ | N/A |
| October 17, 2022 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Washington Capitals | High-sticking Kyle Burroughs. | October 18, 2022 | 1 game | $42,162.16 |
| October 27, 2022 | Michael Rasmussen | Detroit Red Wings | High-sticking David Krejci. | October 28, 2022 | 2 games | $15,783.78 |
| November 5, 2022 | Matthew Tkachuk | Florida Panthers | High-sticking Jonathan Quick. | November 6, 2022 | 2 games | $102,702.70 |
| November 5, 2022 | Josh Anderson | Montreal Canadiens | Boarding Alex Pietrangelo. | November 6, 2022 | 2 games | $59,459.46 |
| November 8, 2022 | Juraj Slafkovsky | Montreal Canadiens | Boarding Matt Luff. | November 9, 2022 | 2 games | $10,270.28 |
| November 11, 2022 | Nicolas Aube-Kubel | Washington Capitals | Illegal check to the head of Cal Foote. | November 12, 2022 | 3 games | $16,216.23 |
| December 8, 2022 | Pierre Engvall | Toronto Maple Leafs | High-sticking Sean Durzi. | December 9, 2022 | 1 game | $12,162.16 |
| December 9, 2022 | Jeff Skinner | Buffalo Sabres | High-sticking Jake Guentzel. | December 10, 2022 | 3 games | $145,945.95 |
| December 9, 2022 | Jamie Oleksiak | Seattle Kraken | Illegal check to the head of Alexander Alexeyev. | December 10, 2022 | 3 games | $74,594.59 |
| December 18, 2022 | Tomas Hertl | San Jose Sharks | High-sticking Elias Lindholm. | December 19, 2022 | 2 games | $87,972.97 |
| December 22, 2022 | Mason Shaw | Minnesota Wild | Kneeing Evgeny Svechnikov. | December 23, 2022 | 2 games | $8,108.11 |
| February 23, 2023 | Erik Cernak | Tampa Bay Lightning | Elbowing Kyle Okposo. | February 24, 2023 | 2 games | $31,891.89 |
| February 26, 2023 | K'Andre Miller | New York Rangers | Unsportsmanlike conduct against Drew Doughty. | February 28, 2023 | 3 games | $15,000.00 |
| March 7, 2023 | Tony DeAngelo | Philadelphia Flyers | Spearing Corey Perry. | March 8, 2023 | 2 games | $54,054.05 |
| March 15, 2023 | Jordan Binnington | St. Louis Blues | Roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct against Ryan Hartman. | March 16, 2023 | 2 games | $64,864.86 |
| March 23, 2023 | A.J. Greer | Boston Bruins | Cross-checking Mike Hoffman. | March 24, 2023 | 1 game | $4,121.62 |
| March 25, 2023 | Blake Lizotte | Los Angeles Kings | Cross-checking Josh Morrissey. | March 26, 2023 | 1 game | $9,054.05 |
| April 11, 2023 | Ryan Hartman | Minnesota Wild | Interference against Nikolaj Ehlers. | April 12, 2023 | 1 game | $9,189.19 |
| April 18, 2023 | Michael Bunting | Toronto Maple Leafs | Illegal check to the head and interference against Erik Cernak. | April 19, 2023 | 3 games$^‡$ | N/A |
| April 24, 2023 | Cale Makar | Colorado Avalanche | Interference against Jared McCann. | April 25, 2023 | 1 game$^‡$ | N/A |
| May 10, 2023 | Darnell Nurse | Edmonton Oilers | Automatic suspension for instigating a fight against Nicolas Hague during the final five minutes of a game. | May 11, 2023 | 1 game$^‡$ | N/A |
| May 10, 2023 | Alex Pietrangelo | Vegas Golden Knights | Slashing Leon Draisaitl. | May 11, 2023 | 1 game$^‡$ | N/A |
| May 23, 2023 | Jamie Benn | Dallas Stars | Cross-checking Mark Stone. | May 24, 2023 | 2 games$^‡$ | N/A |
| Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | 47 games$^{†‡}$ (4 preseason + 35 regular season + 8 postseason) | $755,445.94 |