NEW YORK – Los Angeles Kings forward Tanner Jeannot has been suspended three games for making an illegal check to the head of Vancouver player Brock Boeser.
The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the ban Friday after a telephone hearing with Jeannot.
Jeannot received a match penalty and was ejected from the team’s game Thursday night in LA for the shoulder-to-head hit that injured Boeser.
“It is Jeannot who controls this hit, and he chooses an angle that cuts straight through the front of Boeser, missing his core and making his head the main point of contact,” the league said in a video explaining the suspension . . “For Jeannot to deliver this check, he needs to stay low and take an angle that hits through Boeser’s shoulder and core, rather than an angle that makes the head the main point of contact.”
Jeannot will miss the Kings’ upcoming games against Columbus, Calgary and Colorado, losing $41,641 in salary. He is eligible to return on Nov. 16 against Detroit.
The 27-year-old has two points in Los Angeles’ 15 games this season.
