2015–16 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2015–16 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 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 covered at least one 2016 post-season game
# - Suspension was later reduced upon further review/successful appeal; information presented in italics
Date of Incident	Offender 	Team(s) 	Offense(s) 	Date of Action	Length 	Salary Forfeited1
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Illegal check to the head of Jakob Silfverberg. 	 	41 games 	$440,860.29
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Suspended indefinitely for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Program. 2	 	31 games 	$602,150.54
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Boarding Curtis McKenzie. 	 	2 games 	$7,983.88
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Charging and interference against Simon Despres. 	 	3 games 	$41,935.47
 	 	Dallas Stars 	Elbowing Nick Bonino. 	 	2 games 	$36,559.14
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Illegal check to the head of Landon Ferraro. 	 	2 games 	$37,634.40
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Illegal check to the head of Brad Marchand. 	 	2 games 	$59,907.84
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Cross-checking Sidney Crosby. 	 	1 game 	$31,451.61
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Illegal check to the head of Mika Zibanejad. 	 	3 games 	$15,994.62
 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Illegal check to the head of Justin Faulk. 	 	3 games 	$25,806.45
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Interference against Jiri Tlusty. 	 	2 games 	$19,354.84
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Clipping Mark Borowiecki. 	 	3 games 	$164,634.15
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Boarding Adam McQuaid. 	 	2 games 	$6,182.80
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Illegal check to the head of Thomas Hickey. 	 	2 games 	$40,322.58
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Boarding Aaron Ekblad. 	 	3 games 	$29,838.72
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Interference against Dmitrij Jaskin. 	 	4 games 	$12,365.60
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Roughing Kevin Connauton. 	 	1 game 	$32,258.06
 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. 3 	 	20 games 	$366,935.48
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Physical abuse of official Don Henderson. 	 	20 games# 	$564,516.20$282,258.10
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. 	 	1 game 	N/A
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. 	 	1 game 	N/A
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	High-sticking Nick Holden. 	 	1 game 	$23,387.10
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Elbowing Ryan McDonagh. 	 	3 games 	$47,580.66
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Boarding Matt Tennyson. 	 	3 games 	$18,145.17
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Illegal check to the head of Cedric Paquette. 	 	5 games 	$51,829.25
 	 	Arizona Coyotes 	Automatic suspension for instigating a fight during the final five minutes of a game. 	 	1 game 	$4,641.58
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Aggressing Roman Polak. 	 	3 games 	$13,924.74
 	 	Arizona Coyotes 	Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. 5 	 	20 games 	$207,439.02
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Cross-checking Simon Despres. 	 	3 games 	$203,832.75
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Punching an unsuspecting Nikita Kucherov. 	 	1 game 	$5,779.57
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Elbowing Jonathan Toews. 	 	2 games 	$7,661.30
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Interference against Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. 	 	4 games 	$82,926.84
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Interference against Roman Polak. 	 	2 games 	$9,614.70
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	High-sticking Charlie Coyle. 	 	6 games‡(5 regular season + 1 post-season) 	$148,883.35
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Cross-checking Luke Glendening. 	 	4 games 	$200,000.00
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Checking Dmitry Orlov from behind. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Using a homophobic slur towards an official. 6 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Charging T.J. Oshie. 	 	3 games7 	N/A
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Interference against Olli Maatta. 	 	3 games‡ 	N/A
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Interference against Marcus Johansson. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
Player totals: 	Player totals:	Player totals: 	Player totals: 	Player totals:	203 games‡(196 regular season + 7 post-season)	$3,234,519.72
# All figures are in US dollars.
# Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health - Stage 2. Suspension completed only upon being cleared for on-ice competition by the program administrators. Kassian was reinstated by the NHL on December 15, 2015 after missing 31 games.
# Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health.
# Wideman's original suspension was for 20 games. Suspension was appealed by Wideman and the NHLPA on February 3, 2016. On February 17, 2016, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced he had heard the appeal and was upholding the original 20 game suspension levied to Wideman. The NHLPA then appealed to neutral arbitrator. On March 11, 2016, NHL/NHLPA Neutral Discipline Arbitrator, James Oldham, overruled the NHL and Bettman's 20 game suspension down to 10 games. Though Wideman had already missed 19 of his originally assessed 20 games before Oldham's decision was made, his suspension will stand as 10 games in the NHL records and his salary was refunded for the 9 games he missed.
# 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 2016 preseason games.
# Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to sensitivity training, as a well as an additional fine (see below) as there is no salary to be forfeited in a playoff game.
# 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.
==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 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.
Date of Incident	Offender 	Team 	Offense 	Date of Action	Amount1
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Tripping Seth Jones. 	 	$2,217.74
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Spearing Mark Borowiecki. 	 	$2,284.95
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Elbowing Jared Spurgeon. 	 	$4,166.67
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Roughing Anze Kopitar. 	 	$3,024.19
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Roughing Gabriel Landeskog. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Spearing Brad Marchand. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Cross-checking Tommy Wingels. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Inappropriate gesture towards Mark Giordano. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Slew-footing Matt Cullen. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Arizona Coyotes 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Diving/Embellishment (third citation). 	 	$3,000.00
 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Inappropriate gesture towards Nazem Kadri. 	 	$2,486.56
 	 	Washington Capitals	Butt-ending Shayne Gostisbehere. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Inappropriate gesture towards an official.2 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Washington Capitals	Kneeing Conor Sheary. 	 	$2,403.67
 	Team 	Vancouver Canucks 	Inappropriate public comments (tampering) by speaking generally to the Club's potential interest in players under contract to other NHL Clubs, following Jim Benning's comments on P.K. Subban and Steven Stamkos.	 	$50,000.00
Player totals: 	Player totals:	Player totals: 	Player totals: 	Player totals:	$124,583.78
# All figures are in US dollars.
# Fine accompanied by mandatory referral to sensitivity training, as a well as an additional suspension (see above) as there is no salary to be forfeited in a playoff game.
==Further reading==
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== See also ==
* 2014–15 NHL suspensions and fines
* 2015 NHL Entry Draft
* 2015–16 NHL season
* 2015–16 NHL transactions
* 2015–16 NHL Three Star Awards
==References==
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