Senators’ Borowiecki gets three-game ban

Ottawa Senators defenceman Mark Borowiecki has been suspended for the second time in less than a week. The NHL’s department of player safety announced Monday night that Borowiecki was handed a threegame suspension without pay for an illegal check to the head of Vegas Golden Knights forward Cody Eakin. The incident occurred at 15:24 of the first period in Ottawa’s 4-3 overtime loss against Vegas on Sunday. Borowiecki was assessed a major penalty for charging and a game misconduct. The 29-year-old is considered a repeat offender and will forfeit US$43,902.45. The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund. Borowiecki was playing in his first game after serving a one-game suspension handed down Oct. 24 for an elbow on Boston Bruins defenceman Urho Vaakanainen.