The Tampa Bay Lightning will be without veteran blueliner JJ Moser for the first two games of the regular season.

Moser was handed a two-game suspension for boarding Florida Panthers defenseman Jesper Boqvist in the team’s preseason finale.

The Panthers and Lightning combined for 16 ejections and 312 penalty minutes in the heated affair that drew ire from the hockey world.

Moser was given the suspension because he delivered a forceful check to the back of Boqvist straight into the boards when he had time to make a better decision, per the NHL’s Department of Player Safety. Expand Tweet

The 25-year-old defenseman threw the hit late in the first period after dumping the puck into the Florida zone. He was trailing Boqvist from behind while chasing the puck and, per the Department of

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