2025–26 NHL suspensions and fines

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The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2025–26 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.

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]

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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.

Date of incidentOffenderTeam(s)Offense(s)Date of actionLengthSalary forfeited 1
June 19, 2018 Dillon Dube No teamUnacceptable off-ice conduct. 4 , 5 , [2] September 11, 2025TBDN/A
June 19, 2018 Cal Foote No teamUnacceptable off-ice conduct. 4 , 6 , [2] September 11, 2025TBDN/A
June 19, 2018 Alex Formenton Ottawa Senators Unacceptable off-ice conduct. 4 , 7 , [2] September 11, 2025TBDN/A
June 19, 2018 Carter Hart No teamUnacceptable off-ice conduct. 4 , 8 , [2] September 11, 2025TBDN/A
June 19, 2018 Michael McLeod No teamUnacceptable off-ice conduct. 4 , 9 , [2] September 11, 2025TBDN/A
October 4, 2025 Scott Sabourin Tampa Bay Lightning Roughing Aaron Ekblad. [3] October 6, 20254 games$16,145.83
October 4, 2025 J.J. Moser Tampa Bay Lightning Boarding Jesper Boqvist. [4] October 6, 20252 games$35,156.25
Player totals:6 games$51,302.08

Notes

1. ^ All figures are in US dollars.
2. ^ Fines generated for games lost due to suspension for off-ice conduct are calculated uniquely and irrespective of repeat offender status.
3. ^ As players are not paid salary in the preseason or postseason, no fines are generated for games lost due to suspension during those periods.
4. ^ On September 11, 2025, the NHL determined that Dube, Foote, Formenton, Hart, and Michael McLeod, while not under contract at the time of the suspension, would be eligible to sign an NHL contract no sooner than October 15, 2025, and eligible to play in NHL games no sooner than December 1, 2025. [2]
5. ^ Dube took an indefinite leave of absence from the Calgary Flames on January 21, 2024. [5] He missed 36 games and was released as an unrestricted free agent by the team at the end of the season; Dube sat out the entirety of the 2024–25 NHL season, for a total of 118 regular season games before the NHL's formal suspension until December 10, 2025.
6. ^ Foote took an indefinite leave of absence from the New Jersey Devils on January 24, 2024. [6] He missed 37 games and was released as an unrestricted free agent by the team at the end of the season; Foote sat out the entirety of the 2024–25 NHL season, for a total of 119 regular season games before the NHL's formal suspension.
7. ^ Unable to comes to terms on a new contract with Ottawa for the 2022–23 NHL season, Formenton signed as a restricted free agent with HC Ambri-Piotta of the National League. [7] He has not played in the NHL since April 2022, though remains on the Senators' reserve list.
8. ^ Hart took an indefinite leave of absence from the Philadelphia Flyers on January 24, 2024. [8] He missed 34 games and was released as an unrestricted free agent by the team at the end of the season; Hart sat out the entirety of the 2024–25 NHL season, for a total of 116 games before the NHL's formal suspension.
9. ^ McLeod took an indefinite leave of absence from the New Jersey Devils on January 24, 2024. [6] He missed 37 games and was released as an unrestricted free agent by the team at the end of the season; McLeod sat out the entirety of the 2024–25 NHL season, for a total of 119 regular season games before the NHL's formal suspension.

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 Number1Player Fine2Coach Fine2
1Warning (N/A)Warning (N/A)
2$2,000N/A
3$3,000N/A
4$4,000N/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 incidentOffenderTeamOffenseDate of actionAmount 1
September 30, 2025 Nick Cousins R Ottawa Senators Slashing Ivan Demidov. [10] October 1, 2025$2,148.44
September 30, 2025 Hayden Hodgson Ottawa Senators Boarding Alex Newhook. [11] October 1, 2025$2,018.23
October 2, 2025 AJ Greer Florida Panthers Roughing Brandon Hagel. [12] October 3, 2025$2,213.54
October 4, 2025 Roman Schmidt Tampa Bay Lightning Cross-checking Carter Verhaeghe. [13] October 5, 2025$2,098.52
October 4, 2025 Gage Goncalves Tampa Bay Lightning Cross-checking Evan Rodrigues. [13] October 5, 2025$3,125.00
October 4, 2025Team Tampa Bay Lightning Actions culminating in the events of a preseason game against the Florida Panthers. 2 [14] October 6, 2025$100,000.00
October 4, 2025 Jon Cooper
(head coach)		 Tampa Bay Lightning Actions culminating in the events of a preseason game against the Florida Panthers. 2 [14] October 6, 2025$25,000.00
Totals:$136,603.73

Notes

1. ^ All figures are in US dollars.
2. ^ The game, which featured 65 penalties for 312 penalty minutes and 13 game misconduct penalties, [15] saw two Lightning players suspended and a further two Lightning players fined in the aftermath.

Further reading

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Department of Player Safety FAQs". nhl.com. August 31, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NHL statement on status of Dube, Foote, Formenton, Hart, McLeod". nhl.com. September 11, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Sabourin suspended 4 games for actions in Lightning game". NHL.com. October 6, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Moser suspended 2 games for actions in Lightning game". NHL.com. October 6, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Flames Statement On Dillon Dube". Calgary Flames. January 21, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Devils Statement on McLeod and Foote". New Jersey Devils. January 24, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Sens RFA Formenton signs one-year deal in Switzerland". tsn.ca. December 14, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Hart granted indefinite leave of absence from Flyers". Philadelphia Flyers. January 24, 2024.
  9. ↑ "NHL announces rules changes for 2014-15 season". nhl.com. September 11, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Cousins fined maximum for actions in Senators game". nhl.com. October 1, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Hodgson fined maximum for actions in Senators game". nhl.com. October 1, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Greer fined maximum for actions in Panthers game". nhl.com. October 3, 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Schmidt, Goncalves fined maximum for cross-checking incidents in Lightning game". nhl.com. October 5, 2025.
  14. 1 2 "Lightning fined $100,000; Cooper $25,000 by NHL". nhl.com. October 6, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Panthers, Lightning combine for more than 300 PIMs in heated game". sportsnet.ca. Associated Press. October 5, 2025.
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