Notebook: Killorn returns, Point questionable for Game 4 Sunday

The Tampa Bay Lightning will get one of their two missing forwards from Game 3 back with the return of Alex Killorn from a one-game suspension.
The other, leading scorer Brayden Point, is still questionable for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final against the New York Islanders, although he practiced Saturday according to daily practice footage the NHL posts to its media site.

Point left early in the second period of Tampa Bay's Game 2 victory over the Islanders and didn't return for the remainder of the game. He was questionable for Friday's Game 3 but wasn't able to play, missing his first game of the postseason.
The Lightning lost by a 5-3 count but still lead the best-of-seven series 2-1.
Lightning head coach Jon Cooper didn't offer an update on Point's status during his availability with media Saturday afternoon.
Point is tied with Nikita Kucherov for the Lightning scoring lead this postseason with eight goals and 23 points through 15 games. He's posted a seven-game point streak (tied for the second-longest point streak in Lightning postseason history) and six-game point streak during these playoffs, tallying at least one point in 13 of 15 games. One of those games he didn't record a point was Game 2 of the ECF when he played just a period and a couple shifts in the second before exiting.
Killorn, meanwhile, will be back for the Lightning for Game 4. He had to serve a suspension on Friday after he received supplemental discipline by the NHL Department of Player Safety for his boarding infraction against the Islanders Brock Nelson at 5:55 of the first period in Game 2.
Killorn was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct for the infraction, and a day later it was determined he would have to sit out Game 3 too.
Killorn has four goals and seven points through 15 games this postseason and is part of the Lightning's defensive shutdown line, plays on the top power-play unit and is one of the Bolts' leading penalty killers among forwards.
Defenseman Jan Rutta was also seen skating with the team Saturday from the league's practice footage. He's deemed unfit to play and has been sidelined since the second Round Robin game against Boston August 5
BOUNCE-BACK MENTALITY: Tampa Bay has yet to lose back-to-back games this postseason, going 3-0 in games following a loss.
Part of the Bolts' success in games after a defeat is their ability to stay even keel and not ride the highs and lows of an extended playoff run.
"Everybody just knows their job and our game plan," Cooper said. "And when we stray from it, there's a chance for disaster to strike like it did last night. I just like the resolve. I like the confidence in our room. Often times, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference whether we won or lost. These guys know the task at hand and know it's not a best of three or a best of five. They know what it is ahead of them, and I like that."
Cooper said it's difficult to not celebrate postseason victories, but this Lightning team understands there are still higher goals to achieve. When the Lightning routed the Islanders 8-2 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final, Cooper said the locker room was the quietest it's been all postseason following a win.
Conversely, when the Lightning lose like they did in Game 3, they know how to turn the page and focus on what they need to do better to come away with a victory their next time out.
And it usually results in one of their better performances
"I just think we go to the mindset of playing every game like it's a clinching game," Pat Maroon said. "We've got to find ways to keep playing the way we're playing. We have a good group in there. We have a good team that knows how to bounce back when a loss happens.
THE EXTRA DEFENSEMAN:Since Ryan McDonagh went down with an injury late in Game 1 of the Second Round series against Boston and wasn't available for Game 2, the Lightning have employed an 11 forward, seven defenseman alignment that has worked successfully for them.
Braydon Coburn and Luke Schenn drew into the lineup for Games 2, 3 and 4 while McDonagh remained out, the Lightning winning all three of those contests.
When McDonagh came back for Game 5, the Lightning continued to go 11/7 with Schenn remaining in the lineup as the extra defenseman, the Bolts clinching the Second Round series with a 3-2 win in double overtime.
Schenn has yet to leave his spot in the rotation since he's entered the rotation. He's played all three games of the Eastern Conference Final and recorded an assist in Game 1 for his first playoff point since a 2016 Western Conference Quarterfinal series while with the Los Angeles Kings.
The Lightning are 6-1 with Schenn in their 11/7 lineup, the first loss coming Friday in Game 3 versus the Islanders.
He's been a steady performer on the blueline for Tampa Bay and has added a physical presence that has other teams thinking twice about trying to mix it up with the Bolts.
"He's a good veteran presence," Maroon said. "He brings a different element on the back end. He's physical, will stand up for his teammates. He knows his role. He's a voice in the locker room, and he's been a really good addition to the lineup. He's getting better each game. He's a guy that we need in the lineup, and he's done an unbelievable job for standing up for guys and obviously fighting Martin was huge for us. He's done a really good job. Hopefully he can continue that. We love him in the lineup."
Schenn dropped the gloves against the Islanders' Matt Martin in Game 2 after the temperature of that contest was turned up early.
"Schenner makes us an inch taller on the bench," Cooper said. "He's big, he's physical and he plays teams that have a little bite like the Islanders do, guys like Schenner keep them in check. You don't see too many of their guys lined up to get anywhere close to Schenn. Couple that with the fact he's a vet, he makes a really good first pass for us. You get to the front of the net, he's the one usually doling out the punishment, not getting it. It's great to have guys like him in our lineup. Plus, he's world class in the locker room and as a human. Can't have enough of those guys."
THE NEW NORMAL PLAYOFFS: Pat Maroon was asked Saturday what he thinks of the new playoff format teams are playing under this season with the coronavirus forcing the league to adapt.
The Lightning played three Round Robin games and their First and Second Round series in Toronto before moving over to the Edmonton bubble for the Eastern Conference Final.
The Stanley Cup Final will also be played at Edmonton's Rogers Place.
Teams are stuck inside the bubble for the duration, which can be mentally fatiguing. And they've been away from their families for a month-and-a-half now.
But Maroon said the current format is a bit easier in his opinion.
"You have everything in one setting here," he said. "You can walk over to the rink. You're not getting on planes. You're not traveling. It's a little harder on your body after you play the first two games wherever it is, say Long Island, and then you're getting back on the plane and you're trucking back two-and-a-half, three hours to Tampa and then knowing you have to play the next day (in a normal playoff scenario). It's exhausting. It gets tiring after a while. Here you can kind of just wake up, go to the rink, come back and just do your daily routine. Obviously, it's not the setting we want to be a part of because you're used to that traveling and playing in front of your fans. But it's been good for us. Guys get their rest and guys get their treatment, and it's not too hard on the body. It's been going well so far."