Rangers' Lemieux to be suspended for hit on Avalanche's Donskoi

New York Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux will be suspended for his check on Colorado Avalanche forward Joonas Donskoi on Wednesday night, the NHL's Department of Player Safety announced Friday.

The length of the suspension will be determined once resumption of play guidelines have been established.

Lemieux caught Donskoi with a hit to the head late in the third period of Colorado's 3-2 overtime victory. The Avalanche winger left the game and didn't return.

The officials handed Lemieux a two-minute interference minor.

He's been suspended once before at the NHL level, earning a two-game ban while playing for the Winnipeg Jets for a hit to the head of then-Florida Panthers forward Vincent Trocheck in November 2018.