Oleg Yashin banned for 1 game

In the penultimate minute of Sunday’s game in Helsinki between Jokerit and Atlant, visiting forward Oleg Yashin was handed a major plus game misconduct penalty (5+20 minutes) for spearing, after clearly using his stick to jab Jokerit defenseman Atte Ohtamaa. The KHL Disciplinary Committee upholds the match referee’s decision, and has suspended Yashin for one game.