# 2021–22 NHL suspensions and fines

    The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2021–22 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 (200) 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 2021 NHL preseason game $^‡$ - suspension covered at least one 2022 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 prior to this suspension)
| Date of incident | Offender | Team(s) | Offense(s) | Date of action | Length | Salary forfeited$^,$ |
| June 2, 2021 | Mark Scheifele | Winnipeg Jets | Charging Jake Evans. | June 3, 2021 | 4 games (3 2021 post-season + 1 regular season) | N/A |
| September 26, 2021 | Ridly Greig | Ottawa Senators | Cross-checking Pierre-Luc Dubois. | September 27, 2021 | 2 games$^†$ (1 preseason + 1 regular season) | $4,470.84 |
| September 26, 2021 | Dylan McIlrath | Washington Capitals | Illegal check to the head of Steven Fogarty. | September 27, 2021 | 4 games$^†$ (2 preseason + 2 regular season) | $7,500.00 |
| October 6, 2021 | Blake Coleman | Calgary Flames | Boarding Jansen Harkins. | October 7, 2021 | 2 games$^†$ (1 preseason + 1 regular season) | $24,500.00 |
| October 13, 2021 | Gabriel Landeskog | Colorado Avalanche | Boarding Kirby Dach. | October 14, 2021 | 2 games | $70,000.00 |
| October 14, 2021 | Dylan Larkin | Detroit Red Wings | Roughing Mathieu Joseph. | October 15, 2021 | 1 game | $30,500.00 |
| September 22, 2021 | Evander Kane | San Jose Sharks | Violating NHL/NHLPA COVID-19 protocol. | October 18, 2021 | 21 games | $1,540,000.00 |
| October 18, 2021 | Pavel Buchnevich | St. Louis Blues | Head-butting Lawson Crouse. | October 19, 2021 | 2 games | $141,463.41 |
| October 31, 2021 | Cedric Paquette | Montreal Canadiens | Boarding Trevor Zegras. | November 1, 2021 | 2 games | $9,500.00 |
| November 4, 2021 | Mikhail Sergachev | Tampa Bay Lightning | Illegal check to the head of Mitch Marner. | November 5, 2021 | 2 games | $48,000.00 |
| November 11, 2021 | Tucker Poolman | Vancouver Canucks | High-sticking Kiefer Sherwood. | November 12, 2021 | 2 games | $25,000.00 |
| November 18, 2021 | Kevin Labanc | San Jose Sharks | Slew-footing Tyler Bozak. | November 19, 2021 | 1 game | $23,625.00 |
| November 28, 2021 | Brad Marchand | Boston Bruins | Slew-footing Oliver Ekman-Larsson. | November 29, 2021 | 3 games | $91,875.00 |
| November 27, 2021 | Brendan Lemieux | Los Angeles Kings | Biting Brady Tkachuk. | November 30, 2021 | 5 games | $38,750.00 |
| December 5, 2021 | Neal Pionk | Winnipeg Jets | Kneeing Rasmus Sandin. | December 6, 2021 | 2 games | $58,750.00 |
| December 5, 2021 | Jason Spezza | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kneeing Neal Pionk. | December 7, 2021 December 17, 2021 | 6 games$^#$ 4 games | $22,500.00 $15,000.00 |
| December 18, 2021 | Brett Connolly | Chicago Blackhawks | Interference against Tanner Kero. | December 19, 2021 | 4 games | $70,000.00 |
| January 1, 2022 | Sam Bennett | Florida Panthers | Illegal check to the head of Cedric Paquette. | January 2, 2022 | 3 games | $161,890.24 |
| January 12, 2022 | Chris Wideman | Montreal Canadiens | Head-butting Erik Haula. | January 13, 2022 | 1 game | $3,750.00 |
| January 13, 2022 | Ross Johnston | New York Islanders | Illegal check to the head of A. J. Greer. | January 14, 2022 | 3 games | $15,000.00 |
| January 18, 2022 | Dmitry Orlov | Washington Capitals | Kneeing Nikolaj Ehlers. | January 19, 2022 | 2 games | $51,000.00 |
| January 25, 2022 | Aaron Dell | Buffalo Sabres | Interference against Drake Batherson. | January 26, 2022 | 3 games | $11,250.00 |
| February 8, 2022 | Brad Marchand | Boston Bruins | Roughing/high-sticking Tristan Jarry. | February 9, 2022 | 6 games | $448,170.73 |
| February 8, 2022 | Marcus Foligno | Minnesota Wild | Kneeing Adam Lowry. | February 10, 2022 | 2 games | $31,000.00 |
| February 12, 2022 | Austin Watson | Ottawa Senators | Interference against Jack Ahcan. | February 13, 2022 | 2 games | $15,000.00 |
| March 13, 2022 | Auston Matthews | Toronto Maple Leafs | Cross-checking Rasmus Dahlin. | March 14, 2022 | 2 games | $116,402.50 |
| March 18, 2022 | Nino Niederreiter | Carolina Hurricanes | Slashing Axel Jonsson-Fjallby. | March 19, 2022 | 1 game | $26,250.00 |
| April 1, 2022 | Nick Ritchie | Arizona Coyotes | Slashing Kevin Shattenkirk. | April 2, 2022 | 1 game | $12,500.00 |
| April 8, 2022 | Casey Cizikas | New York Islanders | Boarding Brendan Smith. | April 9, 2022 | 1 game | $12,500.00 |
| April 10, 2022 | Evgeni Malkin | Pittsburgh Penguins | Cross-checking Mark Borowiecki. | April 11, 2022 | 4 games | $190,000.00 |
| April 16, 2022 | Michael Pezzetta | Montreal Canadiens | Illegal check to the head of T.J. Oshie. | April 18, 2022 | 2 games | $7,500.00 |
| April 25, 2022 | Ryan Lomberg | Florida Panthers | Automatic suspension for instigating a fight against Erik Cernak during the final five minutes of a game. | April 25, 2022 | 1 game | $3,625.00 |
| May 2, 2022 | Kyle Clifford | Toronto Maple Leafs | Boarding Ross Colton. | May 3, 2022 | 1 game$^‡$ | N/A |
| May 10, 2022 | Darnell Nurse | Edmonton Oilers | Head-butting Phillip Danault. | May 11, 2022 | 1 game$^‡$ | N/A |
| June 4, 2022 | Evander Kane | Edmonton Oilers | Boarding Nazem Kadri. | June 5, 2022 | 1 game$^‡$ | N/A |
| Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | 97 games$^{†‡}$ (4 preseason + 90 regular) + 3 postseason) | $3,304,772.72 |