{"id":36893,"date":"2018-10-15T23:37:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T03:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=36893"},"modified":"2018-10-15T23:37:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T03:37:51","slug":"florida-panthers-mike-matheson-two-game-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/10\/15\/florida-panthers-mike-matheson-two-game-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Panthers Mike Matheson Faces Two Game Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL Department of Player Safety announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida Panthers<\/a> defenseman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mathemi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Matheson<\/a> has been suspended for two games. The league called the hit a combination of interference and unsportsmanlike conduct. This is the first suspension of Matheson&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Florida\u2019s Mike Matheson suspended two games for interference\/unsportsmanlike conduct on Vancouver\u2019s Elias Pettersson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dw2BZfVIvL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Dw2BZfVIvL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety\/status\/1051956761572401154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Mike Matheson Suspended For Two Games<\/h1>\n<p>Matheson will miss two games and will forfeit US $52,419.36 in salary due to a controversial hit on <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vancouver\u00a0Canucks<\/a> rookie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/petteel01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elias Pettersson<\/a>. As a result, the Canucks 2017\u00a0first round draft pick will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/10\/15\/vancouver-canucks-elias-petterson-and-jay-beagle-out-with-injuries\/\" target=\"_self\">miss one-to-two weeks with a concussion<\/a>.\u00a0There was no penalty on the play, however. And the Panthers\u00a0lost the game by 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>So far this season,\u00a0the 24-year-old has failed to register a point in three games played. His possession numbers are 48.6 percent Corsi\u00a0and a relative Corsi of -6.7.<\/p>\n<p>Drafted by the Panthers in 2012, Matheson has 168 games of experience under his belt. He has posted 17 goals and 44 assists during that time.<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means For The Future<\/h2>\n<p>Although a two-game suspension is considered minor to some standards, the Panthers are yet again off to a slow start. They have yet to win a game and have two tough games against the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/flyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philidelphia Flyers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/capitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Capitals<\/a> before the top six defensemen\u00a0can return on Saturday. After marginally\u00a0missing out on the playoffs last season, the Panthers aim to do better this season.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s doubtful this minor suspension will have a great deal of impact on a whole. But it does make Matheson a target for the future.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear who will replace Matheson in the meantime. It is likely to mean a reshuffle with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccosia01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ian McCoshen<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/macdoja02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob MacDonald<\/a> filling the gap in depth if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"B5Cox00rTh1xnyRIZBc37w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/523922754\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'B5Cox00rTh1xnyRIZBc37w',sig:'gjmg5CGxXJ0TNH58KuiBCq3qaCgXRaTk0jZYnIAqFFQ=',w:'594px',h:'456px',items:'523922754',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL Department of Player Safety announced that Florida Panthers defenseman Mike Matheson has been suspended for two games. The league called the hit a combination of interference and unsportsmanlike conduct. This is the first suspension of Matheson&#8217;s career. Florida\u2019s Mike Matheson suspended two games for interference\/unsportsmanlike conduct on Vancouver\u2019s Elias Pettersson. https:\/\/t.co\/Dw2BZfVIvL \u2014 NHL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2344,"featured_media":36899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,26],"tags":[932,106,37,3766,38,158],"class_list":["post-36893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-panthers","category-canucks","tag-elias-pettersson","tag-florida-panthers","tag-hockey","tag-mike-matheson","tag-nhl","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"modified_by":"Ariel Melendez","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}