2012–13 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fine enforced in the National Hockey League during the 2012–13 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. The season was shortened to 48 games due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout. No pre-season games were played.
==Suspensions==
† - suspension carried over from 2011–12 NHL season
‡ - suspension covered at least one 2013 post-season game
Date of Incident	Offender	Team(s) 	Offense(s) 	Date of Action	Length
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins/New York Rangers 	Cross-checking Brayden Schenn. 	 	4 games† (3 PIT 2012 post-season + 1 NYR regular season)
 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Late charge to the head of Marian Hossa. 	 	25 games reduced to 21 games† (13 2012 post-season + 8 regular season)
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Charging Anton Volchenkov. 	 	1 game
 	 	New York Islanders 	Boarding Ben Lovejoy. 	 	2 games
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Elbowing Wayne Simmonds. 	 	3 games
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Roughing Marian Hossa. 	 	1 game
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Kneeing Cal Clutterbuck. 	 	2 games
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Leaving the bench to initiate a fight with Andrew Shaw. 	 	2 games
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Charging Mike Lundin. 	 	4 games
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Boarding Brad Richards. 	 	5 games
 	 	New York Islanders (assistant coach)	Verbal abuse towards an official. 	 	2 games
 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Illegal hit to Jason Zucker. 	 	4 games
 	 	Florida Panthers 	Instigator penalty in the last five minutes of a game. Leaving the bench to initiate a fight with Kevin Westgarth.	 	2 games (1 regular season + 1 regular season)
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Illegal hit to the head of Victor Hedman. 	 	2 games
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Charging against a goaltender on Mike Smith. 	 	2 games
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Illegal hit to the head of Matt D'Agostini. 	 	2 games
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Elbowing Brad Marchand. 	 	4 games
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Illegal hit to the head of Kent Huskins. 	 	5 games
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Elbowing Jason Pominville. 	 	2 games
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Illegal hit to the head of Mikhail Grabovski. 	 	1 game‡
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Illegal hit to the head of Lars Eller. 	 	2 games‡
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Charging Toni Lydman. 	 	2 games‡
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Illegal hit to the head of Jarret Stoll. 	 	Remainder of 2nd round of playoffs‡ (6 games)
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	High-sticking Jeff Carter. 	 	1 game‡
==Fines==
Fines were changed for this season such that players can be fined up to 50% of one day's salary, up to a maximum of $10,000.00 U.S. for their first offense, and $15,000.00 U.S. for any subsequent offenses. The previous maximum fine before this season was only $2500.00 U.S., for players.
Date of Incident	Offender	Team 	Offense 	Date of Action	Amount
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Boarding Rob Scuderi. 	 	$10,000.00 U.S. (max.)
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	High-sticking Kyle Quincey. 	 	$8,108.11 U.S. (max.)
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Slew-footing Antoine Roussel. 	 	$10,000.00 U.S. (max.)
 	 	Nashville Predators 	Boarding Aaron Palushaj. 	 	$1,452.70 U.S. (max.)
 	 	Dallas Stars 	Cross-checking Ryan Jones. 	 	$10,000.00 U.S. (max.)
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Cross-checking Henrik Sedin. 	 	$1,436.94 U.S. (max.)
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Slashing Dany Heatley. 	 	$8,378.38 U.S. (max.)
 	Team 	San Jose Sharks 	Fined in the wake of general manager Doug Wilson's comments following the May 16 suspension of Raffi Torres.	 	$100,000.00 U.S.
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Shooting pucks into the Detroit Red Wings net during the pre-game warmup. 	 	$1,600.00 U.S.
 	Team 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Fined in the wake of Jamal Mayers' actions during the pre-game warmup May 25. 	 	$10,000.00 U.S.
== See also ==
* 2012–13 NHL transactions
* List of 2012–13 NHL Three Star Awards
* 2011–12 NHL suspensions and fines
* 2013–14 NHL suspensions and fines
* 2012 NHL Entry Draft
* 2012 in sports
* 2013 in sports
==References==
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