After being tossed twice in less than a week, Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen will now serve an automatic one-game suspension.

Rantanen’s latest game misconduct came Saturday at the Saddledome, when he was assessed a major for boarding after a blatant hit from behind on Calgary Flames winger Matt Coronato.

Coronato needed significant stitching to close a gash on the bridge of his nose.

Rantanen, 29, had also received a five-minute penalty for boarding — and a game misconduct — four nights earlier for a controversial check on New York Islanders defenceman Alexander Romanov.

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“I thought it was a terrible hit,” said Flames head coach Ryan Huska of Rantanen’s cheap shot on Coronato. “Didn’t we just see that on TV? I didn’t thin

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