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NASHVILLE Jason Zucker 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 Joel Eriksson Ek 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 Authentic Marcus Johansson Jersey , 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. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Nashville forward Filip Forsberg stunned his teammates and the Colorado Avalanche with one dazzling sequence.Forsberg passed the puck to himself through his own legs and rookie defenseman Samuel Girard’s legs on his way to his second goal of the third period, helping Nashville beat Colorado 5-2 on Thursday night in Game 1 of the first-round Western Conference series.”That was unbelievable,” Predators forward Austin Watson said. ”I don’t know if you guys panned over to the bench, but all of our jaws dropped. He thinks of doing things out there that wouldn’t even happen in my dreams.”Pekka Rinne made 25 saves as Nashville put together a strong finish to its playoff opener after winning Presidents’ Trophy for the first time this season. The Predators are hoping to take the next step this year after losing to Pittsburgh in the Stanley Cup Final.Colorado was looking for a big win on a stage the franchise hasn’t seen since 2014, and the young Avalanche outplayed the defending Western Conference champs early.Austin Watson had a goal and an assist for Nashville, which has won 11 straight over Colorado. Craig Smith and Colton Sissons also scored, and Ryan Johansen and captain Roman Josi each had two assists.Nikita Zadorov and Blake Comeau scored for Colorado. Jonathan Bernier made 26 stops.Forsberg, who had a team-high 64 points in the regular season Michael Hutchinson Jersey Womens , gave Nashville its first lead of the game at 3-2 when he redirected a shot by Josi past Bernier 6:08 into the third. Then Forsberg delivered again with a breathtaking move in the middle of Colorado’s zone with 7:50 left.”It was just one of those that come us up I guess when you skate, and it worked,” Forsberg said.Nashville coach Peter Laviolette was impressed.”What I really liked about it, it was a power move,” Laviolette said. ”It was not just a standing-still move, like he really picked up speed and did his best to drive. And I always feel like he’s best when he’s a power forward first and then he brings a skill element into it, and that’s exactly what he did on that goal.”Game 2 is Saturday afternoon in Nashville.The series features a team that won 53 games during the regular season and Colorado, which had to win its regular-season finale to squeak into the postseason ahead of St. Louis. The Avalanche came in with only 14 players with playoff experience, and their most seasoned player, Colin Wilson, was on Nashville’s roster a year ago.”I’m happy with the way we played,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. ”I felt like we did enough to almost earn a better result but now we’re going to have to go and dig in even harder to make sure we do earn a better result. We’re capable.”Fans filled the arena more than 30 minutes before the puck dropped http://www.officialdevils.com/authentic-adidas-miles-wood-jersey , waiting for a pregame video that included a giant curtain that dropped down over the ice for a giant videoboard. Rascal Flatts handled the anthem as the Predators continued their tradition of big stars stepping in for the postseason, and two catfish hit the ice almost as soon as the last note ended.Colorado scored on its first official shot. Rinne didn’t appear to see Zadorov’s wrister, with the puck going over his glove at 6:36.The Predators were a bit sloppy early.The team that led the NHL in penalties took two late in the first, giving Colorado 19 seconds of a 5-on-3 advantage. Rinne seemed to settle the Predators down with a big save with 20 seconds left in the period, stopping Tyson Jost’s shot from the slot before sticking his right skate to the post with Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog trying to pounce on the puck.In the second, Rinne got help from Matt Irwin clearing J.T. Compher’s shot, and the Predators tied it on a wrist shot from Watson that squeezed over Bernier’s left shoulder at 3:14. The goal was being announced when Comeau got a stick on Carl Soderberg’s shot from the point to give Colorado a 2-1 lead at 4:51.”It shows us we’re right with them,” Colorado defenseman Tyson Barrie said.Rinne came up with his best save with 2:24 left in the second with Mikko Rantanen on a breakaway. The goalie spread out and stuck his right leg out, stopping the puck with his pad.Sissons capped the scoring with an empty-netter with 1:57 left.NOTES: Forsberg had his third career multigoal game in the postseason. He is averaging more than a point-per-game for his career against Colorado. … Nashville had been 12-14-5 after giving up the first goal and 8-10-2 when trailing after the first period in the regular season. But the Preds were 11-1-2 when tied after two periods. … Watson and Smith each had their fifth career goals of the playoffs.UP NEXTGame 2 is Saturday in Nashville.—