# 2019–20 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2019–20 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 2019 NHL preseason game $^‡$ - suspension covered at least one 2020 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$^,$ |
| October 19, 2014 | Slava Voynov | Los Angeles Kings | Unacceptable off-ice conduct. | April 9, 2019 May 23, 2019 | 82 games + playoffs$^{‡#}$ 41 games$^†$ | N/A$^,$ |
| September 9, 2019 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Washington Capitals | Inappropriate conduct. | September 14, 2019 | 3 games | $180,645.16 |
| September 29, 2019 | Evander Kane | San Jose Sharks | Physical abuse of officials. (Slashing Linesman Kiel Murchison) | October 1, 2019 | 3 games | $256,097.56 |
| October 17, 2019 | Valentin Zykov | Vegas Golden Knights | Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. | October 17, 2019 | 20 games | $152,419.35 |
| October 26, 2019 | Adam Lowry | Winnipeg Jets | Boarding Oliver Kylington. | October 28, 2019 | 2 games | $71,138.22 |
| November 2, 2019 | Milan Lucic | Calgary Flames | Roughing Kole Sherwood. | November 3, 2019 | 2 games | $64,516.13 |
| November 9, 2019 | Nick Foligno | Columbus Blue Jackets | Elbowing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. | November 11, 2019 | 3 games | $88,709.67 |
| November 18, 2019 | Garnet Hathaway | Washington Capitals | Spitting at Erik Gudbranson. | November 20, 2019 | 3 games | $24,193.55 |
| November 23, 2019 | Robert Bortuzzo | St. Louis Blues | Cross-checking Viktor Arvidsson. | November 24, 2019 | 4 games | $67,073.17 |
| November 23, 2019 | Alexander Kerfoot | Toronto Maple Leafs | Boarding Erik Johnson. | November 25, 2019 | 2 games | $37,634.41 |
| November 25, 2019 | Erik Cernak | Tampa Bay Lightning | Elbowing Rasmus Dahlin. | November 26, 2019 | 2 games | $7,500.00 |
| December 15, 2019 | Joel Farabee | Philadelphia Flyers | Interference against Mathieu Perreault. | December 16, 2019 | 3 games | $14,919.35 |
| December 31, 2019 | Kurtis MacDermid | Los Angeles Kings | Illegal check to the head of Ivan Provorov. | January 3, 2020 | 2 games | $7,258.06 |
| January 1, 2020 | Corey Perry | Dallas Stars | Elbowing Ryan Ellis. | January 3, 2020 | 5 games | $40,322.58 |
| January 11, 2020 | Zack Kassian | Edmonton Oilers | Serving as the aggressor in an altercation with Matthew Tkachuk. | January 13, 2020 | 2 games | $20,967.74 |
| January 25, 2020 | Alexander Ovechkin | Washington Capitals | Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. | December 27, 2019 | 1 game | $53,763.44 |
| January 25, 2020 | Marc-Andre Fleury | Vegas Golden Knights | Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. | January 4, 2020 | 1 game | $45,698.92 |
| January 25, 2020 | Tuukka Rask | Boston Bruins | Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. | January 13, 2020 | 1 game | $34,946.24 |
| February 8, 2020 | Jeremy Lauzon | Boston Bruins | Illegal check to the head of Derek Stepan. | February 9, 2020 | 2 games | $8,037.63 |
| February 13, 2020 | Zack Kassian | Edmonton Oilers | Kicking Erik Cernak. | February 14, 2020 | 7 games | $166,463.41 |
| February 14, 2020 | Evander Kane | San Jose Sharks | Elbowing Neal Pionk. | February 15, 2020 | 3 games | $256,097.56 |
| March 11, 2020 | Brendan Lemieux | New York Rangers | Interference against Joonas Donskoi. | July 20, 2020 | 2 games$^‡$ | N/A |
| August 1, 2020 | Drake Caggiula | Chicago Blackhawks | Illegal check to the head of Tyler Ennis. | August 2, 2020 | 1 game$^‡$ | N/A |
| August 19, 2020 | Matt Niskanen | Philadelphia Flyers | Cross-checking Brendan Gallagher. | August 20, 2020 | 1 game$^‡$ | N/A |
| September 4, 2020 | Ryan Reaves | Vegas Golden Knights | Illegal check to the head of Tyler Motte. | September 5, 2020 | 1 game$^‡$ | N/A |
| September 9, 2020 | Alex Killorn | Tampa Bay Lightning | Boarding Brock Nelson. | September 10, 2020 | 1 game$^‡$ | N/A |
| Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | Player totals: | 118 games$^‡$ (112 regular + 6 postseason) | $1,598,402.15 |