TAMPA Minnesota Wild T-Shirts Authentic , Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning are piling up points.Stamkos had three goals to become the first player from the 2008 draft to reach 700 points, and the NHL-leading Lightning won their seventh consecutive game by beating the New York Rangers 6-3 on Monday night.“Stammer is finding his groove,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said.Stamkos scored power-play goals that tied the game in the first and second periods. The center completed his ninth hat trick and first since Oct. 13, 2014, against Montreal from the slot at 10:41 of the third.“I knew it had been a while,” Stamkos said with a laugh. “I don’t know the exact date . I don’t want to hear it.”The Lightning star, coming off a two-goal, two-assist outing in Saturday night’s 7-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche, has 701 points in 696 career games. He joins Martin St. Louis (953) and Vincent Lecavalier (874) as the only Tampa Bay players reaching the 700-point milestone.Ryan McDonagh had a go-ahead goal, Anthony Cirelli had the other two Tampa Bay goals Minnesota Wild Hoodies Authentic , and Louis Domingue made 23 saves.Kevin Hayes had two goals and Jesper Fast also scored for the Rangers, who have lost six of eight (2-5-1). Henrik Lundqvist stopped 30 shots.“To be able to beat some of the best teams, you have play really strict and smart, and make the right decision with or without the puck,” Lundqvist said. “So, the next time we play a top team like this we need to do all those things.”New York defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk left in the second period with an upper-body injury. He took a check around the left shoulder and had a sling on his left arm postgame.Rangers coach David Quinn had no update after the game on Shattenkirk, who will be evaluated Tuesday.Stamkos scored from the left circle while falling down at 6:19 of the second before McDonagh put Tampa Bay up 3-2 with 7:18 left in the period.“Nothing kind of seems to phase us,” McDonagh said.Cirelli extended his goal streak to three games 24 seconds before Stamkos’ third goal of the goal.Fast and Cirelli, with an empty-netter, had late third-period goals.The Rangers took a 1-0 lead 12:19 into the game when Hayes had a backhander from the left circle deflect off McDonagh’s skate.After Stamkos scored at 14:09 of the first Minnesota Wild Hats Authentic , Hayes made it 2-1 with a rebound goal just 58 seconds later.The Lightning went 2 for 6 with the man advantage.“Take that many penalties, you’re not going to beat Tampa,” Lundqvist said. “That’s just the way it is. We can work really hard and do a lot of good things but it’s too important in the game. Hopefully we really learned a lesson.”New York failed to score on its lone power-play.“Ten minutes extra killing penalties is just not a recipe to have success in this league or any league really,” Quinn said.NOTES: New York has been ahead after the first just seven times (3-3-1). . Lightning RW Nikita Kucherov had an assist and has 22 assists and 27 points over his last 14 games. . Rangers RW Mats Zuccarello (groin) sat out his seventh consecutive game but is nearing a return. … Tampa Bay is 9-0-0 against the Metropolitan Division.UP NEXTRangers: Return home Friday night against Vegas.Lightning: Host Toronto Thursday night. BASEBALLANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Shohei Ohtani’s third start for the Los Angeles Angels lasted only two innings after he developed a blister on his pitching hand.The Angels pulled the Japanese two-way sensation early after he yielded three runs and four hits while struggling with his control against the AL-leading Boston Red Sox.One inning after Ohtani left, the Angels announced the right-hander had developed a blister during the second inning.Ohtani has had intermittent issues with blisters throughout his first few months with the Angels, and he had a bandage on one of his fingers last week.Ohtani gave up a leadoff homer to Boston’s Mookie Betts, and he couldn’t throw his formidable breaking pitches for consistent strikes in the first night start of his big-league career. The Red Sox added two more runs in the second on Brock Holt’s RBI single and Andrew Benintendi’s sacrifice fly.HOCKEYLOS ANGELES (AP) – Brayden McNabb scored against his former team in the second period, lifting Vegas to a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings that made the Golden Knights the first expansion team in NHL history to sweep its first playoff series.Marc-Andre Fleury turned in another stellar performance, stopping 31 shots as the Knights finished off their fourth one-goal victory of the series. It was his second shutout of the series.The Knights poured into the net to hug Fleury at the final horn. Vegas fans in the crowd chanted the goalie’s name in celebration.The Knights became the second team to win their first four playoff games Custom Minnesota Wild Jerseys , joining the 1970 Pittsburgh Penguins.COLLEGE BASKETBALLGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) – Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford says he expects ”substantive” recommendations from the committee seeking ways to reform college basketball amid a federal investigation of corruption in the sport.Speaking Tuesday at a regional Associated Press Sports Editors meeting, Swofford said he doesn’t know what the commission led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will conclude next week when it is expected to present its report to the Division I Board of Directors and Board of Governors.Swofford said it is ”hard to argue against the need for substantive change.”Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey, speaking at a similar meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, on Monday, hopes for an ”impactful outcome” when Rice’s committee releases its recommendations.SOCCERMOSCOW (AP) – FIFA charged World Cup host Russia with fan racism less than two months before the tournament begins.Monkey chants were aimed at black French players, including Paul Pogba, during France’s 3-1 friendly win over Russia in St. Petersburg last month.”Disciplinary proceedings have been opened against the Russian Football Union for this incident,” FIFA said.Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich www.officialcanadiensprostore.com , who is overseeing World Cup preparations, told state news agencies on Tuesday that Russia was cracking down on racist fans.”We’ll do anything so there are no discrimination cases,” he said. ”But if that happens … there should be zero tolerance for these people.”The RFU said it is cooperating with the FIFA investigation.PRO BASKETBALLDETROIT (AP) – A Michigan company has filed a federal lawsuit against LeBron James, claiming his digital media platform stole an idea.Adventure Enterprise is suing ”Uninterrupted,” which was co-founded by James with business partner Maverick Carter, and Cree Nix for use of a ”Shop Talk,” concept.The Detroit-based company claims it shared the idea with Nix from 2014 to 2016, identifying her as an employee of ”Uninterrupted.”Last year, ”Uninterrupted” aired ”The Shop,” where James and others talk in a barber shop.Alabama recently released a trailer for ”Shop Talk” that shows coach Nick Saban and former Crimson Tide star wide receiver Julio Jones talking in a barber shop. 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