Boyle's last-minute heroics boost Sharks

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SAN JOSE — Dan Boyle scored with a minute left in the third period to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.

Joe Pavelski, Jamie McGinn and Devin Setoguchi also scored for the Sharks, 6-0-1 at home. Thomas Greiss made 23 saves for his second win in three games.

Michael Santorelli, Marcel Goc and Patric Hornqvist scored for the Predators, who lost for just the second time in six games. Dan Ellis stopped 25 shots.

Pavelski has scored in two straight games after returning from an injury that caused him to miss 15 games.

Sharks center Joe Thornton had a four-game point streak snapped.

• SENATORS 4, OILERS 3, at Ottawa — Jason Spezza scored the winning goal in the shootout for Ottawa, which came from behind twice to beat Edmonton.

• BRUINS 3, PENGUINS 0, at Boston — Tim Thomas stopped 27 shots for his second shutout of the season, and Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby was held without a point for the fifth straight game. Thomas recorded his 14th shutout — passing Andy Moog for 10th on the Bruins' career list — while handing Pittsburgh its second straight shutout. The Penguins have not scored in 149 minutes, 9 seconds and have lost three straight games — all away from home — after opening the season 7-0 on the road.

• WILD 5, MAPLE LEAFS 2, at Toronto — Mikko Koivu had a goal and two assists as Minnesota ended Toronto's two-game winning streak. Marek Zidlicky broke a 1-1 tie at 5:44 of the period. Then, 26 seconds after Koivu beat Jonas Gustavsson at 17:29, Greg Zanon made it 4-1. Niklas Backstrom made that stand up with 37 saves for the Wild.

• FLAMES 1, CANADIENS 0, at Montreal — Miikka Kiprusoff got his first shutout and Jarome Iginla extended his goal-scoring streak to four games. Kiprusoff made 25 saves and improved to 10-3-1 as Calgary won its fourth straight to begin a four-game trip. It was his 31st career shutout, his first since Feb. 12, when he turned aside 36 shots in a 2-0 win over Los Angeles.

• BLUES 6, CANUCKS 1, at St. Louis — David Perron scored three goals, two in a span of 1:54 during a four-goal first period, and Brad Boyes added a goal and three assists for St. Louis.