# 2016–17 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2016–17 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 (180) for first time 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 carried over from 2015–16 season
$^†$ - suspension covered at least one 2016 NHL preseason game
$^‡$ - suspension covered at least one 2017 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$^1$ |
| March 9, 2016 | Jarred Tinordi | Arizona Coyotes | Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.$^2$ | March 9, 2016 | 28 games$^{*†2}$ (16 2015–16 regular season + 8 preseason + 4 2016–17 regular season) | $161,878.14 |
| April 24, 2016 | Brayden Schenn | Philadelphia Flyers | Charging T.J. Oshie. | April 26, 2016 | 3 games$^{*3}$ | N/A |
| September 27, 2016 | Andrew Shaw | Montreal Canadiens | Boarding Connor Hobbs. | September 29, 2016 | 3 games$^†$ (3 preseason) | N/A |
| October 1, 2016 | Niklas Hjalmarsson | Chicago Blackhawks | Charging Ty Rattie. | October 3, 2016 | 3 games$^†$ (2 preseason + 1 regular season) | $22,777.78 |
| October 2, 2016 | Tanner Pearson | Los Angeles Kings | Illegal check to the head of Brandon Davidson. | October 5, 2016 | 4 games$^†$ (2 preseason + 2 regular season) | $15,555.56 |
| October 8, 2016 | Radko Gudas | Philadelphia Flyers | Interference against Austin Czarnik. | October 10, 2016 | 6 games | $245,121.96 |
| October 20, 2016 | Dale Weise | Philadelphia Flyers | Illegal check to the head of Korbinian Holzer. | October 21, 2016 | 3 games | $39,166.68 |
| October 26, 2016 | David Pastrnak | Boston Bruins | Illegal check to the head of Dan Girardi. | October 28, 2016 | 2 games | $10,277.78 |
| November 1, 2016 | Tom Gilbert | Los Angeles Kings | Boarding Nick Ritchie. | November 3, 2016 | 3 games | $23,333.34 |
| December 10, 2016 | Jamie Oleksiak | Dallas Stars | Illegal check to the head of Chris VandeVelde. | December 11, 2016 | 2 games | $10,208.34 |
| December 10, 2016 | Mark Borowiecki | Ottawa Senators | Boarding Tyler Toffoli. | December 11, 2016 | 2 games | $12,222.22 |
| December 14, 2016 | Mike Hoffman | Ottawa Senators | Cross-checking Logan Couture. | December 16, 2016 | 2 games | $57,638.88 |
| December 15, 2016 | Cody Eakin | Dallas Stars | Charging Henrik Lundqvist. | December 16, 2016 | 4 games | $85,555.56 |
| December 31, 2016 | Anthony DeAngelo | Arizona Coyotes | Physical abuse of an official. (Physically opposing Linesman David Brisebois while Briesbois was restraining DeAngelo during an altercation) | January 1, 2017 | 3 games | $14,388.90 |
| February 12, 2017 | Gustav Nyquist | Detroit Red Wings | High-sticking Jared Spurgeon. | February 15, 2017 | 6 games | $158,333.34 |
| February 14, 2017 | Antoine Vermette | Anaheim Ducks | Physical abuse of an official. (Slashing Linesman Shandor Alphonso) | February 16, 2017 | 10 games$^4$ | $97,222.22 |
| February 19, 2017 | Jacob Trouba | Winnipeg Jets | Illegal check to the head of Mark Stone. | February 20, 2017 | 2 games | $33,333.34 |
| February 25, 2017 | Brandon Manning | Philadelphia Flyers | Interference against Jake Guentzel. | February 27, 2017 | 2 games | $10,833.34 |
| March 8, 2017 | Tom Sestito | Pittsburgh Penguins | Boarding Tobias Enstrom. | March 9, 2017 | 4 games | $12,777.76 |
| March 11, 2017 | Kevin Shattenkirk | Washington Capitals | Charging Kevin Gravel. | March 12, 2017 | 2 games | $47,222.22 |
| March 19, 2017 | Matthew Tkachuk | Calgary Flames | Elbowing Drew Doughty. | March 20, 2017 | 2 games | $10,277.78 |
| March 21, 2017 | Rasmus Ristolainen | Buffalo Sabres | Interference against Jake Guentzel. | March 23, 2017 | 3 games | $90,000.00 |
| March 22, 2017 | Roman Polak | Toronto Maple Leafs | Boarding Oliver Bjorkstrand. | March 23, 2017 | 2 games | $25,000.00 |
| March 25, 2017 | Micheal Haley | San Jose Sharks | Roughing Calle Jarnkrok. | March 27, 2017 | 1 game | $3,472.22 |
| April 1, 2017 | Dalton Prout | New Jersey Devils | Interference against Radko Gudas. | April 3, 2017 | 2 games | $38,414.64 |
| April 4, 2017 | Brad Marchand | Boston Bruins | Spearing Jake Dotchin. | April 6, 2017 | 2 games | $109,756.10 |
| April 6, 2017 | Nick Ritchie | Anaheim Ducks | Roughing Michal Rozsival. | April 7, 2017 | 2 games$^‡$ (1 regular season + 1 postseason) | $4,967.59 |
| April 14, 2017 | Matt Calvert | Columbus Blue Jackets | Cross-checking Tom Kuhnhackl. | April 15, 2017 | 1 game$^‡$ (1 postseason) | N/A |
| Player totals: | 93 games$^{†‡}$ (15 preseason + 76 regular season + 2 postseason) | $1,132,296.67$^5$ |
* All figures are in US dollars.
* Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health. Only sixteen games remained in the Arizona Coyotes season at the time of the suspension, so the remaining four games were served at the start of the 2016–17 NHL season; as he was mid-suspension, Tinordi was also barred from playing in any preseason games.
* As the Philadelphia Flyers were eliminated from the playoffs, Schenn's suspension was instead made to be served in his first three games of the 2016–17 NHL regular season.
* Suspension was appealed by Vermette and the NHLPA on February 16, 2017. On February 25, 2017, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced he had heard the appeal and was upholding the original 10-game suspension levied to Vermette.
* This figures does not include salary forfeited for Tinordi's suspension, as that was accounted for last season.

## Fines

Players can be fined up to 50% of one day's salary, up to a maximum of $10,000.00 for their first offense, and $15,000.00 for any subsequent offenses. Fines listed in italics indicate that was the maximum allowed fine.
Coaches, non-playing personnel, and teams are not restricted to such maximums.
Fines for players/coaches fined for diving/embellishment are structured uniquely and are only handed out after non-publicized warnings are given to the player/coach for their first offense. For more details on diving/embellishment fines:
Diving/embellishment specifications :
| Incident Number$^1$ | Player Fine$^2$ | Coach Fine$^2$ |
| 1 | Warning (N/A) | Warning (N/A) |
| 2 | $2,000 | N/A |
| 3 | $3,000 | N/A |
| 4 | $4,000 | N/A |
| 5 | $5,000 | $2,000 |
| 6 | $5,000 | $3,000 |
| 7 | $5,000 | $4,000 |
| 8+ | $5,000 | $5,000 |
* For coach incident totals, each citation issued to a player on his club counts toward his total.
* All figures are in US dollars.
| Date of Incident | Offender | Team | Offense | Date of Action | Amount$^1$ |
| October 29, 2016 | Steve Ott | Detroit Red Wings | Spearing Zdeno Chara. | October 30, 2016 | $2,222.22 |
| November 3, 2016 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Arizona Coyotes | Diving/Embellishment (second citation). | November 10, 2016 | $2,000.00 |
| December 14, 2016 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | San Jose Sharks | Dangerous use of the stick. | December 16, 2016 | $5,000.00 |
| December 29, 2016 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Washington Capitals | Diving/Embellishment (second citation). | January 5, 2017 | $2,000.00 |
| January 17, 2017 | Chris Kreider | New York Rangers | Hitting Cody Eakin with his helmet during a fight. | January 18, 2017 | $5,000.00 |
| January 21, 2017 | Peter Holland | Arizona Coyotes | Punching an unsuspecting Ondrej Palat. | January 24, 2017 | $3,611.11 |
| January 24, 2017 | Brad Marchand | Boston Bruins | Dangerous trip against Niklas Kronwall. | January 26, 2017 | $10,000.00 |
| January 31, 2017 | Keith Yandle | Florida Panthers | Diving/Embellishment (second citation). | February 9, 2017 | $2,000.00 |
| March 4, 2017 | Jake Muzzin | Los Angeles Kings | Diving/Embellishment (second citation). | March 10, 2017 | $2,000.00 |
| March 5, 2017 | Johnny Gaudreau | Calgary Flames | Diving/Embellishment (second citation). | March 10, 2017 | $2,000.00 |
| April 18, 2017 | Leon Draisaitl | Edmonton Oilers | Spearing Chris Tierney. | April 19, 2017 | $2,569.44 |
| May 2, 2017 | P.K. Subban | Nashville Predators | Diving/Embellishment (second citation). | May 10, 2017 | $2,000.00 |
| May 18, 2017 | Ryan Getzlaf | Anaheim Ducks | Inappropriate remark towards an official. (Referee Kelly Sutherland) | May 20, 2017 | $10,000.00 |
| Player totals: | $50,402.77 |
* All figures are in US dollars.