2019–20 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2019–20 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 non-repeat 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 2019 NHL preseason game
‡ - suspension covered at least one 2020 postseason game
# - suspension was later reduced upon further review/successful appeal; information presented in italics
 - 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,
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Unacceptable off-ice conduct. 	May 23, 2019 	82 games+ playoffs‡#41 games†	N/A,
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Inappropriate conduct. 	 	3 games 	$180,645.16
 	R 	San Jose Sharks 	Physical abuse of officials. 	 	3 games 	$256,097.56
 	 	Vegas Golden Knights 	Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.	 	20 games 	$152,419.35
 	R 	Winnipeg Jets 	Boarding Oliver Kylington. 	 	2 games 	$71,138.22
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Roughing Kole Sherwood. 	 	2 games 	$64,516.13
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Elbowing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. 	 	3 games 	$88,709.67
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Spitting at Erik Gudbranson. 	 	3 games 	$24,193.55
 	R 	St. Louis Blues 	Cross-checking Viktor Arvidsson. 	 	4 games 	$67,073.17
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Boarding Erik Johnson. 	 	2 games 	$37,634.41
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Elbowing Rasmus Dahlin. 	 	2 games 	$7,500.00
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Interference against Mathieu Perreault. 	 	3 games 	$14,919.35
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Illegal check to the head of Ivan Provorov. 	 	2 games 	$7,258.06
 	 	Dallas Stars 	Elbowing Ryan Ellis. 	 	5 games 	$40,322.58
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Serving as the aggressor in an altercation with Matthew Tkachuk. 	 	2 games 	$20,967.74
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. 	 	1 game 	$53,763.44
 	 	Vegas Golden Knights 	Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. 	 	1 game 	$45,698.92
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. 	 	1 game 	$34,946.24
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Illegal check to the head of Derek Stepan. 	 	2 games 	$8,037.63
 	R 	Edmonton Oilers 	Kicking Erik Cernak. 	 	7 games 	$166,463.41
 	R 	San Jose Sharks 	Elbowing Neal Pionk. 	 	3 games 	$256,097.56
 	R 	New York Rangers 	Interference against Joonas Donskoi. 	 	2 games‡ 	N/A
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Illegal check to the head of Tyler Ennis. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Cross-checking Brendan Gallagher. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
Player totals: 	Player totals:	Player totals: 	Player totals: 	Player totals:	116 games‡( + ) 	$1,598,402.15
===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. Voynov was previously suspended indefinitely on October 20, 2014, for his actions.
:4. Voynov and the NHLPA appealed the suspension to a neutral arbitrator on April 20, 2019. On May 23, 2019, NHL/NHLPA Neutral Discipline Arbitrator, Shyam Das, upheld NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's one-season (one-year) suspension, but the neutral arbitrator ruled that Voynov should be credited with having already served 41 games of his suspension during the 2018–19 NHL season. Accordingly, the suspension will remain in effect until 41 games of the 2019–20 NHL season have been served.
:5. Voynov did not have an active contract at the time of this ruling, and therefore did not forfeit any salary due to games lost.
:6. Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health.
:7. The precise parameters of Lemieux's suspension were originally delayed due to the suspension of the regular season due to COVID-19.
==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.
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.
Date of incident	Offender 	Team 	Offense 	Date of action	Amount
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	High-sticking Frank Vatrano. 	 	$2,500.00
 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Roughing Vladimir Sobotka. 	 	$4,029.37
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Slashing Elias Lindholm. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Charging John Gibson. 	 	$7,392.47
 	 	Nashville Predators 	Elbowing Brayden Point. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Elbowing Radko Gudas. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Cross-checking Scott Laughton. 	 	$2,486.56
 	 	New York Rangers 	Elbowing Cody Glass. 	 	$2,486.56
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Boarding Alex DeBrincat. 	 	$1,957.88
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Spearing Alexander Kerfoot. 	 	$2,419.35
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Roughing Evgeni Malkin. 	 	$2,500.00
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	High-sticking Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	(head coach)	Columbus Blue Jackets	Inappropriate comments against officials during a postgame press conference.	 	$20,000.00
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Boarding Mike Green. 	 	$2,688.17
 	 	New York Rangers 	Slashing Vince Dunn. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Nashville Predators 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.000
 	 	New York Rangers 	Interference against Jordan Eberle. 	 	$2,486.56
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Slashing Yannick Weber. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	Slashing Ryan Reaves. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Cross-checking Brendan Gallagher. 	 	$5,000.00
 	(head coach)	Montreal Canadiens 	Inappropriate comments against officials during a postgame press conference.	 	$10,000.00
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Slashing Gustav Nyquist. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Mark Scheifele. 	 	$1,881.72
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Cross-checking Tyler Bertuzzi. 	 	$2,016.13
 	 	Nashville Predators 	Cross-checking Corey Perry. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Roughing Adam Boqvist. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Spearing Ryan Hartman. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against Micheal Ferland. 	 	$1,000.00
 	 	Florida Panthers 	High-sticking Brock Nelson. 	 	$2,500.00
 	(head coach)	Carolina Hurricanes 	Inappropriate comments against officials during a postgame press conference.	 	$25,000.00
 	 	Vegas Golden Knights 	Slashing Alex DeBrincat. 	 	$2,500.00
Totals: 	Totals: 	Totals: 	Totals: 	Totals: 	$159,844.77
===Notes===
:1. All figures are in US dollars.
:2. Stalock was issued his first citation following an incident on October 12, 2019.
:3. Tortorella was also assessed a conditional fine of $25,000 that would be assessed if he committed a second violation prior to December 29, 2020.
:4. Arvidsson was issued his first citation following an incident on December 27, 2019.
:5. Brind'Amour was also assessed a conditional fine of $25,000 that would be assessed if he committed a second violation prior to August 12, 2021.
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== See also ==
* 2018–19 NHL suspensions and fines
* 2019 in sports
* 2020 in sports
* 2019–20 NHL season
* 2019–20 NHL transactions
==References==
==External links==
*NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement
Suspension and Fines
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