Rangers defenseman Miller handed 3-game ban for spitting

New York RAngers defenseman K’Andre Miller was suspended for three games for unsportsmanlike conduct following an incident in which he spit in the face of Los Angeles Kings defender Drew Doughty, the NHL Player Safety department announced on Tuesday.

Additionally, Miller will forfeit $15,000 in salary, which goes to the players’ emergency assistance fund.

A scuffle broke out around three and half minutes before the end of the first period of Sunday’s game after the incident, resulting in a match penalty for Miller.

Miller did not address the media following the game against the Kings but he expressed in a social media post Monday that his actions against Doughty were “completely accidental”.