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Disciplinary Actions

Suspensions Game Incidents Connor McDavid Suspension Rulings Interference Incident Match Penalty Hearing Public Reactions Hearing NHL Player Safety Department Ryan Reaves Match Penalties Major Penalty Process Evaluation NHL Department of Player Safety Nikita Zadorov Supplemental Discipline High Sticking Cross-Checking Penalties Agent Reactions Injury Incidents

NHL Suspends Golden Knights’ Brayden McNabb One Game for Late Hit on Ducks’ Ryan Poehling

The decision sidelines a key Vegas defender in a potential series clincher.

Capitals Part Ways With Assistant Coach Kirk Muller

Parros Defends Five-Game Suspension for Gudas After Matthews’ Season-Ending Knee Injury

IIHF Rules Out Pavel Zacha for Olympics as Czechia Calls Up Filip Chlapik

Flames’ John Beecher Gets One-Game Ban for Punching Predators’ Michael McCarron

NHL Suspends Maple Leafs’ Bobby McMann One Game for High-Stick on Lightning’s Oliver Bjorkstrand

OHL Bans Brampton’s Luke Dragusica for Rest of 2025–26 After Head Slash