2023–24 NHL suspensions and fines

:The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2023–24 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 (192) for non-repeat offenders and games (82) for repeat offenders, salary will be forfeited for their suspension.
† - suspension covered at least one 2023 NHL preseason game
‡ - suspension covered at least one 2024 postseason game
# - suspension was reduced on appeal
 - Player was considered a repeat offender under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (player had been suspended in the 18 months before this suspension)
Date of incident	Offender 	Team 	Offense 	Date of action	Length 	Salary forfeited,
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Kneeing Chase De Leo. 	 	4 games†(2 preseason +2 regular season)	$9,314.24
 	 	Vegas Golden Knights 	Illegal check to the head of Brandon Tanev. 	 	2 games 	$19,791.67
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Charging Patrik Laine. 	 	4 games 	$94,791.67
Unknown 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Activities relating to sports wagering. 	 	41 games 	N/A
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Illegal check to the head of Nico Hischier. 	 	2 games 	$34,722.22
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Illegal check to the head of Oliver Ekman-Larsson. 	 	4 games 	$197,916.67
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Cross-checking Jared McCann. 	 	1 game 	$30,208.33
 	R 	Minnesota Wild 	Tripping Alex DeBrincat. 	 	2 games 	$41,463.41
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Slashing Travis Konecny. 	 	2 games 	$11,458.33
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Cross-checking Artem Zub. 	 	6 games 	$148,437.48
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Serving as the aggressor in an altercation with Nick Cousins. 	 	1 game 	$20,833.33
 	 	Arizona Coyotes 	Boarding Nick Cousins. 	 	3 games 	$82,182.50
 	 	Seattle Kraken 	Charging Mattias Ekholm. 	 	2 games 	$53,819.44
 	 	Florida Panthers 	Goaltender interference against Marc-Andre Fleury. 	 	3 games 	$12,109.38
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Illegal check to the head of Adam Pelech. 	 	5 games 	$169,270.83
 	 	New York Rangers 	Elbowing Pavel Dorofeyev. 	 	2 games 	$83,333.33
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Illegal check to the head of Noel Acciari. 	 	3 games 	$60,937.50
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Illegal check to the head of Lucas Raymond. 	 	2 games 	$39,062.50
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Cross-checking Ridly Greig. 	 	5 games 	$195,312.50
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Boarding Vince Dunn. 	 	3 games 	$12,109.38
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Illegal check to the head of Andreas Englund. 	 	2 games 	$7,942.71
 	(head coach) 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Failure to leave the bench area after being assessed a game misconduct for unprofessional conduct directed at officials during a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.	 	2 games 	$50,000.00
 	 	New York Rangers 	Elbowing Jonas Siegenthaler. 	 	4 games 	$17,083.33
 	 	Florida Panthers 	Illegal check to the head of Conor Sheary. 	 	2 games 	$10,416.67
 	 	Washington Capitals 	High-sticking Noah Gregor. 	 	6 games 	$161,458.34
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Slashing Travis Konecny. 	 	1 game 	$4,496.53
 	R 	Minnesota Wild 	Unsportsmanlike conduct towards the officials. 	 	3 games 	$62,195.12
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Cross-checking Connor McDavid. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program. 	 	6 months‡ 	TBD
Player totals: 	Player totals:	Player totals: 	Player totals: 	Player totals:	118+ games†‡( + + ) 	$1,630,667.41+
===Notes===
:1. All figures are in US dollars.
:2. As players are not paid salary in the preseason or postseason, no fines are generated for games lost due to suspension during those periods.
:3. Andersson and the NHLPA appealed the suspension on October 22, 2023. After a hearing conducted on October 23, Commissioner Gary Bettman upheld the original four-game suspension. As his suspension was less than 6 games, per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Commissioner's decision was final and binding, not subject to review, and the NHLPA cannot appeal further to a neutral arbitrator on Andersson's behalf.
:4. Pinto's suspension began retroactively with Ottawa's first game of the 2023–24 NHL season. As Pinto was a restricted free agent and not under contract at the time of the suspension, no salary was forfeited.
:5. McAvoy and the NHLPA appealed the suspension on November 3, 2023. After a hearing conducted on November 7, Commissioner Bettman upheld the original four-game suspension. As his suspension was less than 6 games, per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Commissioner's decision was final and binding, not subject to review, and the NHLPA cannot appeal further to a neutral arbitrator on McAvoy's behalf.
:6. Perron and the NHLPA appealed the suspension on December 12, 2023. After a hearing conducted on December 19, Commissioner Bettman upheld the original six-game suspension.
:7. Rielly and the NHLPA appealed the suspension on February 14, 2024. After a hearing conducted on February 16, Commissioner Bettman upheld the original five-game suspension. As his suspension was less than 6 games, per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Commissioner's decision was final and binding, not subject to review, and the NHLPA cannot appeal further to a neutral arbitrator on Rielly's behalf.
:8. Tortorella was fined a set $50,000 and the total was not calculated based on his annual salary.
:9. Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to Stage 3 of the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program. Under the terms of the program, Nichushkin was assessed an automatic suspension of a minimum of six months without pay before being eligible for reinstatement, barring successful completion of the program. Nichushkin was previously placed in the Player Assistance Program on January 15, 2024, and was cleared by the NHL and NHLPA on February 26 when he entered the follow-up care phase of the program.
==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 (the player had been fined in the 12 months before this fine). Coaches, non-playing personnel, and teams are not restricted to such maximums, though they can still be treated as repeat offenders.
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 Number1	Player Fine2 	Coach Fine2
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.
Fines listed in italics indicate that was the maximum allowed fine.
 - Player was considered a repeat offender under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (player had been fined in the 12 months before this fine)
Date of incident	Offender 	Team 	Offense 	Date of action	Amount
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Slashing Ross Colton. 	 	$5,000.00
 	R 	Philadelphia Flyers	Kneeing Zach Werenski. 	 	$5,000.00
 	Team 	Ottawa Senators 	Failure to disclose details about a player contract.	 	N/A
 	(head coach)	Anaheim Ducks 	Unprofessional conduct towards officials. 	 	$25,000.00
 	 	New York Islanders 	High-sticking Tony DeAngelo. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Cross-checking Timo Meier. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Dangerous trip against Bo Horvat. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Elbowing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. 	 	$2,018.23
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Slew-footing Kevin Labanc. 	 	$2,864.58
 	 	New York Rangers 	High-sticking Trent Frederic. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Matthew Tkachuk. 	 	$2,018.23
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers	Cross-checking Brendan Smith. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	High-sticking Jeff Skinner. 	 	$2,500.00
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Dangerous trip against Devin Shore. 	 	$2,864.58
 	R 	Tampa Bay Lightning	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Jeremy Lauzon. 	 	$2,022.57
 	R 	Minnesota Wild 	High-sticking Cole Perfetti. 	 	$4,427.08
 	 	Arizona Coyotes 	Roughing Sam Lafferty. 	 	$2,018.23
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Cross-checking Brandon Tanev. 	 	$2,864.58
 	 	Arizona Coyotes 	Cross-checking Max Crozier. 	 	$2,408.85
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Elbowing Sean Kuraly. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Dallas Stars 	Interference against Jake McCabe. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Spearing Max Pacioretty. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Boston Bruins 	High-sticking Mikey Eyssimont. 	 	$5,000.00
 	R 	Vancouver Canucks 	High-sticking Jake Walman. 	 	$2,864.58
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	High-sticking Luke Evangelista. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Florida Panthers 	Elbowing Jakob Chychrun. 	 	$2,083.33
 	 	Carolina Hurricanes	Elbowing Joel Hanley. 	 	$5,000.00
 	(head coach)	Buffalo Sabres 	Unprofessional conduct towards officials. 	 	$25,000.00
 	(head coach)	Toronto Maple Leafs	Unprofessional conduct towards officials. 	 	$25,000.00
 	 	Nashville Predators	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Mats Zuccarello. 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Michael McCarron. 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Florida Panthers 	Diving/embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Diving/embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Cross-checking Tyler Bertuzzi. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Cole Sillinger. 	 	$2,500.00
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Cross-checking Brad Marchand. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Interference against Angus Crookshank. 	 	$5,000.00
 	R 	Anaheim Ducks 	Cross-checking Tye Kartye. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers	Diving/embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	R 	Edmonton Oilers 	Slashing Dryden Hunt. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Michael Bunting. 	 	$2,734.38
 	R 	Nashville Predators	Goaltender interference against Casey DeSmith. 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Cross-checking Connor McDavid. 	 	$5,000.00
 	R 	New York Rangers 	Elbowing Evan Rodrigues. 	 	$5,000.00
Totals: 	Totals: 	Totals: 	Totals: 	Totals: 	$223,189.22
===Notes===
:1. All figures are in US dollars.
:2. Instead of a cash fine, Ottawa will forfeit its first-round draft pick in one of the 2024, 2025, or 2026 NHL Entry Drafts. Ottawa will make the determination as to which pick will be forfeited within 24 hours of the conclusion of the Draft Lottery for that year.
:3. Cousins was issued his first citation following an incident on November 4, 2023.
:4. Sundqvist was issued his first citation following an incident on February 11, 2024.
:5. Hathaway was issued his first citation following an incident on January 2, 2024.
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== See also ==
* 2022–23 NHL suspensions and fines
* 2023–24 NHL season
* 2023–24 NHL transactions
==References==
==External links==
*NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement
Suspension and Fines
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