{"id":85287,"date":"2020-09-10T17:23:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=85287"},"modified":"2020-09-10T17:25:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:25:11","slug":"tampa-bay-lightning-alex-killorn-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/09\/10\/tampa-bay-lightning-alex-killorn-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Lightning Alex Killorn Suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> will play Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final without forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/killoal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Killorn<\/a><\/strong>. The 30-year-old was removed from Wednesday night&#8217;s game after his hit on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nelsobr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock Nelson<\/a><\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/islanders\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Islanders<\/a>. Killorn received a 5-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct. The Department of Player Safety made the announcement Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tampa Bay\u2019s Alex Killorn has been suspended for one playoff game for Boarding NY Islanders\u2019 Brock Nelson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wQptWd2mqd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/wQptWd2mqd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety\/status\/1304167163872370689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Alex Killorn Suspended<\/h2>\n<p>During the first period of Game 2 between the Islanders and Lightning, Killorn delivered a hit on Nelson knocking him out of the game. Nelson was engaged with another Lightning player before Killorn came in and hit him from behind. Killorn has been a big part of Tampa&#8217;s success in 2019-20. He scored 26 goals and 49 points in 68 games. Both of those figures set new career-highs for the veteran. That is largely due to a league-leading 20.0 percent shooting percentage. No player who shot better played in over 30 games this season. Killorn also contributed 59 hits while averaging the fifth-most ice time on the team&#8217;s power-play. This was a career year in so many ways for the Lightning skater.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay originally drafted Killorn in the third round of the 2007 Draft. He debuted in 2012-13 but didn&#8217;t play more than half of the season. His first full year was 2013-14 when he scored 17 goals and 41 points in 82 games. Overall, Killorn has 131 goals and 310 points in 585 career regular-season games. He is fourteenth in scoring among players from the draft. The only player with more points and selected later was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bennja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamie Benn<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>The Lightning are stacked offensively but they will need someone to fill Killorn&#8217;s spot on the second line. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/goodrba01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barclay Goodrow<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/colembl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blake Coleman<\/a><\/strong> would be fine substitutes given their experience. The team dressed seven defenders for game two and they could do that again but they will still need an eleventh forward. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/verhaca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carter Verhaeghe<\/a><\/strong> is the strongest option on Tampa&#8217;s bubble roster. He scored nine goals and 13 points in 52 games in 2019-20. The Lightning would prefer to have Killorn back but they will need to survive a tough Islanders squad without him for at least one game.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"2M8hpmfzTc5-H0Y9SCiSjg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1268942888\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'2M8hpmfzTc5-H0Y9SCiSjg',sig:'DY5lo-ZhOgzwXbr0ir5Vi1F02nOzehndFX1JuTw3SSs=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1268942888',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning will play Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final without forward Alex Killorn. The 30-year-old was removed from Wednesday night&#8217;s game after his hit on Brock Nelson of the New York Islanders. Killorn received a 5-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct. 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