NASHVILLE — Matthew Tkachuk tied the sport within the last minute of regulation and scored the profitable objective with simply over a second left in extra time on a nifty shot between his legs, main the Calgary Flames to a 6-5 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday evening.
Calgary rallied from a three-goal deficit and ended Nashville’s four-game profitable streak.
On the winner, Tkachuk skated in entrance of the online towards two Nashville defenders, let the puck slip between his legs and flipped a shot that beat Predators goalie Pekka Rinne excessive to the stick facet with 1.Four seconds left in extra time.
Derek Ryan, Rasmus Andersson, Elias Lindholm and Alan Quine additionally scored for the Flames. Calgary’s David Rittich made 31 saves.
Austin Watson scored twice, Calle Jarnrkok added two short-handed objectives, and Nick Bonino scored for Nashville. Rinne made 21 saves.
Nashville Predators left wing Austin Watson (AP Picture/Mark Humphrey)
Quine’s first objective tied it at Four with Three:21 left in regulation earlier than Watson put gave Nashville forward 5-Four with a objective with 1:22 remaining.
Tkachuk’s scored off a rebound with 40 seconds remaining, tying the rating at 5-all.
Lindholm scored his team-leading ninth objective from shut vary, narrowing the hole to Four-Three of the third interval.
Nashville dominated the early motion, taking the primary 14 photographs. Calgary didn’t take its first shot till about six minutes remained within the first interval.
Bonino gave the Predators a 1-Zero lead when he scored on a backhanded rebound at 5:33 of the primary. It was his fourth straight objective for Nashville, together with a hat trick in a Three-Zero win over Chicago on Tuesday. He leads the Predators with seven objectives.
Watson scored at 10:15 of the primary to provide Nashville a 2-Zero lead. Colton Sissons and Matt Irwin picked up assists.
Watson had signed a three-year, $Four.5 million contract extension earlier Thursday.
Ryan scored on the Flames’ second shot, a wrister from the underside of the left faceoff circle, narrowing the deficit to 2-1 at 15:27 of the primary.
Nashville Predators left wing Filip Forsberg (9) and Calgary Flames middle Derek Ryan (10) look on throughout a face-off in the course of the first interval at Bridgestone Area. (Obligatory Credit score: Steve Roberts-USA TODAY Sports activities)
Calgary almost tied it when Johnny Gaudreau’s wrist shot bounced off the fitting publish earlier than Rinne smothered the rebound within the crease 18 minutes into the primary.
The Flames missed one other probability to tie with a shot that additionally hit the publish early within the second.
Jarnkrok scored his first short-handed objective on a 2-on-1 breakaway after a Calgary turnover when he despatched a wrist shot into the highest facet of the close to publish previous Rittich, boosting Nashville’s result in Three-1 at Four:36 of the second interval.
Jarnkrok scored his second short-handed objective on one other 2-on1 after a Flames turnover. He fired a wrist shot from the underside of the left faceoff circle previous Rittich for a Four-1 lead at 18:52 on the second.
Notes
LW Filip Forsberg, one of many Predators’ high scorers, returned from a lower-body harm after lacking the earlier six video games. … Nashville RW Rocco Grimaldi performed in his 100h NHL sport.
Up Subsequent
Predators: Host New York Rangers on Saturday.
Flames: Go to Columbus on Saturday.
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