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Pearson Jersey , Tenn. (AP) If the Flames were weary at the end of their 
long trip, it didn¡¯t show against the Predators.Matthew Tkachuk and Dougie 
Hamilton each had a goal and an assist in Calgary¡¯s 4-3 victory over Nashville 
on Thursday night.Mark Jankowski and Curtis Lazar also scored, and David Rittich 
made 29 saves. The Flames won two of their last three to finish 4-2 on their 
longest trip of the season.Article continues below ...¡±A little cliche-ish, but 
the big battle cry in there today was, `Who can do it the hardest the longest?¡±¡¯ 
Calgary coach Glen Gulutzan said. ¡±I thought our guys did that tonight.¡±Ryan 
Johansen, Yannick Weber and Nick Bonino scored for Nashville, and Pekka Rinne 
made 27 saves. The Predators had won two in a row, and Rinne was 10-0-1 in his 
previous 11.¡±We¡¯re not working hard enough, I don¡¯t know what else to say,¡± 
Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. ¡±If you don¡¯t invest a lot, you won¡¯t 
like it at the end. The stretches that aren¡¯t going our way are the stretches 
that we¡¯re getting outplayed. It¡¯s because we¡¯re missing some bite in our 
game.¡±Jankowski gave Calgary its first lead at 3:24 of the 
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Sam Bennett with a tap-in from just outside the crease. Lazar¡¯s wrist shot from 
the right side beat Rinne high to the glove side at 10:14 of the third to make 
it 4-2.Nashville drew within a goal at 12:19 of the third when Bonino redirected 
a pass from Pontus Aberg by Rittich.Rittich¡¯s stopped P.K. Subban¡¯s slap shot 
with under a minute remaining in the game and the Predators on a power play and 
Rinne lifted for an extra attacker. He saved his best for last though. With 9.2 
seconds remaining, Rittich got his glove on an attempt from Kevin Fiala from the 
right side, just preventing it from crossing the goal line. A brief video review 
confirmed the on-ice ruling of no goal.Not happy with giving up Bonino¡¯s goal, 
Rittich wanted to improve.¡±After that, I should do something more,¡± he said. 
¡±They need me and I¡¯m really happy I did.¡±Johansen opened the scoring at 13:45 
of the opening period. Rittich stopped Ryan Ellis¡® slap shot from the middle of 
the blue line. Standing just outside the crease, Craig Smith poked the puck 
loose, and Johansen was able to tap the puck across at the left post.Tkachuk 
tied it on a power play with 44 seconds left in the first. Mark Giordano¡¯s wrist 
shot from the left point hit Sean Monahan in front. Tkachuk grabbed the rebound 
and banked the rebound off of Rinne and in for his 21st goal of the 
season.¡±That¡¯s a big win for us,¡± Tkachuk said. ¡±I can¡¯t speak enough about the 
whole team and the effort we put in tonight to get the win, especially late to 
hold off their push late.¡±Weber made it 2-1 at 9:30 of the second. From inside 
the Nashville blue line, Weber¡¯s pass sent Viktor Arvidsson in on a breakaway. 
Arvidsson¡¯s wrist shot from the slot hit the right 
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but Weber hustled to follow the play and put the rebound past Rittich.¡±I think 
they showed that this kind of hockey that we¡¯ve been playing recently is not 
going to win us games in the playoffs and down the stretch,¡± Weber said. ¡±It¡¯s 
definitely a wakeup call that we can¡¯t just watch and be satisfied and think we 
still win every game. Maybe we needed that one. It shows us that we do have to 
go back to the way we need to have success.¡±Hamilton tied it at 14:28 of the 
second. At the tail end of a full 2:00 5-on-3 advantage, Hamilton snapped a 
wrist shot from the high slot just underneath the crossbar. Nashville was just 
15 seconds from killing off both minor penalties assessed to Weber and fellow 
defenseman Alexei Emelin at 12:43.Johnny Gaudreau had the secondary assist on 
Hamilton¡¯s goal, his career-high 49th assist of the season.Notes: Nashville C 
Kyle Turris missed the game due to illness. ¡ The Predators were 0 for 5 on the 
power play. They have not scored on the man-advantage in their last six games, 
going 0 for 18. ¡ Gaudreau extended his points streak to eight games. ¡ The road 
team has won all three games in the season series, with Calgary taking both 
matchups in Nashville.UP NEXT:Flames: Host Florida on Saturday night.Predators: 
Host Detroit on Saturday night. Last February, the beginning of the end for Mike 
Yeo unfurled in Nashville, although no one suspected it at the time.The St. 
Louis Blues¡® coach was sitting pretty on a Tuesday night with a 3-0 lead midway 
through the third period, his team about to move two points closer to the 
Predators in the Central Division race with plenty of time to catch them.Then 
Nashville roared back with three goals in a five-minute span to force overtime 
and won on a penalty shot by Filip Forsberg. That was the pivotal result in a 
seven-game losing streak that helped St. Louis miss the playoffs by one 
point.Article continues below ...Yeo¡¯s Blues never gained any traction this 
season, either, and after a 2-0 loss Monday night to Los Angeles dropped their 
record to 
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his third coach in seven-plus years and promoted Craig Berube on an interim 
basis. Berube doesn¡¯t exactly get to ease into the new gig, taking St. Louis to 
Nashville Wednesday night for the first of a home-and-home series with the NHL¡¯s 
top team. The division rivals square off again Friday night in St. Louis.The 
first job for Berube is to find a way to get a puck into the net. Monday night¡¯s 
defeat was the third time in four games the Blues have been blanked. This time, 
it was by Cal Peterson, he of three games of NHL experience.¡°It¡¯s hard to win 
when you don¡¯t score goals,¡± forward Vladimir Tarasenko told the St. Louis 
Post-Dispatch.The 45-year-old Yeo was the NHL¡¯s second coach to lose his job 
this season, hours ahead of Edmonton parting ways with Todd McLellan on 
Tuesday.Los Angeles axed John Stevens on Nov. 3 in favor of Willie Desjardins. 
Like the Blues, the Kings are off to a slow start and face a serious uphill 
climb if they are to get into contention.Having gotten a coach fired, St. Louis 
figures to come out with a detailed effort Wednesday night. But it went 0-for-4 
last season against the Predators (15-5-1), and with key forwards like Patrick 
Maroon, Alexander Steen and Jaden Schwartz injured, scoring goals against Pekka 
Rinne doesn¡¯t look like it will be easy.Rinne 
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up big for Nashville in a 3-2 victory Monday night over Tampa Bay, stopping 29 
of 31 shots. He got help from defenseman Mattias Ekholm, who denied the 
Lightning a tying goal in the last 10 seconds by knocking a puck away from the 
goal line after it trickled off and behind Rinne.¡°We knew we were going to get 
pressured hard there at the end with their skill and six guys on the ice,¡± Rinne 
said. ¡°But our guys did a great job ¡ª we blocked a lot of shots and made it hard 
for them.¡±The Predators might regain the services of All-Star defenseman P.K. 
Subban, who¡¯s sat out the last three games with a lower-body injury.The Blues 
are expected to start Jake Allen (5-5-3, 3.33, .895), who has ceded just one 
goal in each of his last three outings.