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Disciplinary Actions

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

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