Ottawa Senators forward Ridly Greig suspended after Carolina Hurricanes playoff Game 4 altercation incident

Global Sports Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / May 05, 2026, 16:55 IST

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Ottawa Senators forward Ridly Greig suspended after Carolina Hurricanes playoff Game 4 altercation incident

Ottawa Senators' Ridly Greig speaks to media during a year end press conference in Ottawa, on Monday, April 27, 2026. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)

The Ottawa Senators forward Ridley Greig was suspended by NHL Player Safety after a controversial incident in Game 4 against the Carolina Hurricanes. Greig did that in a scrum midway through a playoff that provided lots of chatter in the NHL news roundup and postseason coverage, and the suspension followed.Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Sean Walker was part of a late-game playoff scrap. The NHL Player Safety has reviewed the sequence and has determined that discipline is warranted. Mostly, before the start of the 2026-27 National Hockey League season.

Ridly Greig incident shocks Ottawa Senators Carolina and Hurricanes playoff series

Ridly Greig shocked the Ottawa Senators and the Carolina Hurricanes playoff series by being suspended by NHL Player Safety for two regular-season games next season.The event took place when Games 4 during a hot scrum with Sean Walker tied up between Ottawa Senators forwards Warren Foegele and Taylor Hall by the boards. Ridly Greig joined the fight a few minutes later and threw a gloved upper-cut punch at the Carolina Hurricanes defenseman. The referees refrained from imposing a penalty on the field, but the review of videos has quickly become one of the hot topics in terms of the NHL reports and discussions after the games.

NHL Player Safety later explained that the actions of Ridley Greig were over the line since Sean Walker was already playing with another player when the punch came in. The department considered the play as unnecessary physicalizing in an already physical playoff match-up.The suspension implies that Ridly Greig will miss the first two games of the regular season that the Ottawa Senators will play in 2026-27.The Game 4 event immediately went viral both over NHL match results coverage and social media reactions. Many observers wondered how on-ice referees could have not hit Stanley Cup playoff hockey player Ridly Greig with a penalty.The suspension announcement was preceded by heavy hits, scrums, and emotional clashes in the Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes series.