{"id":7981,"date":"2017-03-23T18:18:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T22:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=7981"},"modified":"2017-03-23T18:18:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T22:18:32","slug":"rasmus-ristolainen-suspended-three-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/03\/23\/rasmus-ristolainen-suspended-three-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasmus Ristolainen Suspended for Three Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The NHL Department of Player Safety has announced a three game suspension for Buffalo Sabres defenseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/ristora01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rasmus Ristolainen<\/a>.<\/strong> The suspension came as a result of interference on Pittsburgh Penguins forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/guentja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Guentzel<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Buffalo\u2019s Rasmus Ristolainen suspended three games for interference on Pittsburgh\u2019s Jake Guentzel.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety\/status\/845005646017806336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/ristora01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rasmus Ristolainen<\/a> Suspended for Three Games<\/h3>\n<p>Ristolainen, 22, was given a five-minute\u00a0interference major as a result of the play, as well as a game misconduct. Guentzel, also 22, reportedly received a concussion from the hit. Sabres head coach <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bylsmda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Bylsma<\/a><\/strong> was quoted as saying, <a href=\"http:\/\/buffalonews.com\/2017\/03\/21\/ristolainen-watches-sabres-loss-sit\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t like the fact that he got ejected<\/a>&#8220;, adding that it was an unfortunate event. Ristolainen will forfeit $90,000 due to the suspension, all of which will be given to the Player&#8217;s Emergency Assistance Fund. The play occurred in the neutral zone, as Guentzel attempted to track an eventually-intercepted pass. The Penguins went on to win the game by a score of 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the hit, Guentzel collapsed to the ice, before being helped off. He appeared to have obtained a cut on the play, as blood covered his visor and forehead.<\/p>\n<p>Ristolainen will be eligible to return April 2nd against the New York Islanders. He will miss games against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, and Colmubus Blue Jackets. He has participated in all 74 contests for the Sabres this year, tallying five goals and 44 points in the process. He ranks third on the Sabres in points, behind <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/eicheja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Eichel<\/a><\/strong> (50) and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/oreilry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan O&#8217;Reilly<\/a><\/strong> (48). He also leads the team in ice-time, averaging 26:43 per game.<\/p>\n<p>Ristolainen has not received a suspension or fine from the league prior to this incident. The Finnish defender was drafted eighth overall by the Sabres in the 2014 NHL entry draft, and is playing his third full season in Buffalo. The Sabres currently find themselves placed 24th in the league, 14th in the Western Conference, and seventh in the Atlantic Division. Guentzel, meanwhile, is playing in his first full NHL campaign, and has put up 25 points in 35 games (a 59-point pace).<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=34H6A6JEQ24<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/647302702\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 67.676768% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/647302702?et=eZV6SE8vSwdbQFrut0nPoA&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=84ZZhc9TFaQDxgpvExnMUJltMBY5RSnSQNHbzHTU5Is=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"402\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The NHL Department of Player Safety has announced a three game suspension for Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen. The suspension came as a result of interference on Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jake Guentzel. Buffalo\u2019s Rasmus Ristolainen suspended three games for interference on Pittsburgh\u2019s Jake Guentzel. &mdash; NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) March 23, 2017 Rasmus Ristolainen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":987,"featured_media":7985,"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":[3,34],"tags":[182,37,906,38,44,214],"class_list":["post-7981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sabres","category-news","tag-buffalo-sabres","tag-hockey","tag-jake-guentzel","tag-nhl","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-rasmus-ristolainen"],"modified_by":"Griffin Schroeder (Associate Editor)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7981","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\/987"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}