2023–24 NHL suspensions and fines

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.[1]

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2023–24 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.

Suspensions

Based on each player's average annual salary, divided by number of days in the season (192) 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 2023 NHL preseason game
‡ - suspension covered at least one 2024 postseason game
# - suspension was reduced on appeal
 R  - 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 forfeited1,2
October 3, 2023 Arthur Kaliyev Los Angeles Kings Kneeing Chase De Leo.[2] October 5, 2023 4 games†
(2 preseason +
2 regular season)		 $9,314.24
October 10, 2023 Brett Howden Vegas Golden Knights Illegal check to the head of Brandon Tanev.[3] October 11, 2023 2 games $19,791.67
October 20, 2023 Rasmus Andersson Calgary Flames Charging Patrik Laine.[4] October 21, 2023 4 games3 $94,791.67
Unknown Shane Pinto Ottawa Senators Activities relating to sports wagering.[5] October 26, 2023 41 games4 N/A4
Player totals: 51 games†
(2 preseason + 49 regular)		 $123,897.58

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.^ Andersson and the NHLPA appealed the suspension on October 22, 2023.[6] After a hearing conducted on October 23, Commissioner Gary Bettman upheld the original four-game suspension.[7]
4.^ Pinto's suspension began retroactively with Ottawa's first game of the 2023–24 NHL season.[8] As Pinto was a restricted free agent and not under contract at the time of the suspension, no salary was forfeited.

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).[1] 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.[9] 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
  1. For coach incident totals, each citation issued to a player on his club counts toward his total.
  2. All figures are in US dollars.

Fines listed in italics indicate that was the maximum allowed fine.
 R  - 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 Amount1
October 11, 2023 Phillip Danault Los Angeles Kings Slashing Ross Colton.[10] October 12, 2023 $5,000.00
October 12, 2023 Garnet HathawayR Philadelphia Flyers Kneeing Zach Werenski.[11] October 13, 2023 $5,000.00
Totals: $10,000.00

Notes
1.^ All figures are in US dollars.

Further reading
  • "National Hockey League Official Rules 2023–2024" (PDF). NHL. 2023.
  • "Department of Player Safety FAQs". NHL. August 22, 2023. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023.
  • "NHL Department of Player Safety Education Videos". NHL. May 27, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
  • Glasner, Daniel (March 24, 2014). "Goal: Transparent NHL Player Discipline. Assist: Labour Law". Canadian Lawyer. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2019.

See also

References
  1. "Department of Player Safety FAQs". nhl.com. August 31, 2015.
  2. "Kaliyev suspended 2 regular-season games for actions in Kings game". nhl.com. October 5, 2023.
  3. "Howden suspended 2 games for actions in Golden Knights game". nhl.com. October 11, 2023.
  4. "Andersson suspended 4 games for actions in Flames game". nhl.com. October 21, 2023.
  5. "NHL suspends Pinto 41 games for violating League's sports wagering rules". nhl.com. October 26, 2023.
  6. "Flames' Andersson to appeal four-game suspension". tsn.ca. October 22, 2023.
  7. "Commissioner Bettman Upholds Four-Game Suspension Assessed to Flames' Andersson". NHL.com. October 24, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  8. Elliotte Friedman [@FriedgeHNIC] (October 26, 2023). "Told Pinto's suspension officially begins with Game 1 of Ottawa's season, and is not dependent on him signing a contract" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. "NHL announces rules changes for 2014-15 season". nhl.com. September 11, 2014.
  10. "Danault fined $5,000 for actions in Kings game". nhl.com. October 12, 2023.
  11. "Hathaway fined $5,000 for actions in Flyers game". nhl.com. October 13, 2023.
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