Florida Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov has received his punishment from the NHL. <h2>Panthers Defenseman Suspended After Hit On Lightning Forward</h2> The blueliner received a match penalty in his last game after a hit on Lightning forward Conor Sheary. The call not only gave the Lightning a major powerplay, but it also negated a Panthers goal that had occurred on the play. <q>Dmitry Kulikov gets a match penalty for an illegal check to the head AND Florida gets their goal waived off 😅</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/GinoHard_/status/1769141558824087701'> </a></blockquote></div> The Department of Player Safety responded yesterday, announcing that the Panther would have a hearing with them today. <q>Florida's Dmitry Kulikov will have a hearing tomorrow for an illegal check to the head on Tampa Bay's Conor Sheary.</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1769471214781644862'> </a></blockquote></div> The hearing resulted in a two game suspension. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/nhlplayersafety/status/1769835995736703232?s=46&t=o-Q0QckAboRGrsPBT1vFrQ'> </a></blockquote></div>