Feb 18, 2018
Wood suspended two games for boarding
New Jersey Devils forward Miles Wood has been suspended two games for boarding Tampa Bay’s Vladislav Namestnikov, NHL Player Safety announced.
The Canadian Press
NEW YORK — New Jersey forward Miles Wood has been suspended for two games by the NHL for a blindside hit on Tampa Bay forward Vladislav Namestnikov.
The league's department of player safety issued its ruling Sunday, a day after the Devils' 4-3 win at the Lightning.
Wood was near the middle of the ice in the Tampa Bay zone and hardly broke stride in ramming Namestnikov face-first into the boards an instant after the Lighting player chipped the puck out of the zone. Wood was penalized for both boarding and roughing.
The suspension will cost Wood just under $10,000 in pay.