NHL star suspended after latest brutal hit led to second game misconduct

Dallas Stars right winger Mikko Rantanen was suspended for one competition on Sunday after he picked up his second championship misconduct of the season against the Calgary Flames The case occurred in the final minute of the second period Rantanen skated behind Flames forward Matt Coronato and hit him into the boards Coronato was bleeding heavily from the face and Rantanen hit the showers early CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM Dallas Mikko Rantanen has been automatically suspended for one battle under Rule Physical Infractions Category the NHL Department of Athlete Safety reported in a report In regular season League games any sportsman who incurs a total of two championship misconduct penalties in the Physical Infractions Category before playing consecutive regular season League games without such penalty shall be suspended automatically for the next League encounter of his company It was the second boarding major and challenge misconduct in a span of six periods for Rantanen He was ejected from the final minute of Tuesday s loss against the New York Islanders after he received a penalty for boarding on a hit on Alexander Romanov OHL SUSPENDS LUKE DRAGUSICA FOR REMAINDER OF SEASON AFTER VIOLENT HEAD SLASHING INCIDENTRantanen leads the NHL with penalty minutes five more than Washington Capitals winger Tom Wilson He has goals and assists for the Stars this season Dallas ended up losing to Calgary - in a shootout The Stars were able to force the extra periods with goals from Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz in the third period But the Flames Nazem Kadri scored the shootout goal that proved to be the difference-maker Dallas plays the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday The Associated Press contributed to this analysis Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter