Calgary Flames fall to Nashville Predators in back-and-forth tilt

By G Ranna

CALGARY (660 NEWS) – Zac Rinaldo’s first goal of the season in the third period was the game-winner on Friday night as the Nashville Predators beat the Calgary Flames 5-3.

Ryan Johansen, Craig Smith, Kevin Fiala and Filip Forsberg, into an empty net, also scored for Nashville (6-1-0), which has won four straight.

The Predators wrap up their two-game road trip on Saturday night in Edmonton.

Elias Lindholm, with his team-leading fifth goal, Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett scored for Calgary (4-3-0).

The Flames depart for a two-game road trip that begins in New York on Sunday night against the Rangers.

After Noah Hanifin got caught pinching, Rinaldo broke out on a two-on-one with Ryan Hartman and hung onto the puck the whole way before beating Mike Smith on his blocker side with a perfect wrist shot into the top corner at 6:31 of the third.

In the back-and-forth game, Nashville took the lead four times with Calgary answering back to tie it the first three times.

Down 3-2 entering the third, the Flames pulled even at 2:20 when Derek Ryan wired a perfect feed to Sam Bennett, who was breaking in off the wing and went to his backhand to neatly beat Pekka Rinne.

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