{"id":449389,"date":"2026-02-06T20:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/449389\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T20:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:20:11","slug":"tampa-bay-lightnings-curtis-douglas-fined-maximum-allowable-under-cba-for-role-in-fight-against-florida-panthers-niko-mikkola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/449389\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Lightning\u2019s Curtis Douglas fined maximum allowable under CBA for role in fight against Florida Panthers\u2019 Niko Mikkola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/tampa-bay-lightning\/14\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/tampa-bay-lightning\/14\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/curtis-douglas\/8480876\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/curtis-douglas\/8480876\" target=\"_blank\">Curtis Douglas<\/a> was fined the maximum allowable amount under the Collective Bargaining Agreement for serving as the aggressor in an altercation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/florida-panthers\/13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/florida-panthers\/13\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Panthers<\/a> defenceman <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>, it was announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The announcement was made by the Department of Player Safety, and the total of the fine was $2,018.23.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tampa Bay\u2019s Curtis Douglas has been fined $2,018.23, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for serving as the aggressor in an altercation with Florida\u2019s Niko Mikkola.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety\/status\/2019854412030578937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">With the Lightning in firm control and leading 4-0 in the third period, Mikkola knocked Lightning superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/nikita-kucherov\/8476453\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/nikita-kucherov\/8476453\" target=\"_blank\">Nikita Kucherov<\/a> to the ice with a shoulder as Kucherov skated after a blown whistle. As Mikkola skated to the bench, a fight broke out between star players <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/matthew-tkachuk\/8479314\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/matthew-tkachuk\/8479314\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Tkachuk<\/a> for the Panthers and the Lightning\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/brandon-hagel\/8479542\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/brandon-hagel\/8479542\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Hagel<\/a>, in a continuation of what has been a chippy series between state rivals this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Nine players received game misconducts for their roles in the melee, including Panthers head coach Paul Maurice. Just over two minutes later, Douglas took aim at Mikkola and was given a 10 minute aggressor penalty on top of a five minute major for fighting. Mikkola was not assessed a penalty on the play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Lightning would go on to 6-1, extending their winning streak to five games and pushing their atop the Atlantic Division standings to six points entering the Olympic break.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Lightning centre Curtis Douglas was fined the maximum allowable amount under the Collective Bargaining Agreement for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5105],"tags":[4759,5,189,4,540,92,33549,5168,5167],"class_list":{"0":"post-449389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-lightning","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-lightning","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-tampa-bay","13":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","14":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-14","15":"tag-tampabay","16":"tag-tampabaylightning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116025545479782828","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}