Washington Capitals Suspension History
This is a list of suspensions by the National Hockey League given to the Washington Capitals over the years. The list may not be complete until more information is discovered, especially in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. This does not include team suspensions. Corrections? Clarifications? E-mail us.
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Date | Player | Games | Infraction | Source |
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2022-11-11 | Nicolas Aube-Kubel | 3 | Illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay’s Cal Foote. | Source |
2022-10-17 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | 1 | High-sticking | Source |
2022-01-18 | Dmitry Orlov | 2 | Kneeing Winnipeg’s Nikolaj Ehlers. | Source |
2021-09-26 | Dylan McIlrath | 4 | Illegal check to the head of the Boston Bruins’ Steven Fogarty | Source |
2021-03-05 | Tom Wilson | 7 | Boarding Boston's Brandon Carlo. | Source |
2020-01-25 | Alex Ovechkin | 1 | Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. | Source |
2019-11-18 | Garnet Hathaway | 3 | Spitting at Anaheim’s Erik Gudbranson. | Source |
2019-09-09 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | 3 | Inappropriate conduct. | Source |
2019-01-26 | Alex Ovechkin | 1 | Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. | Source |
2018-09-30 | Tom Wilson | 14 | Illegal check to the head of St. Louis’s Oskar Sundqvist. Originally got 20 games but it was reduced. | Source |
2018-05-01 | Tom Wilson | 3 | Illegal check to the head of Pittsburgh's Zach Aston-Reese. | Source |
2017-10-01 | Tom Wilson | 4 | Boarding St. Louis's Samuel Blais. | Source |
2017-09-22 | Tom Wilson | 2 | Interference against St. Louis’s Robert Thomas. | Source |
2017-03-11 | Kevin Shattenkirk | 2 | Charging L.A.'s Kevin Gravel. | Source |
2016-04-30 | Brooks Orpik | 3 | Interference against Olli Maatta. | Source |
2016-01-31 | Alex Ovechkin | 1 | Automatic suspension for missing NHL All-Star Game. | Source |
2016-01-07 | Marcus Johansson | 2 | Illegal check to the head of Islanders' Thomas Hickey. | Source |
2016-01-05 | Zach Sill | 2 | Boarding Boston's Adam McQuaid. | Source |
2014-03-02 | Dmitry Orlov | 2 | Boarding Philadelphia's Brayden Schenn. | Source |
2013-02-01 | John Erskine | 3 | Elbowing Philadelphia's Wayne Simmonds. | Source |
2012-04-14 | Nicklas Backstrom | 1 | Cross-checking Boston’s Rich Peverley. | Source |
2012-03-08 | Mike Green | 3 | Illegal hit to the head of Brett Connolly. | Source |
2012-01-22 | Alex Ovechkin | 3 | Charging Pittsburgh's Zbynek Michalek. | Source |
2010-03-15 | Alex Ovechkin | 2 | Boarding Chicago's Brian Campbell. | Source |
2010-01-30 | Mike Green | 3 | Elbowing Michael Frolik in the head. | Source |
2009-12-01 | Alex Ovechkin | 2 | Knee-on-knee hit against Tim Gleason. | Source |
2009-04-27 | Donald Brashear | 5 | Blind-side hit on Rangers' Blair Betts. | Source |
2009-04-27 | Donald Brashear | 1 | Contact with Rangers' Colton Orr during warmups. | Source |
2006-12-30 | Donald Brashear | 1 | Punching Rangers' Aaron Ward. | Source |
2006-11-23 | Donald Brashear | 3 | Fighting. | Source |
2006-11-23 | Brian Sutherby | 1 | Fighting. | Source |
2004-02-23 | Rick Berry | 1 | Spearing. | Source |
2004-01-29 | Jason Doig | 2 | Kneeing Carolina's Kevyn Adams. | Source |
2004-01-25 | Ted Leonsis (Owner) | 4 | Suspended one week for altercation with a fan. | Source |
2001-04-05 | Chris Simon | 2 | Elbowing Florida's Anders Eriksson. | Source |
2000-11-17 | Joe Reekie | 2 | Elbowing Jeremy Roenick in the head. | Source |
2000-10-17 | Richard Zednik | 4 | Cross-checking Adam Foote. | Source |
2000-04-13 | Chris Simon | 1 | Cross-checking in a playoff game against Pittsburgh's Peter Popovic. | Source |
1999-09-25 | George McPhee (General manager) | 10 | Fight with Chicago Coach Lorne Molleken after a preseason game. Suspended one month. | Source |
1998-11-23 | Craig Berube | 3 | Abuse of official. | Source |
1998-11-21 | Richard Zednik | 4 | High-sticking Toronto's Daniil Markov. | Source |
1997-11-23 | Craig Berube | 1 | Offensive comment. | Source |
1997-11-12 | Chris Simon | 3 | Offensive comment. | Source |
1997-02-05 | Peter Bondra | 1 | Kneeing on Ray Sheppard. | Source |
1997-01-15 | Craig Berube | 1 | Slashing/Intent to injure Ottawa's Dennis Vial. | Source |
1995-12-23 | Craig Berube | 10 | Leaving the bench to fight Nick Kypreos. | Source |
1995-05-18 | Michal Pivonka | 3 | High stick in playoff game against Pittsburgh's Kjell Samuelsson. | Source |
1994-01-02 | Enrico Ciccone | 1 | Third game misconduct of season. | Source |
1993-04-28 | Dale Hunter | 21 | Hit on Pierre Turgeon during playoff game. | Source |
1993-01-31 | Kevin Hatcher | 1 | Second stick-related game misconduct penalty. | Source |
1992-01-26 | Todd Krygier | 1 | Third game misconduct of the season. | Source |
1991-03-24 | Al Iafrate | 1 | Third game misconduct of season. | Source |
1991-02-27 | John Kordic | 1 | Obscene gesture. | Source |
1991-02-10 | Dale Hunter | 4 | Checking Gord Murphy. | Source |
1990-02-27 | Scott Stevens | 3 | Fighting Chicago's Dave Manson. | Source |
1990-02-25 | Alan May | 1 | Third game misconduct of the season. | Source |
1987-10-11 | Bryan Murray (Coach) | 3 | Coach got into off-ice confrontation with linseman. | Source |
1986-09-27 | Greg Adams | 3 | Fight in exhibition game. | Source |
1985-04-08 | Mikko Leinonen | 1 | Irregularities with his signing. | Source |
1983-03-05 | Randy Holt | 1 | Third game misconduct of season. | Source |
1982-04-02 | Lee Norwood | 1 | Third game misconduct of season. | Source |
1982-03-27 | Randy Holt | 2 | Abuse of linesman Paul Flaherty while trying to engage in a fight. | Source |
1982-03-27 | Torrie Robertson | 1 | Third game misconduct of the season. | Source |
1980-10-11 | Bob Kelly | 3 | Leaving the bench to fight Philadelphia's Gary Morrison in preseason. Later rescinded. | Source |
1978-12-04 | Tommy Rowe | 2 | Shoving a lineman. | Source |
1978-03-26 | Gord Lane | 1 | Instigating a brawl. | Source |
1978-03-24 | Gord Lane | 1 | Leaving penalty box to fight New York Rangers' Nick Fotiu. | Source |
1977-03-27 | Bill Riley | 1 | Third game misconduct of the season. | Source |
1976-11-09 | Tony White | 5 | Fighting with Vancouver's Mike Walton. | AP, Nov. 13, 1976 |
1975-09-25 | Mike Marson | 1 | Throwing his stick at Toronto's bench in preseason game. | AP, Oct. 5, 1975 |