The NHL suspended Islanders forwards Trevor Gillies for nine games, Matt Martin for four and handed the club a $100,000 fine late Saturday night for their actions in a fight-filled win over the Penguins. Only Pittsburgh enforcer Eric Godard was punished on the Penguins side by the league as he received an automatic 10-game suspension for leaving the bench Friday night to join a third-period brawl. Gillies received the ban was for delivering a blow to the head of Penguins forward Eric Tangradi and punching him several times, leaving him with concussion-like symptoms that will keep him out for at least Sunday's game against the Rangers. Martin was suspended for punching Penguins forward Maxime Talbot from behind.

The NHL suspended Islanders forwards Trevor Gillies for nine games, Matt Martin for four and handed the club a $100,000 fine late Saturday night for their actions in a fight-filled win over the Penguins. Only enforcer Eric Godard was punished on the Penguins side by the league as he received an automatic 10-game suspension for leaving the bench Friday night to join a third-period brawl.

Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke has received a four-game suspension for a hit from behind in Tuesday's game against Columbus, according to a source. Cooke was called for a phone hearing with the league on Wednesday. "The league does a great job assessing stuff," Cooke said Tuesday night. "If they call, then I'll listen." Cooke was issued a five-minute major for charging on Tuesday night for a hit on Blue Jackets defenseman Fedor Tyutin. The hit sent Tyutin face-first into the glass.

Bruins forward Daniel Paille was suspended four games by the league Friday for his blindside hit to Stars forward Raymond Sawada in Thursday night's game in Boston. Paille had a Friday morning disciplinary hearing via conference call with league vice president of hockey operations Mike Murphy. He got a match penalty for his hit on Sawada in the second period of Boston's 6-3 win.