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NASHVILLE Sergei Boikov 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 third, capping a tic-tac-toe passing play with Takchuk and 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 Youth Jake McCabe Jersey , 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 post, 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 Jason Pominville Jersey Kids , 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. NEW YORK (AP) — The Nashville Predators liked the way a lot of things went in their season opener, especially since they came away with a win.P.K. Subban scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and the Predators held on to beat New York 3-2 Thursday night and spoil the regular-season debut of new Rangers coach David Quinn.“I thought we played a pretty good game,” Subban said. “For our team, we’re at our best when we’re disciplined. At the end, I think we would’ve liked to shut it down a little sooner and quicker and a little easier, but we got it done.”Subban fired a one-timer from beyond the inside edge of the right circle in front of the blue line at 3:28 of the final period to put Nashville ahead.Filip Forsberg and Colton Sissons also scored and Pekka Rinne stopped 34 shots for the Predators, the reigning Presidents’ Trophy winners with 117 points last season.“Every time you start the season, you always feel butterflies and you are a little nervous before the game Womens Johan Larsson Jersey ,” Rinne said. “It was a good game for us. I thought we created a lot, starting in the first period. … It was a good first game.”Sissons’ long empty-netter with 1:24 left pushed Nashville’s lead to 3-1, before Pavel Buchnevich pulled the Rangers back within one with 35 seconds remaining.“We did some good things,” Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. “There are things that we could be better at. … We were competitive and turned the puck over a little bit too much.”Jesper Fast scored and Henrik Lundqvist had 30 saves for the rebuilding Rangers.New York traded several stars at the trade deadline last winter in a youth movement and then missed the playoffs last spring for the first time in eight years. Quinn was hired from Boston University to replace the fired Alain Vigneault.“I didn’t think we really played to the level that we’re looking for,” Quinn said. “Obviously, we are up against a team that’s one of the favorites to win the Stanley Cup, so it was certainly a great test. I just thought we were hesitant. I didn’t think we hounded the puck like we did in the preseason.”After a scoreless first period, each team broke through in a fast-paced second in which the Rangers outshot the Predators 17-15. Both goalies made big stops to limit the other team to just one goal.Nashville took a 1-0 lead on Forsberg’s wrist shot from the right slot into the top left corner at 3:54.Fast tied it at 7:37 as he deflected Filip Chytil’s centering pass from behind the goal line on the left side.Both teams had chances in the opening period.Lundqvist denied Mattias Ekholm in close about 90 seconds in, stopped Ryan Johansen on a 2-on-1 break with 8:14 left, and then gloved Craig Smith’s hard wrist shot on a Nashville power play with 2 1/2 minutes to go.Rinne, the reigning Vezina Trophy winner as the league’s top goalie, stopped Buchnevich’s shot on a Rangers rush 6 1/2 minutes in Authentic Justin Bailey Jersey , turned away a wraparound attempt by Zuccarello midway through the period, and then made a sprawling save on Zuccarello’s attempt in the closing seconds to keep it scoreless.NOTES: Forsberg now has three goals and nine points in nine games against the Rangers. … The Predators improved to 4-5-0 in season openers on the road. … The teams conclude the season series Dec. 29 at Nashville. … The Rangers fell to 8-5-1 in their last 14 openers. … Fast is one point away from 100 in his career. … Lundqvist became the ninth player in franchise history to appear in at least one regular season game in 14 different seasons with the Rangers, joining Rod Gilbert (18), Brian Leetch (17), Harry Howell (17), Ron Greschner (16), Jean Ratelle (16), Ott Heller (15), Walt Tkaczuk (14), and Mike Richter (14).UP NEXTPredators: At the New York Islanders on Saturday night.Rangers: At Buffalo on Saturday night.