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 The league announced that Scott was banned without pay for
punching "an unsuspecting opponent and causing injury."
The incident took place in Anaheim on Monday at 8:18 of the second
period as the Ducks defeated the Sharks 3-2 in overtime.
Under the collective bargaining agreement, Scott is considered a
repeat offender and will forfeit $34,146.36 based on his annual
salary. The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
Scott has one goal and one assist in 15 games this season.
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The Buffalo Sabres assigned four players to the Rochester Americans
of the AHL.
Forwards Joel Armia, Mikhail Grigorenko and Tim Schaller, and
defenseman Mark Pysyk were sent down to the Sabres' AHL club.
The players were called up to fill spots on Buffalo's
injury-depleted lineup, which was missing eight regulars in the 6-3
loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning reassigned goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy to
the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League.
Vasilevskiy, 20, has appeared in three games with the Lightning this
season, posting a record of 2-1-0 to go along with a 2.01
goals-against average and .940 save percentage. He earned the
victory on Dec. 16 at Philadelphia in his NHL debut, making 23 saves
on 24 shots. (Editing by Andrew Both)
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