2015–16 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2015–16 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 (186) 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 2016 post-season game

# - Suspension was later reduced upon further review/successful appeal; information presented in italics

- 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 San Jose Sharks Illegal check to the head of Jakob Silfverberg. 41 games $440,860.29 Montreal Canadiens Suspended indefinitely for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Program. 2 31 games $602,150.54 Tampa Bay Lightning Boarding Curtis McKenzie. 2 games $7,983.88 Colorado Avalanche Charging and interference against Simon Despres. 3 games $41,935.47 Dallas Stars Elbowing Nick Bonino. 2 games $36,559.14 Ottawa Senators Illegal check to the head of Landon Ferraro. 2 games $37,634.40 Colorado Avalanche Illegal check to the head of Brad Marchand. 2 games $59,907.84 Columbus Blue Jackets Cross-checking Sidney Crosby. 1 game $31,451.61 Philadelphia Flyers Illegal check to the head of Mika Zibanejad. 3 games $15,994.62 Anaheim Ducks Illegal check to the head of Justin Faulk. 3 games $25,806.45 Boston Bruins Interference against Jiri Tlusty. 2 games $19,354.84 Boston Bruins Clipping Mark Borowiecki. 3 games $164,634.15 Washington Capitals Boarding Adam McQuaid. 2 games $6,182.80 Washington Capitals Illegal check to the head of Thomas Hickey. 2 games $40,322.58 Edmonton Oilers Boarding Aaron Ekblad. 3 games $29,838.72 New Jersey Devils Interference against Dmitrij Jaskin. 4 games $12,365.60 Los Angeles Kings Roughing Kevin Connauton. 1 game $32,258.06 Anaheim Ducks Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. 3 20 games $366,935.48 Calgary Flames Physical abuse of official Don Henderson. 20 games# $564,516.20 $282,258.10 Washington Capitals Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. 1 gameN/A Chicago Blackhawks Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. 1 gameN/A Winnipeg Jets High-sticking Nick Holden. 1 game$23,387.10 Toronto Maple Leafs Elbowing Ryan McDonagh. 3 games$47,580.66 St. Louis Blues Boarding Matt Tennyson. 3 games$18,145.17 Boston Bruins Illegal check to the head of Cedric Paquette. 5 games$51,829.25 Arizona Coyotes Automatic suspension for instigating a fight during the final five minutes of a game. 1 game$4,641.58 Edmonton Oilers Aggressing Roman Polak. 3 games$13,924.74 Arizona Coyotes Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. 5 20 games$207,439.02 Colorado Avalanche Cross-checking Simon Despres. 3 games$203,832.75 Columbus Blue Jackets Punching an unsuspecting Nikita Kucherov. 1 game$5,779.57 Philadelphia Flyers Elbowing Jonathan Toews. 2 games$7,661.30 Columbus Blue Jackets Interference against Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. 4 games$82,926.84 Vancouver Canucks Interference against Roman Polak. 2 games$9,614.70 Chicago Blackhawks High-sticking Charlie Coyle. 6 games‡ (5 regular season + 1 post-season)$148,883.35 Toronto Maple Leafs Cross-checking Luke Glendening. 4 games$200,000.00 Philadelphia Flyers Checking Dmitry Orlov from behind. 1 game‡ N/A Chicago Blackhawks Using a homophobic slur towards an official. 6 1 game‡ N/A Philadelphia Flyers Charging T.J. Oshie. 3 games7 N/A Washington Capitals Interference against Olli Maatta. 3 games‡ N/A Pittsburgh Penguins Interference against Marcus Johansson. 1 game‡ N/A Player totals:203 games‡ (196 regular season + 7 post-season) $3,234,519.72 All figures are in US dollars. Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health - Stage 2. Suspension completed only upon being cleared for on-ice competition by the program administrators. Kassian was reinstated by the NHL on December 15, 2015 after missing 31 games. Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health. Wideman's original suspension was for 20 games. Suspension was appealed by Wideman and the NHLPA on February 3, 2016. On February 17, 2016, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced he had heard the appeal and was upholding the original 20 game suspension levied to Wideman. The NHLPA then appealed to neutral arbitrator. On March 11, 2016, NHL/NHLPA Neutral Discipline Arbitrator, James Oldham, overruled the NHL and Bettman's 20 game suspension down to 10 games. Though Wideman had already missed 19 of his originally assessed 20 games before Oldham's decision was made, his suspension will stand as 10 games in the NHL records and his salary was refunded for the 9 games he missed. Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health. Only sixteen games remained in the Arizona Coyotes season at the time of the suspension, so the remaining four games were served at the start of the 2016–17 NHL season; as he was mid-suspension, Tinordi was also barred from playing in any 2016 preseason games. Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to sensitivity training, as a well as an additional fine (see below) as there is no salary to be forfeited in a playoff game. As the Philadelphia Flyers were eliminated from the playoffs, Schenn's suspension was instead made to be served in his first three games of the 2016–17 NHL regular season.

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. Fines listed in italics indicate that was the maximum allowed fine.

Coaches, non-playing personnel, and teams are not restricted to such maximums.

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

Date of Incident Offender Team Offense Date of Action Amount1 New Jersey Devils Tripping Seth Jones. $2,217.74 New Jersey Devils Spearing Mark Borowiecki. $2,284.95 Winnipeg Jets Elbowing Jared Spurgeon. $4,166.67 St. Louis Blues Roughing Anze Kopitar. $3,024.19 Detroit Red Wings Diving/Embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 Boston Bruins Roughing Gabriel Landeskog. $5,000.00 Vancouver Canucks Spearing Brad Marchand. $5,000.00 Ottawa Senators Diving/Embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 Vancouver Canucks Diving/Embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 Winnipeg Jets Diving/Embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 New Jersey Devils Diving/Embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 New Jersey Devils Diving/Embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 Winnipeg Jets Cross-checking Tommy Wingels. $5,000.00 Winnipeg Jets Diving/Embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 Toronto Maple Leafs Inappropriate gesture towards Mark Giordano. $5,000.00 New Jersey Devils Slew-footing Matt Cullen. $5,000.00 Arizona Coyotes Diving/Embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 Toronto Maple Leafs Diving/Embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 Edmonton Oilers Diving/Embellishment (second citation). $2,000.00 Toronto Maple Leafs Diving/Embellishment (third citation). $3,000.00 Anaheim Ducks Inappropriate gesture towards Nazem Kadri. $2,486.56 Washington Capitals Butt-ending Shayne Gostisbehere. $5,000.00 Chicago Blackhawks Inappropriate gesture towards an official.2 $5,000.00 Washington Capitals Kneeing Conor Sheary. $2,403.67 Team Vancouver Canucks Inappropriate public comments (tampering) by speaking generally to the Club's potential interest in players under contract to other NHL Clubs, following Jim Benning's comments on P.K. Subban and Steven Stamkos. $50,000.00 Player totals: $124,583.78 All figures are in US dollars. Fine accompanied by mandatory referral to sensitivity training, as a well as an additional suspension (see above) as there is no salary to be forfeited in a playoff game.

2015–16 NHL suspensions and fines

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