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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Mikael Granlund scored with 44.5 seconds left, Devan Dubnyk stopped 25 shots for his league-leading fourth shutout, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 Thursday night.Granlund took a pass from Jonas Brodin circled below the end line and came out to the right of Tuukka Rask. His centering pass went off the skate of Adam McQuoid and trickled into the Boston net.Dubnyk has had to carry the Wild lately as Minnesotas offense has mustered just 10 goals in its past seven games, winning three. He has allowed nine goals in his last nine games, stopping 274 of 283 shots in that span to account for a .965 save percentage.Minnesota has allowed an NHL-low 29 total goals in 16 games this season, including 10 in its last nine games, dating back to the 5-0 shutout Oct. 25 in Boston.LIGHTNING 4, SABRES 1BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Alex Killorn had a goal and assist and Tampa Bay won its first game without captain Steven Stamkos.Nikita Kucherov, Nikita Nesterov and Brayden Point also scored, and Valtteri Filppula set up two goals with no-look passes in helping the Lightning win their third straight and improve to 6-2-1 in their past nine. The spread-out offensive contributions came in Tampa Bays first game since Stamkos tore a ligament in his right knee during a 4-3 win at Detroit on Tuesday.During the game at Buffalo, the Lightning announced Stamkos had surgery and is expected to miss four months.Cody Franson scored for Buffalo, which dropped to 0-4-2 in its past six. Its a stretch in which the teams offense has dried up in managing just six goals.BLUES 3, SHARKS 2ST. LOUIS -- Jaden Schwartz scored twice and David Perron added the game-winner to lift St. Louis past San Jose.Jake Allen had 29 saves -- holding off the Sharks 6-on-4 advantage over the final 55 seconds -- as the Blues won their second straight.Kevin Labanc got his first NHL goal and Logan Couture also scored for the Sharks, who lost their second straight after winning the first three on a season-high six-game trip.Perron broke a 2-2 tie with a power-play tally late in the second period. San Jose had killed off its previous 26 penalties over an 11-game stretch.STARS 3, AVALANCHE 2DALLAS -- Patrick Eaves capped Dallas three-goal first period and the Stars held off Colorado.Johnny Oduya and Brett Ritchie also scored in the first for Dallas, and Kari Lehtonen finished with 34 saves.Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist and Mikhail Grigorenko also scored for the Avalanche, who nearly rallied after trailing 3-0 after the first. Semyon Varlamov stopped 19 shots and snapped an 11-game winning streak against the Stars.Lehtonen stopped MacKinnon on a breakaway midway through the second period and again on a rebound with 10 minutes left in the game.FLYERS 5, JETS 2PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Raffl and Sean Couturier scored 34 seconds apart in the first period on Philadelphias initial two shots, and the Flyers went on to beat Winnipeg.Mark Streit, Wayne Simmonds and Brandon Manning also scored for the Flyers, who had 12 players register points.Blake Wheeler and Dustin Byfuglien had the goals for the Jets, who opened a season-high five-game, nine-day road trip with just their second loss in the last six.Couturier got Philadelphia on the board 9:13 in when he capitalized on a Winnipeg turnover and beat Connor Hellebuyck high to the glove side from close range. Raffl doubled the lead just over a half-minute later with his third of the season.Steve Mason made 30 saves to improve to 6-0-1 in his career against Winnipeg.Hellebuyck stopped 17 shots.PREDATORS 5, SENATORS 1OTTAWA, Ontario -- Ryan Ellis scored the tiebreaking goal late in the first period and Pekka Rinne stopped 30 shots to lead Nashville.Mike Ribeiro had a goal and assist, and Colton Sissons, Pontus Aberg and James Neal also scored to help the Predators sweep the two-game series series against the Senators.Derrick Brassard scored for Ottawa, and Mike Condon finished with 35 saves in his third start. The Senators havent scored more than two goals in their last 11 games.Ellis beat Condon on the far side with about 4 1/2 minutes left in the opening period to put the Predators up 2-1.MAPLE LEAFS 6, PANTHERS 1TORONTO -- Connor Brown had two goals and two assists to lead help spoiling James Reimers first start in Toronto since leaving the Maple Leafs in the offseason.Mitch Marner had another impressive goal, and Leo Komarov, James van Riemsdyk and Jake Gardiner also scored as Toronto improved to 7-2-0 at home. Nazem Kadri had two assists and Frederik Andersen stopped 27 shots.Aaron Ekblad scored the lone goal for Florida and Reimer finished with 24 saves.The Maple Leafs got to their former goalie quickly, scoring three times in the first period -- including two by Brown. USWNT Pro Shop . Third-seeded Murray had the easiest path to victory on New Years Eve, barely breaking a sweat during his 6-0, 6-0 win over 2,129th-ranked Qatari wildcard recipient Mousa Shanan Zayed. 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DENVER -- Chad Bettis put a nice finishing touch on his best season in the majors.Bettis pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Nolan Arenado hit his NL-Leading 41st homer and the Colorado Rockies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 on Friday night.Bettis (14-8) allowed one run and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings while extending a career high in wins this season. He struck out five in Colorados first win in four games against Milwaukee this year.Hes been solid throughout, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. A hiccup here and there but very reliable. Hes performed very well. Its been a really good season for him. I think he took that next step as a pitcher this year.Bettis said he benefited all season from solid defense behind him, and his final start was no different, pointing to a sensational defensive play by Arenado on Hernan Perezs sharply hit grounder to third in the fourth as well as a double play in the eighth.There were some fantastic plays behind me, Bettis said. It was fun to watch, fun to pitch behind.Chris Carter connected in the fourth inning, becoming the sixth player in Brewers history to reach 40 home runs in a season.Its definitely nice, its a place Ive never been, said Carter, who has two more days to duel with Arenado for the league lead. In (2014) I ended up with 37 and couldnt make it to it.With D.J. LeMahieu aboard after a fielders choice, Arenado drove a 2-1 offering from Brent Suter (2-2) over the center field fence to put the Rockies up 2-0 in the first inning.Its always nice to start off a game with some runs, Arenado said.The Rockies added to their lead with run-scoring sinngles by Charlie Blackmon in the second and Nick Hundley in the third.ddddddddddddCarter led off the fourth with a drive to center that sailed into the Brewers bullpen. He also had a leadoff double in the sixth, but was thrown out at the plate by left fielder David Dahl when he tried to score on Perezs single.The Brewers loaded the bases with two outs in the sixth, but Bettis fanned pinch hitter Josmil Pinto to end the threat.Carlos Estevez got four outs before Adam Ottavino worked the ninth for his seventh save.Suter allowed four runs and 10 hits in five innings.HIT PARADECarter joined five others with 40-homer seasons for the Brewers. Richie Sexson and Prince Fielder each did it twice. Gorman Thomas, Ben Oglivie, and Ryan Braun also reached the milestone.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who hasnt played since Sept. 16, has been diagnosed with a sports hernia and is expected to undergo surgery.Rockies: LHP Tyler Anderson has been scratched from his scheduled start Saturday because of what manager Walt Weiss described as general arm soreness. Hell be replaced on the mound by RHP Jeff Hoffman.UP NEXTBrewers: RHP Wily Peralta (7-11) has gone 3-4 with a 3.23 ERA in nine starts since being recalled Aug. 9 from Triple-A Colorado Springs.Rockies: Hoffman (0-4) returns to the rotation as the replacement for the injured Anderson. He has pitched well in a couple of relief appearances since being shifted to the bullpen after struggling in his first stint as a starter. ' ' '