Tampa Bay Lightning forward Alex Killorn will have a hearing Thursday for boarding New York Islanders forward Brock Nelson in Game 2 on Wednesday, the NHL's Department of Player Safety announced.

Killorn was assessed a five-minute major penalty and was ejected from the game for the dangerous hit.

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Nelson left the game briefly but later returned. He revealed after the game that he went through all the concussion protocols necessary to allow him to return, according to The Athletic's Arpon Basu.

Killorn has never been suspended in his career.

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The Washington Capitals' search for a new head coach seems to be picking up speed, with a number of seasoned veterans vying for the role.

After reportedly interviewing Peter Laviolette in August, Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan has also interviewed both Gerard Gallant and Mike Babcock, TSN's Pierre LeBrun reported on Wednesday's edition of "Insider Trading."

"Sources confirm (MacLellan) has interviewed Gerard Gallant, he has interviewed Peter Laviolette, and yes - he has interviewed Mike Babcock," LeBrun said. "And I think he wants to hire one of those three experienced coaches, I think within the next couple weeks."

The Capitals parted ways with Todd Reirden shortly after they were eliminated from the postseason. Reirden served as Washington's head coach for two seasons after the departure of Barry Trotz and has since been hired as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Babcock had been a head coach in the NHL since the 2002-03 season before the Toronto Maple Leafs fired him early in the 2019-20 campaign. He made the playoffs 14 times in that span, winning the Stanley Cup once with the Detroit Red Wings in 2008.

Gallant is the least experienced of the three reported candidates, having only been an NHL head coach for nine seasons. He won the Jack Adams Award in 2018 after helping lead the Vegas Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Final in their inaugural season.

Laviolette has coached over 1,200 games in the NHL, most recently with the Nashville Predators. He led the Predators to the playoffs in all five of his full seasons with the team, including a trip to the finals in 2017. Nashville fired him in January.

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Welcome to Puck Pursuit, an interview-style podcast hosted by John Matisz, theScore's national hockey writer.

Subscribe to the show on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Spotify.

Nathan Gerbe, Columbus Blue Jackets forward and a veteran of 400 NHL games, joins the show to discuss a variety of topics, including:

• Life inside the "luxury prison" that was the Toronto bubble
• The importance of mental toughness inside and outside sports
• How two years in Switzerland turned around his career
• Why he leans into the "shortest NHL skater ever" label
• Respect and admiration for friendly rival Zdeno Chara

... and more

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The Tampa Bay Lightning may have suffered a major blow despite earning a dramatic victory over the New York Islanders in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final on Wednesday night.

Brayden Point left the contest early in the second period and didn't return. Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said postgame that he didn't have an update on the 24-year-old's condition, according to The Athletic's Joe Smith.

Point entered Game 2 leading all NHL players still competing with 23 points this postseason.

Tampa Bay prevailed 2-1 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 series lead thanks to Nikita Kucherov's winner with 8.8 seconds remaining. The Lightning finished the contest with only nine forwards following Point's injury and Alex Killorn's ejection for boarding Islanders forward Brock Nelson.

The Lightning are already playing without injured captain Steven Stamkos. The superstar center hasn't suited up for a game since Feb. 25.

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Tampa Bay Lightning forward Alex Killorn received a five-minute boarding major and was ejected from Game 2 for his dangerous hit on Brock Nelson of the New York Islanders.

Nelson was forced to leave the game and has not yet returned. The Islanders, meanwhile, were unable to capitalize with the extended man advantage.

The Lightning opted to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen for Game 2, so Killorn's absence leaves them with just 10 players up front.

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Boston Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top bench boss for 2019-20, the league announced Wednesday.

John Tortorella of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Alain Vigneault of the Philadelphia Flyers were the other finalists.

More to come.

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Pierre McGuire will not be the Arizona Coyotes' next general manager.

The NBC broadcaster is no longer a candidate for the position, a league source told NHL Network's Craig Morgan on Wednesday.

It was reported Saturday that McGuire had spoken with the team about the job.

McGuire has been a full-time analyst with NBC since 2011 and a broadcaster since 1997. He has coaching, scouting, and front-office experience, but he also carries baggage.

NBC temporarily demoted McGuire last fall after he had a series of awkward on-air exchanges with fellow broadcaster Kendall Coyne Schofield in January 2019.

After the Hartford Whalers fired McGuire following his brief tenure as their head coach in 1994, team captain Pat Verbeek called it the best thing that could have happened to the club. Verbeek also revealed that other teams mocked McGuire, and that his teammates had no respect for the then-32-year-old bench boss.

The Coyotes have reportedly interviewed several other candidates, including former Arizona goaltender, coach, and executive Sean Burke, and Pittsburgh Penguins assistant GM Jason Karmanos. However, interim GM Steve Sullivan has apparently made calls with other clubs about possible trades while the Coyotes were looking into hiring his potential replacement.

Arizona's previous GM, John Chayka, terminated his contract in July, prompting the club to accuse him of quitting on the organization ahead of the postseason.

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