Kings’ Tanner Jeannot suspended 3 games for illegal checking

NHL suspended Los Angeles Kings forward Tanner Jeannot He was suspended for three games on Friday due to his high kick. Vancouver Canucks winger Brock Boeser during the Canucks’ 4-2 win on Thursday night.

Jeannot was given a match penalty and was ejected from the contest for an illegal check to the head of Boeser at 10:44 of the first period. The Canucks would later score a goal Conor Garland he took the resulting five-minute major penalty but lost out to Boeser for the balance of the contest.

The NHL Department of Player Safety, which announced Jeannot’s suspension, said the head contact on the play was “avoidable” and that Jeannot should have made his shoulder and belly area the main point of contact rather than Boeser’s head.

Boeser, who had a career year with 40 goals and 73 points in the 2023-24 season, leads Vancouver with 6 goals. His 11 points are equal with Garland and J.T. Miller back Quinn Hughes. Canucks may not have a scorer when they host Edmonton After completing a sweep of three California teams on Saturday.

Jeannot made a phone call to the Department of Player Safety on Friday after skating in an optional practice, which ensured the suspension would not exceed five games. The discipline marks the left winger’s first suspension in five NHL seasons. playing for Nashville Predators In 2022, Jeannot was fined $2,000 for kneeling Ottawa‘s Brady Tkachuk.

Kings added the 27-year-old player to their roster Tampa Bay Lightning He has two draft picks, one of which is a second-round pick in 2025. Playing with an expiring contract, Jeannot has one goal and one assist in 15 games for Los Angeles.

As of Friday morning, Kings coach Jim Hiller said no decision had been made on whether they would recall a forward from the AHL’s Ontario Reign. There are no kings Alex TurcotteA player who missed his second game in a row and suffered an upper body injury every day.

Turcotte was injured Monday when the Predators’ linebacker was injured. Jeremy Lauzon hit him. The Kings said Friday that the injury was not head-related, given the forward’s history of concussions.

“There are always injuries or incidents throughout the year,” Kings center Trevor Lewis He talked about the depth of the team. “You need depth in the organization. Come forward, friends. You may not always be able to fill in the gaps, but I think everyone should take a collective stance. “Rally up to where we need to be.”

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