<p><a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/dallas-stars/line-combinations">Dallas Stars’</a> forward Mikko Rantanen was automatically suspended one game after receiving his second game misconduct in a week, according to a statement from the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety on Sunday, following Saturday’s game against the <a href="https://flamesnation.ca/">Calgary Flames</a>.</p>



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<p>According to NHL Player Safety, a player will receive a one-game suspension if they receive two game misconducts before playing in 41 consecutive regular-season games. </p>



<p>Rantanen was ejected late in the second period during the Stars-Flames game after delivering a hit from behind on Calgary forward Matt Coronato. Rantanen received a five-minute major and a game misconduct. </p>



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<p>The Flames won the game 3-2. </p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="133"></div>



<p><a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/dallas-stars-mikko-rantanen-new-york-islanders-alex-romanov-hit-from-behind-game-misconduct-patrick-roy-glen-gulutzan">The first incident occurred last Tuesday</a> during the Stars’ 3-2 loss to the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/new-york-islanders/line-combinations">New York Islanders</a>. With less than a minute to go, Rantanen shoved Alex Romanov in the back, making the Islanders’ defenseman crash into the boards.</p>



<p>A scrum ensued and Romanov was helped off the ice. Rantanen was given five and a game, and as he left the ice, New York head coach Patrick Roy screamed at the Stars’ forward.</p>



<p>“When you see the number, you have to lay off, everybody knows that,” Roy told reporters after the game. “You don’t go through the guy … to me, it’s disrespectful. That should not be part of our game.”</p>



<p>Through 22 games, Rantanen has&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/stats/skaters">10 goals and 18 assists for 28 points</a>. Since joining the Stars at the trade deadline last March, the 29-year-old winger has 15 goals and 31 assists for 46 points in 42 games. He would sign an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/dallas-stars-trade-mikko-rantanen-carolina-hurricanes-sign-eight-year-contract-extension-logan-stankoven">eight-year, $96-million contract</a>&nbsp;that will keep him in Dallas through the 2032-33 season.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="162"></div>



<p>Now in his 11th NHL season, Rantanen has 304 goals and 429 assists for 733 points in 674 regular-season games with the Stars,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/carolina-hurricanes/line-combinations">Carolina Hurricanes</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/colorado-avalanche/line-combinations">Colorado Avalanche</a>.</p>



<p>Rantanen has also played in 99 career playoff games, where he’s scored 43 goals and 80 assists for 123 points. He was a major factor in the Avalanche’s 2022 Stanley Cup championship.</p>



<p><a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/standings/2025/league">The Stars are now 13-5-4</a> with 30 points, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/standings/2025/division">second in the Central Division</a>. They are 7-2-1 <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/standings/2025/league">in their last 10 games</a>. </p>
