Tony DeAngelo banned 2 games for spearing Corey Perry

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Tony DeAngelo has been suspended two games for spearing Tampa Bay Lightning forward Corey Perry on Tuesday, the Department of Player Safety announced.

DeAngelo received a five-minute major and a game misconduct for spearing Perry below the equator.

DeAngelo said postgame that he didn't intend to catch Perry in the nether regions.

"I was trying to give him a little shot," DeAngelo said, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer's Olivia Reiner. "I wasn't looking for it to go there."

The incident occurred with 2:40 remaining in the contest and the Flyers trailing 4-2. They eventually lost 5-2. Perry's teammates mobbed DeAngelo immediately after he speared the forward.

DeAngelo said he wanted to fight but that Perry wouldn't answer the bell.

"He tried to slash my stick out of my hands the second beforehand," DeAngelo said. "He talks all game. So, (I) asked him to fight. (Perry) doesn't want to fight. He'll tell you that he's asked me to fight for years. I don't say no. So there's not much of an argument there."

DeAngelo added that he's upset he didn't get to throw a few punches after the Lightning came to Perry's defense.

"I took 30 punches on the ground," he said. "And when I get up, they don't let me do what I got to do. So it's whatever."

This marks the second suspension of the 27-year-old's seven-year career. The league banned DeAngelo for three games in 2017 while with the Arizona Coyotes for verbal abuse toward an official.