Predators' McCarron suspended 2 games for illegal head check

Updated Apr. 11, 2021 4:07 p.m. ET

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NEW YORK (AP) — Nashville Predators forward Michael McCarron was suspended two games Sunday for an illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay’s Yanni Gourde.

McCarron was given a match penalty for an illegal check to the head and thrown out of the

The NHL's department of player safety

McCarron will forfeit $12,069 as part of the suspension. It’s the first supplemental discipline of his 74-game NHL career.

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