{"id":373867,"date":"2025-12-28T21:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T21:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/373867\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T21:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T21:42:08","slug":"nhl-fines-anton-lundell-scott-sabourin-for-actions-in-penalty-heavy-tilt-between-panthers-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/373867\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL fines Anton Lundell, Scott Sabourin for actions in penalty-heavy tilt between Panthers, Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) \u2014 The NHL fined Florida\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/anton-lundell-549558\/8482113\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/anton-lundell-549558\/8482113\" target=\"_blank\">Anton Lundell<\/a> and Tampa Bay\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/scott-sabourin\/8477149\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/scott-sabourin\/8477149\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Sabourin<\/a> for their actions in the game between the Panthers and Lightning on Saturday night, one where the teams combined for the highest penalty total the league has seen since 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lundell was fined $5,000 for high-sticking Tampa Bay forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jake-guentzel\/8477404\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jake-guentzel\/8477404\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Guentzel<\/a> late in the second period. Sabourin was fined $2,018.23 for slashing Florida defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/niko-mikkola\/8478859\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/niko-mikkola\/8478859\" target=\"_blank\">Niko Mikkola<\/a> early in the third period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Both fines were the maximum allowed by terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The money goes to the league\u2019s emergency assistance fund for players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The teams combined to commit 45 penalties \u2014 26 by Tampa Bay, 19 by Florida. No NHL regular season game has had more penalties called since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-islanders\/2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-islanders\/2\" target=\"_blank\">New York Islanders<\/a> (34) and Pittsburgh (31) combined for 65 penalties on Feb. 11, 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tampa Bay\u2019s 26 penalties were a franchise regular season record. Florida\u2019s 19 penalties tied the fourth-most in club history for a regular season contest. The teams combined for 136 penalty minutes, second-most in the NHL this season; Edmonton and Calgary racked up a combined 154 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tampa Bay won the game, 4-2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cRivalry games, they\u2019re intense hockey,\u201d Guentzel said after the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sabourin lost money for the second time this season following a Lightning-Panthers game. He forfeited $16,145.84 in salary by getting suspended four games for his role in a preseason penalty-fest between the clubs in October, one where the sides committed 65 penalties \u2014 36 by Tampa Bay, 29 by Florida \u2014 and racked up 322 penalty minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. 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