2013–14 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League during the 2013–14 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 (195) 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 2013 NHL preseason
* - Incident happened in the preseason, but the player was allowed to take part in the remainder of the preseason before serving his suspension in the regular season.
‡ - suspension covered at least one 2014 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 Forfeited
 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Automatic suspension for leaving the bench to initiate a fight with Jordan Nolan. 	 	10 games*#3 games* 	$37,820.51 U.S.$11,346.15 U.S.
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Boarding Michael Kostka. 	 	4 games† (4 preseason) 	N/A
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Illegal check to the head of Vladimir Sobotka. 	 	3 games† (3 preseason) 	N/A
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Illegal check to the head of Taylor Hall. 	 	3 games† (3 preseason) 	N/A
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	High-sticking Sam Gagner. 	 	8 games† (3 preseason + 5 regular season) 	$22,307.69 U.S.
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Automatic suspension for leaving the bench to initiate a fight with John Scott. 	 	10 games* 	$269,230.80 U.S.
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Slashing John Scott. 	 	3 games† (3 preseason) 	N/A
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Illegal check to the head of Rick Nash. 	 	3 games 	$55,384.62 U.S.
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Illegal check to the head of Tomas Hertl. 	 	3 games 	$182,926.83 U.S.
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Illegal check to the head of Jack Johnson. 	 	10 games1 	$152,439.00 U.S.
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Boarding Dan Boyle. 	 	5 games 	$28,205.15 U.S.
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Boarding Niklas Kronwall. 	 	5 games 	$29,487.20 U.S.
 	 	New York Islanders 	Illegal check to the head of Nathan Gerbe. 	 	2 games 	$30,769.24 U.S.
 	 	Dallas Stars 	Charging Dustin Penner. 	 	5 games 	$14,743.60 U.S.
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Illegal check to the head of Loui Eriksson. 	 	7 games 	$26,923.05 U.S.
 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Charging Jeff Petry. 	 	2 games 	$75,609.76 U.S.
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Boarding Derek Smith. 	 	2 games 	$8,615.38 U.S.
 	 	Florida Panthers 	Elbowing Chris Kelly. 	 	3 games 	$9,230.76 U.S.
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Interference with goaltender Niklas Backstrom. 	 	3 games 	$44,615.37 U.S.
 	 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Boarding Mark Borowiecki. 	 	2 games 	$7,435.90 U.S.
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Kneeing Brad Marchand. 	 	5 games 	$128,205.15 U.S.
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Aggressing Brooks Orpik. 	December 14, 2013 	15 games2 	$84,615.45 U.S.
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Boarding Kevan Miller. 	 	2 games 	$66,666.66 U.S.
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Illegal check to the head of Zemgus Girgensons. 	December 11, 2013 	2 games 	$31,794.88 U.S.
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Boarding Karl Alzner. 	 	2 games 	$7,589.74 U.S.
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Illegal check to the head of Vladimir Sobotka. 	December 14, 2013 	2 games 	$128,048.78 U.S.
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Boarding Alex Goligoski. 	 	3 games 	$8,653.86 U.S.
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Illegal check to the head of Justin Abdelkader. 	 	5 games 	$14,529.90 U.S.
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Boarding Nick Bonino. 	December 16, 2013 	2 games 	$7,948.72 U.S.
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Boarding Oliver Ekman-Larsson. 	 	3 games 	$15,384.63 U.S.
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Illegal check to the head of Dainius Zubrus. 	January 6, 2014 	3 games 	$84,615.39 U.S.
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Attempting to enter Calgary's locker room during the first intermission of the January 18 game vs. the Flames. 	January 20, 2014 	15 days (6 games) 	$82,000 U.S.
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Slashing Frans Nielsen. 	February 11, 2014 	2 games 	$38,461.54 U.S.
 	 	New York Islanders 	Automatic suspension for instigating a fight during the final five minutes of a game. 	 	1 game 	$19,780.22 U.S.
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Boarding Brayden Schenn. 	 	2 games 	$7,076.92 U.S.
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Boarding Brenden Dillon. 	 	3 games 	$32,103.66 U.S.
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Punching an unsuspecting Jesse Joensuu. 	 	1 game 	$3,589.74 U.S.
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Boarding Brendan Smith. 	 	2 games 	$10,256.42 U.S.
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Illegal check to the head of Michael Kostka. 	 	3 games 	$23,076.93 U.S.
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Illegal check to the head of Chad Ruhwedel. 	 	4 games 	$15,384.60 U.S.
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	Illegal check to the head of T.J. Oshie. 	 	4 games‡ (1 regular season + 3 post-season) 	$7,692.31 U.S.
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Charging David Backes. 	 	3 games‡ 	N/A
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	Kneeing Tyson Barrie. 	 	7 games‡ 	N/A
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Boarding Keith Ballard. 	 	2 games‡ 	N/A
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. 	 	20 games3 	N/A
 	 	New York Rangers 	Automatic suspension for abuse of official. (Physically applied force to linesman while being escorted to the penalty box.)	 	10 games‡#6 games 	N/A
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Interfering with Derek Stepan. 	 	2 games‡ 	N/A
 	 	New York Rangers 	Illegal check to the head of Dale Weise. 	 	2 games‡ 	N/A
Player Totals 	 	 	 	174 games†‡ (16 preseason + 133 regular season + 25 post-season)	174 games†‡ (16 preseason + 133 regular season + 25 post-season)	$1,704,746.00 U.S.
# Suspension was appealed to Commissioner Gary Bettman who upheld the 10 game ruling.
# Suspension was appealed to Commissioner Gary Bettman who upheld the 15 game ruling.
# Suspension will be served at the beginning of any new contract. The suspension is accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health.
==Fines==
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. Fines listed in italics indicate that was the maximum allowed fine.
Date of Incident 	Offender 	Team 	Offense 	Date of Action 	Amount
September 22, 2013	Ron Rolston 	Buffalo Sabres 	Player selection and team conduct in the September 22 game vs. the Maple Leafs. 	September 24, 2013	$10,000.00 U.S.
October 2, 2013 	Patrick Roy 	Colorado Avalanche 	Actions following October 2 game vs. the Ducks. 	October 3, 2013 	$10,000.00 U.S.
October 8, 2013 	Frans Nielsen 	New York Islanders 	Slashing Martin Hanzal. 	October 9, 2013 	$5,000.00 U.S.
October 14, 2013 	Jason Chimera 	Washington Capitals	Boarding Justin Schultz. 	October 15, 2013 	$4,487.18 U.S.
October 27, 2013 	Kyle Clifford 	Los Angeles Kings 	Kneeing Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. 	October 28, 2013 	$2,756.41 U.S.
December 11, 2013 	Brayden Schenn 	Philadelphia Flyers	Cross-checking Kris Versteeg. 	December 13, 2013 	$2,230.77 U.S.
January 1, 2014 	Joffrey Lupul 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Cross-checking Patrick Eaves. 	January 3, 2014 	$10,000.00 U.S.
January 16, 2014 	Martin Hanzal 	Phoenix Coyotes 	High-sticking David Booth. 	January 17, 2014 	$5,000.00 U.S.
January 18, 2014 	Bob Hartley 	Calgary Flames 	Placing Kevin Westgarth on the ice for the game-opening faceoff against the Canucks, in an attempt to start a premeditated fight with an unwilling opponent.	January 20, 2014 	$25,000.00 U.S.
February 6, 2014 	Alexei Emelin 	Montreal Canadiens 	Butt-ending Pascal Pelletier. 	February 7, 2014 	$5,000.00 U.S.
March 1, 2014 	Jack Capuano 	New York Islanders 	Automatic fine for Travis Hamonic instigating a fight during the final five minutes of a game. 	March 1, 2014 	$10,000.00 U.S.
March 20, 2014 	David Legwand 	Detroit Red Wings 	Butt-ending Evgeni Malkin. 	March 21, 2014 	$5,000.00 U.S.
March 20, 2014 	James Neal 	Pittsburgh Penguins	Cross-checking Luke Glendening. 	March 21, 2014 	$5,000.00 U.S.
April 12, 2014 	Ed Jovanovski 	Florida Panthers 	Elbowing Corey Tropp. 	April 13, 2014 	$5,000.00 U.S.
April 13, 2014 	Scott Hartnell 	Philadelphia Flyers	Spearing Brett Bellemore. 	April 14, 2014 	$5,000.00 U.S.
April 17, 2014 	Joel Quenneville	Chicago Blackhawks 	Inappropriate conduct during the April 17th game against the St. Louis Blues. 	April 18, 2014 	$25,000.00 U.S.
April 18, 2014 	Milan Lucic 	Boston Bruins 	Spearing Danny DeKeyser. 	April 19, 2014 	$5,000.00 U.S.
April 25, 2014 	Ryan Garbutt 	Dallas Stars 	Spearing Corey Perry. 	April 26, 2014 	$1,474.36 U.S.
May 10, 2014 	Shawn Thornton 	Boston Bruins 	Unsportsmanlike conduct (squirting P.K. Subban with water from the bench during play). 	May 11, 2014 	$2,820.52 U.S.
May 11, 2014 	Henrik Lundqvist	New York Rangers 	Unsportsmanlike conduct (squirting Sidney Crosby with water during a scrum). 	May 12, 2014 	$5,000.00 U.S.
Total 	 	 	 	$148,769.24 U.S. 	$148,769.24 U.S.
==Further reading==
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==References==
Suspension And Fines
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