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DETROIT -- The Tampa Bay Lightning may be without star Steven Stamkos once again.On the bright side, theyre getting good at winning without him.Nikita Kucherov scored his second goal of the game with 1:10 left, helping the Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 even after Stamkos left with a lower-body injury.Stamkos scored early but then exited midway through the first period. He limped off the ice favoring his right leg following a collision with Detroits Gustav Nyquist along the boards.Hell be evaluated again tomorrow, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. Its unfortunate that he couldnt come back, because he was helping us before he got hurt, but it is too early to speculate on anything right now.Stamkos missed all but one game during the last postseason after having surgery for a blood clot April 4. Despite his absence, Tampa Bay advanced to the conference finals, where it lost in seven games to the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Stamkos returned for Game 7, a 2-1 loss.This was Tampa Bays second win in two nights after beating the New York Islanders 4-0 on Monday night.Kucherov had three goals and an assist over the two games.This is huge for us, Kucherov said. We just kept executing our game plan and it got us the goal we needed.Defenseman Nikita Nesterov also scored for Tampa Bay, which has won five of eight (5-2-1). Vladislav Namestnikov had two assists and Ben Bishop made 25 saves.Defenseman Ryan Sproul got his first career goal and had an assist, and Frans Nielsen and Henrik Zetterberg also scored for Detroit. Petr Mrazek stopped 18 shots.Well we got it close, but we need the points, Zetterberg said. You cant keep losing games if you want to be a team battling for the playoffs.Kucherov one-timed a shot past Mrazek from the inside edge of the left circle off a loose puck -- a shot was blocked by Drew Miller and caromed right to Kucherov -- for his eighth goal of the season.I just didnt see the puck coming from the blue line, Mrazek said. I tried to find it, looking over the shoulder, slide a little bit there. We made a nice block but it went straight onto Kucherovs stick.Sproul made it 3-2 with a power-play goal 7:12 into the third period, beating Bishop with a shot from the right circle.Zetterberg tied it with a power-play goal nearly 2 1/2 minutes later as he put Anthony Manthas behind-the-back, cross-crease pass into an empty net. It was Zetterbergs third goal.Nesterov made it 3-1 with a power-play goal 1:29 into the third, beating Mrazek with a screened shot from the blue line in the middle of the ice. It was Nesterovs first goal and point of the season.Kucherov opened the scoring 3:30 into the game, taking advantage of Mrazeks misplay of the puck behind the net by stuffing the puck in from the side for his seventh.Stamkos made it 2-0 at 6:09 when he put in a rebound for his ninth.Nielsen put Detroit on the scoreboard with 1:19 left in the first period. He beat Bishop with a backhand shot from the left circle for his third.NOTE: Tampa Bay LW Jonathan Drouin missed his seventh game because of an upper-body injury and D Anton Strahlman missed his second game with an upper-body injury. ... Red Wings D Niklas Kronwall did not play because he was resting his knees. He has chronic knee issues and was replaced in the lineup by Sproul. . Detroit C Darren Helm left the game after a hit by Nesterov about five minutes into the third period. 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Jane Virtanen scored two, and Alex Roach and Elliott Peterson rounded out the offence for the Hitmen (40-15-6). Brady Brassart chipped in with three assists. Colton McCarthy scored twice, Brayden Point had a goal and two assists, and Jack Rodewald also scored for the Warriors (15-35-9), who were 2 for 5 on the power play. Greg Maddux Jersey Large . Kyle Denbrook, a soccer player from Saint Marys University, took the CIS male athlete of the week honour. Stanley, a fourth-year business administration student from Charlottetown, scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Dalhousie on Friday and tallied again in a 1-0 win over Saint Marys on Sunday. NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, speaking on SportsCenter Coast to Coast on Thursday, said he hopes Colin Kaepernick utilizes the platform he has established to help solve the issues he has put a spotlight on.At some point in the very near future he needs to figure out a way where he can be a part of the solution, Abdul-Jabbar said, so I would suggest to Mr. Kaepernick that he try to become a bridge between the black community and the police forces.Talking of the San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks refusal to stand for the national anthem, Abdul-Jabbar said, I see it as being patriotic to bring attention to issues that are important and meaningful for the whole country.Abdul-Jabbar said the killing of unarmed individuals is no longer something we can live with. Saying that his father and grandfather were both members of law enforcement, Abdul-Jabbar also said, Police officers are a very vital and necessary part of what democracy is about. We cant do without police.Abdul-Jabbar recounted his experience in 1967, when he and other black athletes, including Jim Brown and Bill Russell, held a summit to show their support for Muhammad Alis ddecision not to fight in the Vietnam War.ddddddddddddAs to whether he sees Kaepernicks actions in line with Alis protest, Abdul-Jabbar said it depends on what Kaepernick does now, and whether he can find a positive way to interact with the people who support him. ... We have to be able to hear the other side.Asked whether Kaepernick should stand for the anthem before Thursday nights preseason game in San Diego, Abdul-Jabbar said Thats up to him. I think he should tailor his protest, or his demonstration, in a way that makes it a positive statement, in a way that opens the doors to dialogue.Kaepernick refused to stand during the national anthem before a game last Friday.I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color, Kaepernick told NFL Media after the game. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder. ' ' '