{"id":683068,"date":"2026-10-10T03:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/683068\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T03:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:09:12","slug":"chicago-blackhawks-frank-nazar-banned-2-games-for-illegal-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/683068\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Blackhawks: Frank Nazar banned 2 games\u00a0for illegal check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Blackhawks forward Frank Nazar was suspended for two games for an illegal check to the head of Islanders forward Bo Horvat during their game Thursday night in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The NHL\u2019s Department of Player Safety announced the suspension Friday evening. Nazar also was fined $68,041.<\/p>\n<p>Nazar, 22, will miss Saturday\u2019s home game against the defending champion Carolina Hurricanes and Tuesday\u2019s matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins.<\/p>\n<p>At the 18-minute, 27-second mark of the third period Thursday, Horvat scored on an empty net to secure a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2026\/10\/08\/chicago-blackhawks-new-york-islanders-loss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4-1 Islanders win<\/a>. Shortly after Horvat\u2019s shot, Nazar laid a hard check leading with his left shoulder into the center\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p>That drew the ire of Horvat and his teammates, leading to a fist-throwing scrum. Nazar was hit with a five-minute major, ending his night.<\/p>\n<p>Horvat is still being evaluated, per Ethan Sears of the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>It was a frustrating night for the Hawks, who lost despite having a 23-19 edge in shots on goal. Nazar scored the lone Hawks goal on a 6-on-5 at 17:26 of the third.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawks (1-4-0) have lost their first four road games in regulation for the first time since the 1997-98 season. They will play their next seven games at the United Center.<\/p>\n<p>Nazar is the first active Hawks player to be suspended since the league issued a four-game ban on forward Brett Connolly for interference on Dec. 19, 2021. Connolly also was fined $70,000 for the hit on former Stars forward Tanner Kero that forced him out of action for 25 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago Blackhawks forward Frank Nazar was suspended for two games for an illegal check to the head of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5110],"tags":[60510,3669,96,800,73357,5,122,73358,3328,159,5190,5189,4],"class_list":["post-683068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-islanders","tag-blackhawks-islanders","tag-bo-horvat","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-frank-nazar","tag-frank-nazar-suspension","tag-hockey","tag-islanders","tag-nazar-suspension","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkislanders","tag-nhl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117414419738701045","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683068","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=683068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}