{"id":544410,"date":"2026-04-06T21:55:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/544410\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:55:27","slug":"panthers-eetu-luostarinen-fined-for-high-sticking-penguins-rickard-rakell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/544410\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers\u2019 Eetu Luostarinen fined for high-sticking Penguins\u2019 Rickard Rakell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the NHL fined Florida Panthers forward Eetu Luostarinen $5,000 by the NHL for high-sticking Pittsburgh Penguins forward Rickard Rakell during a game at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday, which the Penguins won, 5-2.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at 2:33 of the second period and Luostarinen was assessed a double minor penalty for high-sticking as Rakell was bloodied.<\/p>\n<p>As Rakell skated behind Florida\u2019s net and emerged to the left of the cage, Luostarinen struck the left side of Rakell\u2019s head with his stick.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TimeToHunt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TimeToHunt<\/a> F Eetu Luostarinen has been fined $5,000 (max allowable under CBA) for high-sticking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsGoPens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LetsGoPens<\/a> F Rickard Rakell. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sTzMtkdKH8\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/sTzMtkdKH8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PuckReportNHL\/status\/2041213762644898053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rakell completed the game without any apparent serious injury and even scored two goals.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the first time Luostarinen has been subject to supplemental discipline \u2013 either a fine or suspension \u2013 in his seven-year NHL career.<\/p>\n<p>The fine total is the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and NHLPA. All money goes to the Players\u2019 Emergency Assistance Fund, an endeavor that aids former players facing financial hardship.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Monday, the NHL fined Florida Panthers forward Eetu Luostarinen $5,000 by the NHL for high-sticking Pittsburgh Penguins&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5113],"tags":[5,4,118,1469,100,5216],"class_list":{"0":"post-544410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-penguins","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-penguins","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","13":"tag-pittsburghpenguins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116359995383482512","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544410","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=544410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}