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Penguins forward Tom Sestito hit with 4-game suspension

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Tom Sestito was suspended for four games without pay by the NHL on Thursday for boarding Winnipeg Jets defenceman Tobias Enstrom.

Winnipeg's Tobias Enstrom taken to hospital after hit from behind

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Tom Sestito, right, will lose $12,778 US over the course of his four-game suspension. (Justin Berl/Getty Images)

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Tom Sestito was suspended for four games without pay by the NHL on Thursday for boarding Winnipeg Jets defenceman Tobias Enstrom.

Sestito was assessed a major penalty for checking from behind and a game misconduct in the first period of the Penguins' 7-4 victory in Winnipeg on Wednesday night.

Enstrom was taken to a hospital and missed the rest of the game.

The suspension will cost Sestito $12,778 US.