2021–22 NHL suspensions and fines

:The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2021–22 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 (200) for non-repeat offenders and games (82) for repeat offenders, salary will be forfeited for the term of their suspension.
† - suspension covered at least one 2021 NHL preseason game
‡ - suspension covered at least one 2022 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 prior to this suspension)
Date of incident	Offender 	Team(s) 	Offense(s) 	Date of action	Length 	Salary forfeited,
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Charging Jake Evans. 	 	4 games (3 2021 post-season +1 regular season)	N/A
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Cross-checking Pierre-Luc Dubois. 	 	2 games† (1 preseason +1 regular season) 	$4,470.84
 	 	Washington Capitals	Illegal check to the head of Steven Fogarty. 	 	4 games† (2 preseason +2 regular season) 	$7,500.00
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Boarding Jansen Harkins. 	 	2 games† (1 preseason +1 regular season) 	$24,500.00
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Boarding Kirby Dach. 	 	2 games 	$70,000.00
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Roughing Mathieu Joseph. 	 	1 game 	$30,500.00
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Violating NHL/NHLPA COVID-19 protocol. 	 	21 games 	$1,540,000.00
 	R 	St. Louis Blues 	Head-butting Lawson Crouse. 	 	2 games 	$141,463.41
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Boarding Trevor Zegras. 	 	2 games 	$9,500.00
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning	Illegal check to the head of Mitch Marner. 	 	2 games 	$48,000.00
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	High-sticking Kiefer Sherwood. 	 	2 games 	$25,000.00
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Slew-footing Tyler Bozak. 	 	1 game 	$23,625.00
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Slew-footing Oliver Ekman-Larsson. 	 	3 games 	$91,875.00
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Biting Brady Tkachuk. 	 	5 games 	$38,750.00
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Kneeing Rasmus Sandin. 	 	2 games 	$58,750.00
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kneeing Neal Pionk. 	 	6 games#4 games 	$22,500.00$15,000.00
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Interference against Tanner Kero. 	 	4 games 	$70,000.00
 	R 	Florida Panthers 	Illegal check to the head of Cedric Paquette. 	 	3 games 	$161,890.24
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Head-butting Erik Haula. 	 	1 game 	$3,750.00
 	 	New York Islanders 	Illegal check to the head of A. J. Greer. 	 	3 games 	$15,000.00
 	 	Washington Capitals	Kneeing Nikolaj Ehlers. 	 	2 games 	$51,000.00
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Interference against Drake Batherson. 	 	3 games 	$11,250.00
 	R 	Boston Bruins 	Roughing/high-sticking Tristan Jarry. 	 	6 games 	$448,170.73
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	Kneeing Adam Lowry. 	 	2 games 	$31,000.00
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Interference against Jack Ahcan. 	 	2 games 	$15,000.00
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Cross-checking Rasmus Dahlin. 	 	2 games 	$116,402.50
 	 	Carolina Hurricanes	Slashing Axel Jonsson-Fjallby. 	 	1 game 	$26,250.00
 	 	Arizona Coyotes 	Slashing Kevin Shattenkirk. 	 	1 game 	$12,500.00
 	 	New York Islanders 	Boarding Brendan Smith. 	 	1 game 	$12,500.00
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins	Cross-checking Mark Borowiecki. 	 	4 games 	$190,000.00
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Illegal check to the head of T.J. Oshie. 	 	2 games 	$7,500.00
 	 	Florida Panthers 	Automatic suspension for instigating a fight against Erik Cernak during the final five minutes of a game.	 	1 game 	$3,625.00
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Boarding Ross Colton. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Head-butting Phillip Danault. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Boarding Nazem Kadri. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
Player totals: 	Player totals:	Player totals: 	Player totals: 	Player totals:	97 games†‡( + ) + ) 	$3,304,772.72
===Notes===
:1. All figures are in US dollars.
:2. Fines generated for games lost due to suspension for off-ice conduct are calculated uniquely and irrespective of repeat offender status.
:3. As the Winnipeg Jets were eliminated from the playoffs, the remaining game of Scheifele's suspension was instead made to be served in his first game of the 2021–22 NHL season.
:4. While Kane's date of incident was not publicized, the NHL announced an investigation into potential violations of COVID-19 protocol on September 22, 2021. As Kane missed the San Jose Sharks' October 16, 2021 game while the investigation was pending, his 21 game suspension retroactively included that game in his total.
:5. Spezza and the NHLPA appealed the suspension on December 8, 2021. On December 17, 2021, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced he had heard the appeal and was reducing the suspension to four games; as Spezza had sat out the previous four Maple Leafs games, he became immediately eligible to return to the lineup.
:6. Suspension was appealed by Marchand on February 11, 2022. On February 18, 2022, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced he had heard the appeal and was upholding the original 6 game suspension levied to Marchand.
:7. Suspension was appealed by Niederreiter on March 21, 2022. On March 28, 2022, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced he had heard the appeal and was upholding the original 1 game suspension levied to Niederreiter.
==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 (player had been fined in the 12 months prior to this fine). Coaches, non-playing personnel, and teams are not restricted to such maximums, though 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 prior to this fine)
Date of incident	Offender 	Team 	Offense 	Date of action	Amount
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Spearing Sean Kuraly. 	 	$1,812.50
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Roughing Kailer Yamamoto. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Dallas Stars 	Slashing Tim Stutzle. 	 	$5,000.00
 	R 	Florida Panthers 	Slashing Boris Katchouk. 	 	$1,875.00
 	R 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Kneeing Mason Marchment. 	 	$2,687.50
 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Dangerous trip against Joel Eriksson Ek. 	 	$1,000.00
 	Team 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Inadequate procedures and insufficient and untimely response to internal investigation of staff wrongdoings.	 	$2,000,000.00
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Dangerous trip against Milan Lucic. 	 	$5,000.00
 	R 	New Jersey Devils 	Dangerous trip against Trevor Zegras. 	 	$15,000.00
 	 	Calgary Flames 	High-sticking John Klingberg. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Garnet Hathaway. 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Diving/embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Dangerous trip against Zach Sanford. 	 	$2,500.00
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	High-sticking Jordan Eberle. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Roughing Barclay Goodrow. 	 	$2,500.00
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Cross-checking Travis Konecny. 	 	$5,000.00
 	R 	Minnesota Wild 	Slew-footing Ross Colton. 	 	$4,250.00
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Slashing Alexandre Texier. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Evgeny Svechnikov. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Cross-checking Timo Meier. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	New York Rangers 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Brad Marchand. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Kneeing Scott Laughton. 	 	$5,000.00
 	(head coach)	Carolina Hurricanes 	Inappropriate conduct against the Washington Capitals. 	 	$25,000.00
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Cross-checking Jansen Harkins. 	 	$2,250.00
 	 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Kneeing Mark Scheifele. 	 	$5,000.00
 	(head coach)	Dallas Stars 	Inappropriate conduct against the St. Louis Blues. 	 	$25,000.00
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Dangerous trip against Cole Caufield. 	 	$2,500.00
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Cross-checking Tyler Seguin. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Dangerous trip against Brayden Point. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Cross-checking Buddy Robinson. 	 	$2,125.00
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Cross-checking Brock Nelson. 	 	$2,235.42
 	(head coach)	Nashville Predators 	Inappropriate conduct against the Washington Capitals. 	 	$25,000.00
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Elbowing Kevin Shattenkirk. 	 	$2,004.17
 	 	Dallas Stars 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against MacKenzie Entwistle. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Cross-checking Kristian Vesalainen. 	 	$2,043.75
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Diving/embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	Kneeing Jakub Voracek. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Diving/embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Roughing Ilya Lyubushkin. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Nashville Predators 	Kneeing Brady Tkachuk. 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Nashville Predators 	Spearing Josh Norris. 	 	$2,500.00
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Kneeing Sean Durzi. 	 	$5,000.00
 	R 	Minnesota Wild 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Evander Kane. 	 	$4,250.00
 	R 	New York Islanders 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Mitch Marner. 	 	$2,500.00
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	High-Sticking Corey Perry. 	 	$2,500.00
 	R 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Charging Mikhail Sergachev. 	 	$2,250.00
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Cross-checking Josh Mahura. 	 	$2,235.42
 	(head coach)	Florida Panthers 	Automatic fine for Ryan Lomberg instigating a fight during the final five minutes of a game. 	 	$10,000.00
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Cross-checking Dmitry Kulikov. 	 	$1,812.50
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Kneeing Marcus Foligno. 	 	$2,187.50
 	R 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Morgan Rielly. 	 	$2,250.00
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Wayne Simmonds. 	 	$2,500.00
 	R 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Victor Hedman. 	 	$2,250.00
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	Cross-checking Pavel Buchnevich. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Slashing Pyotr Kochetkov. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Boston Bruins 	High-sticking Teuvo Teravainen. 	 	$5,000.00
 	R 	Dallas Stars 	High-sticking Andrew Mangiapane. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Washington Capitals 	High-sticking Noel Acciari. 	 	$5,000.00
 	R 	Dallas Stars 	Tripping Trevor Lewis. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Cross-checking Sean Durzi. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Tripping Brady Skjei. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Elbowing David Pastrnak. 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Florida Panthers 	Head-butting Ross Colton. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Boarding Eetu Luostarinen. 	 	$3,750.00
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Cross-checking Nazem Kadri. 	 	$5,000.00
 	R 	Edmonton Oilers 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Bowen Byram. 	 	$2,500.00
Totals: 	Totals: 	Totals: 	Totals: 	Totals: 	$2,315,268.76
===Notes===
:1. All figures are in US dollars.
:2. While club fines typically go to the NHL Foundation, $1,000,000.00 of the fine will be redirected to fund local organizations in and around the Chicago community that provide counseling and training for, and support and assistance to, survivors of sexual and other forms of abuse.
:3. DeAngelo was issued his first citation following an incident on October 31, 2021.
:4. Bunting was issued his first citation following an incident on November 16, 2021.
:5. Hathaway was issued his first citation following an incident on February 24, 2022.
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== See also ==
* 2020–21 NHL suspensions and fines
* 2021–22 NHL season
* 2021–22 NHL transactions
==References==
==External links==
*NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement
*NHLPA, NHL Announce 2020-21 Medical Protocols, Transition Rules and Approval of a Change to NHL Rule 83
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