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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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Dylan Hartley has insisted he cannot let himself dream of captaining the British and Irish Lions next summer.The Northampton hooker has been installed as the bookmakers favourite to lead the Lions in New Zealand in 2017, after skippering England to a maiden Test series win in Australia in June.Hartley missed the 2013 Lions tour after receiving an 11-week ban for his red card for abusing referee Wayne Barnes in that years Premiership final.Now the bullish front-rower is firmly in the mix to lead the Lions after his fine stewardship of England, not that the 30-year-old is allowing that talk to prove a distraction.I am aware of that but I am only judged on my next game for England, said Hartley, on the bookmakers installing him as favourite to captain the Lions next summer.I need to make sure I am in that England team for South Africa, I am the form hooker and I am there or thereabouts.Its not something I ever set out to achieve.I am just happy where I am at the moment, with my focus on this job.It is a job that my come at the end of the season but right now my focus is on my club and my country.England launched their new 2016/17 kit at Twickenham on Monday, the Test version of the Canterbury strip retailing at ￡90 and the replica version ￡65.Hartley admitted next summers Lions tour is already naturally in the backs of players minds, but the Saints front-rower insisted Englands top stars must not dwell on sselection permutations prematurely.ddddddddddddMost players are conscious of that, and being back in New Zealand on holiday, they are hugely excited about it, said Hartley.But break it down. How do you play for your country? You play well for your club.How do you play well for your club? You train hard in pre-season, which is now, and you start the season well.For me it is all about Northampton, playing well, making sure I hold my hand up, making sure Eddie sees me and Im in good form, ready to play for England.Its [the Lions] a bonus at the end of the season.England can match the 14-Test winning run set by Sir Clive Woodwards 2003 World Cup-winning vintage with four consecutive victories this autumn.Hartley revealed however that Englands sole focus at pre-season training has been early preparations for their November 12 clash with the Springboks at Twickenham.Theres no win record without winning the first game, said Hartley.So the biggest challenge for us is South Africa. And this last three days weve had together has been all about South Africa.Every time I play for England I want to win. All our focus now is on South Africa and winning that game.Ive never beaten South Africa and I dont think anyone in the squads ever beaten them. So theres a massive challenge there for us. ' ' '