The Department of Player Safety also determined that Tkachuk's hit was less forceful than the one delivered by Tampa Bay's Brandon Hagel on Florida captain Aleksander Barkov in Game 2, per Kaplan. Hagel’s hit resulted in a one-game suspension.

Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk, who leads this East first-round series in scoring with three goals and four points, will not receive supplemental discipline for his hit on Tampa Bay Lightning forward Jake Geuntzel in Game 3,