2018–19 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2018–19 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 2018 NHL preseason game
‡ - suspension covered at least one 2019 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
 	 	Vegas Golden Knights	Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. 	 	27 games†( + ) 	$466,532.26,,
 	 	Nashville Predators 	Unacceptable off-ice conduct. 	October 12, 2018	33 games†#( + )24 games†( + )	$354,838.71,$248,387.10,
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Roughing Aaron Ekblad. 	 	5 games† 	N/A
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Elbowing Michal Kempny. 	 	3 games†( + ) 	$6,182.80
 	R 	Washington Capitals 	Illegal check to the head of Oskar Sundqvist. 	 	20 games#14 games 	$1,260,162.60$882,113.71
 	 	Florida Panthers 	Interference and unsportsmanlike conduct against Elias Pettersson. 	 	2 games 	$52,419.35
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Elbowing Urho Vaakanainen. 	 	1 game 	$6,451.61
 	R 	Ottawa Senators 	Illegal check to the head of Cody Eakin. 	 	3 games 	$43,902.44
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Illegal check to the head of Vincent Trocheck. 	 	2 games 	$9,023.30
 	 	Arizona Coyotes 	Illegal check to the head of Ryan Hartman. 	 	2 games 	$7,258.06
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct against Matt Calvert. 	 	2 games 	$15,053.76
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Kneeing Mikko Koivu. 	 	2 games 	$72,580.645
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Automatic suspension for instigating in the final five minutes of regulation and leaving the bench on a legal line change for the purpose of starting a fight with Matt Dumba.	 	2 games 	$7,634.41
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Interference against Charlie McAvoy. 	 	2 games 	$24,193.55
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Cross-checking Vince Dunn. 	 	2 games 	$7,258.06
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Illegal check to the head of Austin Wagner. 	 	2 games 	$69,892.47
 	R 	Boston Bruins 	Illegal check to the head of Blake Coleman. 	 	3 games 	$219,512.20
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Charging MacKenzie Weegar. 	 	3 games 	$18,817.21
 	 	Nashville Predators 	High-sticking Mark Scheifele. 	 	2 games 	$86,021.51
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. 	 	1 game 	N/A
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. 	 	1 game 	N/A
 	 	Nashville Predators 	Suspended indefinitely for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Program. 	 	21 games 	$289,784.95,
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	High-sticking Michael Raffl. 	 	1 game 	$51,075.27
 	R 	Philadelphia Flyers 	High-sticking Nikita Kucherov. 	 	2 games 	$81,707.32
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Illegal check to the head of Nick Leddy. 	 	2 games 	$134,408.60
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Boarding Nolan Patrick. 	 	1 game 	$3,494.62
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	High-sticking Filip Forsberg. 	 	2 games 	$31,362.00
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Interference against Johnny Boychuk. 	 	2 games 	$88,709.68
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Illegal check to the head of Carl Soderberg. 	 	2 games 	$107,526.88
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Boarding Ashton Sautner. 	 	1 game 	$16,666.67
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Illegal check to the head of Jordan Staal. 	 	2 games 	$10,752.69
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Boarding Markus Nutivaara. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
 	R 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Cross-checking Jake DeBrusk. 	 	5 games‡ 	N/A
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Illegal check to the head of Tomas Nosek. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Illegal check to the head of Josh Anderson. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Boarding Matt Grzelcyk. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Illegal check to the head of Marcus Johansson. 	 	1 game‡ 	N/A
Player totals: 	Player totals:	Player totals: 	Player totals: 	Player totals: 	154 games†( + + ) 	$3,051,465.07
===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. Fines generated for games lost due to suspension for off-ice conduct are calculated uniquely and irrespective of repeat offender status.
:4. Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health.
:5. Watson's original suspension was for 27 games, plus the remaining 6 games of the preseason. The suspension was appealed by Watson on September 20, 2018. On October 12, 2018, NHL/NHLPA Neutral Discipline Arbitrator, Shyam Das, overruled the NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's 27 regular season game suspension down to 18 regular season games. The NHL and NHLPA agreed to use Das as a neutral discipline arbitrator on an ad hoc basis as regular arbitrator George Nicolau was unavailable.
:6. Suspension was appealed by Wilson on October 5, 2018. On October 25, 2018, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced he had heard the appeal and was upholding the original 20 game suspension levied to Wilson. The NHLPA then appealed to neutral arbitrator on behalf of Wilson, on October 26. On November 13, 2018, NHL/NHLPA Neutral Discipline Arbitrator, Shyam Das, overruled the NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's 20 regular season game suspension down to 14 regular season games. The NHL and NHLPA agreed to use Das as a neutral discipline arbitrator on an ad hoc basis as regular arbitrator George Nicolau was unavailable. Though Wilson had already missed 16 of his originally assessed 20 games before Das' decision was made, his suspension will stand as 14 games in the NHL records and his salary was refunded for the 2 games he missed.
:7. Indefinite 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. Watson was reinstated by the NHL/NHPLA on March 18, 2019, after 49 days and 21 games missed. As part of his reinstatement, Watson was entered into the follow-up care phase of the Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Program.
:8. Suspension was appealed by Voracek on March 11, 2019; Voracek applied for an expedited appeal, due to the short nature of the suspension. On March 13, 2019, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced he had heard the appeal and was upholding the original 2 game suspension levied to Voracek. As Voracek's suspension was fewer than 6 games, per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Commissioner's decision was final and binding and not subject to review, and the NHLPA was not allowed to appeal to a neutral arbitrator on Voracek's behalf.
:9.Nazem Kadri was suspended for the remainder of the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs. At the time of the suspension, the number of games for the suspension could have ranged from 3 to 5 games.
==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
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Kneeing Jordan Greenway. 	 	$4,301.08
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Roughing Mathieu Joseph. 	 	$10,000.00
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Unsportsmanlike conduct against T.J. Oshie. 	 	$8,467.74
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Tripping J.T. Miller. 	 	$1,000.00
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Biting Marc-Edouard Vlasic. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Automatic fine for Ryan Lomberg instigating in the final five minutes of regulation.	 	$10,000.00
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Cross-checking Jujhar Khaira. 	 	$1,942.20
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Slashing Johnny Gaudreau. 	 	$2,500.00
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Dangerous trip against Aaron Ekblad. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Cross-checking Johan Larsson. 	 	$2,403.67
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Dangerous trip against Scott Mayfield. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Elbowing Marcus Pettersson. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	High-sticking Alec Martinez. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Interference against Cedric Paquette. 	 	$3,091.40
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Cross-checking Nick Cousins. 	 	$3,763.44
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Cross-checking Dougie Hamilton. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Cross-checking Christian Folin. 	 	$4,121.86
 	 	New York Rangers 	Elbowing Elias Pettersson. 	 	$5,000.00
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	High-sticking Ryan Reaves. 	 	$2,500.00
 	 	Vegas Golden Knights	High-sticking Joe Thornton. 	 	$2,500.00
 	 	Vegas Golden Knights	Diving/Embellishment (second citation). 	 	$2,000.00
 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Roughing Adrian Kempe. 	 	$2,500.00
Total: 	Total: 	Total: 	Total: 	Total: 	$100,091.39
===Notes===
:1. All figures are in US dollars.
:2. Rantanen was issued his first citation following an incident on October 16, 2018.
:3. Meier was issued his first citation following an incident on February 5, 2019.
:4. Miller was issued his first citation following an incident on November 23, 2018.
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== See also ==
* 2017–18 NHL suspensions and fines
* 2018–19 NHL season
* 2018–19 NHL transactions
==References==
==External links==
*NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement
Suspension and Fines
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