NEW YORK (AP) Los Angeles Kings forward Tanner Jeannot has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver's Brock Boeser.
The NHL's Department of Player Safety announced the suspension after a telephone hearing with Jeannot on Friday.
Jeannot received a match penalty and was ejected from the teams' game in LA on Thursday night for hitting Boeser in the head with his right shoulder.
“It is Jeannot who is in control of this shot, and he chooses an approach angle that passes the front of Boeser, missing his core and making his head the primary point of contact,” the league said in a video explaining the suspension . “If Jeannot wants to execute this check, he must stay low and adopt an angle that penetrates Boeser's shoulder and torso, rather than one that makes the head the primary point of contact.”
Jeannot will miss the Kings' upcoming games against Columbus, Calgary and Colorado and will forfeit $41,641 in salary. He is eligible to return Nov. 16 against Detroit.
The 27-year-old has two points in Los Angeles' 15 games this season.
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