Boston Bruins forward Zac Rinaldo was issued a five-game suspension on Tuesday for his check to the head of Tampa Bay Lightning center Cedric Paquette.
Rinaldo had a hearing with the NHL department of safety on Tuesday.
He was issued a minor penalty for an illegal check to the head in the first period of a 4-1 loss in Boston on Sunday.
Paquette was playing the puck in his own corner when Rinaldo caught him with a high hit across the right side of his head.