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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. 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Madrid is third in the Spanish league, six points behind leader Barcelona, going into Saturdays game against Valladolid.NORMAN, Okla. -- Christian James scored a team-high 17 points in just 22 minutes, and Jordan Woodard added 15 points as Oklahoma overcame a sluggish start to cruise past Oral Roberts, 92-66, on Wednesday night.Oklahoma needed a strong performance following a 20-point loss to Wisconsin Saturday, and forced its in-state counterpart in the wrong direction.The bounce back was good, Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger said. We had two good days of practice Monday and Tuesday. The guys transferred that into the game tonight.Woodard, James and Rashard Odomes scored 28 of their combined 44 points in the second half.Oklahoma (6-2) shot 51.6 percent from the field, recorded 16 steals and forced Oral Roberts into 20 turnovers.That was bad basketball on our part, said Oral Roberts coach Scott Sutton, whose team lost to Michigan State by four points Saturday. I give them credit. They made us look bad. I was disappointed in how we played. We took a couple steps backward. . I really thought our guys would come in here and play much better. We just didnt handle the situation, didnt handle the pressure.Kris Martin and Jalen Bradley each had 19 points to lead Oral Roberts but were the only players in double figures for the Golden Eagles (1-8), who scored the first two points of the game but trailed the rest of the way. Kristian Doolittle and Khadeem Lattin each added nine points and four rebounds. Matt Freeman and Jordan Shepherd scored nine points apiecee off the bench, which totaled 39 points.ddddddddddddBIG PICTUREOklahoma: Coming off a 20-point loss to Wisconsin, the Sooners regained a little traction with their 16th straight home non-conference victory before a string of tough mid-major matchups against Wichita State and Memphis.Oral Roberts: After facing four major-conference opponents through the first nine games of the season, the Golden Eagles are off to their worst start since a 1-9 open to the 1987-88 season, when they finished with just eight wins.FRESHMAN STANDOUT: Doolittle and Shepherd combined for 16 points in the first half in just 15 minutes played. Doolittle had been in the starting lineup through the first five games of the season but has come off the bench in the past three.TIP-INS: Woodard needs just five points to pass Blake Griffin on Oklahomas all-time scoring list. The Sooners 16-point halftime lead was the largest since the season opener. After not making an in-season lineup change in the past three years, Oklahoma has used three different starting lineups in the past four games.UP NEXT: The Sooners face Wichita State in their lone game during the next 10 days and the first meeting in more than 40 years between the two schools.Oral Roberts prepares for one of only three home games in December on Saturday against John Brown. ' ' '