2024–25 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2024–25 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.

Suspensions

Based on each player's average annual salary, divided by number of days in the season (185) 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 2024 NHL preseason game
^‡ - suspension covered at least one 2025 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
May 13, 2024	Valeri Nichushkin	Colorado Avalanche	Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program.3	May 13, 2024	3+ games4 (6 months; 3 2024 postseason + TBD)	TBD
Player totals:					TBD	TBD

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.^ Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to Stage 3 of the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program. Under the terms of the program, Nichushkin was assessed an automatic suspension of a minimum of six months without pay before being eligible for reinstatement, barring successful completion of the program. Nichushkin was previously placed in the Player Assistance Program on January 15, 2024, and was cleared by the NHL and NHLPA on February 26 when he entered the follow-up care phase of the program.

4.^ Under the aforementioned suspension, Nichushkin missed three Avalanche playoff games, before they were eliminated in the second round.

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). 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. 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)

Notes

1.^ All figures are in US dollars.

Further reading

• "National Hockey League Official Rules 2022–2023" (PDF). NHL. 2022.
• "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

• 2023–24 NHL suspensions and fines
• 2024 in sports
• 2025 in sports
• 2024–25 NHL season
• 2024–25 NHL transactions

External links

• NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement