Toronto Maple Leafs rookie Mikhail Grabovski has been issued a three-game suspension from the NHL for pushing linesman Scott Cherrey who was keeping Grabovski away from Montreal's Sergei Kostitsyn after tempers had flared.
There is an automatic three-game suspension in the NHL for abuse of an official.
Grabovski, who was traded to the Maple Leafs from the Canadiens in the off-season has 23 points in 41 games this season.