Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen was ejected for the second time in three games after drilling Calgary Flames right wing Matt Coronato during the second period at Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday night.

Within the final minute of the second, Coronato chased down a puck along the right sideboard in the offensive zone as Dallas defenseman Lian Bichsel closed on the winger. Rantanen was backtracking in support when he hit Coronato in the numbers from behind and drove his head into the top part of the board.

Rantanen was given a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct. Flames forward Jonathan Huberdeau immediately fought the big Stars winger in response. Huberdeau and Rantanen each drew fighting majors, while Huberdeau also got an instigator and a 10-minute misconduct. Coronato returned to the game in the third period.

The Flames were leading 1-0 at the time of the play. Rantanen could face additional discipline for the hit on Coronato if the NHL’s department of player safety determines that a hearing is necessary. The hit couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Dallas star after he got into some hot water two games prior against the New York Islanders.

On Tuesday, Rantanen received a game misconduct for boarding Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov in the final seconds of the Stars’ 3-2 loss. Islanders coach Patrick Roy yelled at Rantanen as he left the ice and later called the hit “disrespectful.”

The league office levied no further discipline, but Rantanen didn’t escape punishment this week. He was fined $2,000 on Friday as part of a supplementary measure for a second embellishment offense. Rantanen, who has 10 goals and leads Dallas with 28 points, was warned for a diving incident on Oct. 16 against the Vancouver Canucks. A second incident in a Nov. 11 game against the Ottawa Senators triggered the fine.

The NHL’s hockey operations department tracks all games, logs all penalties for diving or embellishment and flags plays not called on the ice that it determines deserved such a penalty. Rantanen was not given a penalty in either case.

Rule 64 of the NHL rulebook is designed to punish players and teams that embellish to draw a penalty, increasing the severity of the punishment the more it happens. A third offense results in a $3,000 fine, a fourth offense costs $4,000 and a fifth citation onward is a $5,000 fine for each.