NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL issued an automatic one-game suspension to Mikko Rantanen on Sunday after the Dallas Stars forward's second major penalty and ejection for boarding in a span of three games.

The first suspension of Rantanen's 10-year NHL career came a day after he checked Calgary's Matt Coronato into the side boards late in the second period of the Flames' 3-2 shootout victory . Coronato bled from a cut on his nose but later returned to the game.

The league issued a statement from its department of player safety saying a player is automatically suspended for a game when he receives two game misconduct penalties, or ejections, in a span of 41 consecutive games played.

Rantanen wasn't suspended after getting a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct for pushing Islanders

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