{"id":390439,"date":"2026-01-04T05:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T05:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/390439\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T05:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T05:41:11","slug":"bunting-has-4-points-predators-recover-late-to-edge-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/390439\/","title":{"rendered":"Bunting has 4 points, Predators recover late to edge Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blake Coleman<\/a> scored the tying goal in the third period, and Rasmus Andersson<\/a> also scored for the Flames (18-19-4), who had won five of their previous six and were 10-1-1 in their previous 12 home games. Matt Coronato<\/a> had two assists, and Wolf made 32 saves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it was a great game for us compared to the ones we\u2019ve played over the last little while,\u201d Calgary coach Ryan Huska said. \u201cI only thought we had maybe five guys that were at a level that I think they should have been at. I thought Nashville was much quicker than us for the majority part of the game. Not a great night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coleman tied it 3-3 at 12:49 of the third on a shot from below the right circle that beat Saros through the five-hole.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were stubborn all night, and it came back to bite us at one of the biggest times of the game,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cIt\u2019s just one of those things where in that situation and that score and where we are, it\u2019s early to be talking standings, but we\u2019ve given ourselves an opportunity to really climb. There\u2019s no excuse for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yan Kuznetsov<\/a> gave the Flames a 1-0 lead at 1:56 of the first period on a one-timer from the point off a pass from MacKenzie Weegar<\/a> on a set play off the face-off.<\/p>\n

Mikael Backlund<\/a> appeared to score for Calgary at 6:40, but Nashville successfully challenged for offside and the play was overturned.<\/p>\n

Haula tied it 1-1 at 11:19 on a redirection from the slot on a pass from Bunting.<\/p>\n

Haula scored again 1:33 later to give the Predators a 2-1 lead at 12:52 with a wrist shot from the left circle on a 2-on-1 rush.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve gone through stuff together,\u201d Nashville coach Andrew Brunette said. \u201cWe\u2019ve stayed together. We\u2019ve never been tighter. This group continues to grow. We\u2019re growing every day. We\u2019re getting better, but we also believe in each other. We\u2019re as tight as a group as I\u2019ve been around.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty evident with [Stamkos] blocking a shot late in the game. For a 600-goal scorer to lay his body on the line in a game in January just speaks volumes of his leadership and his character. We\u2019re in it together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blake Coleman scored the tying goal in the third period, and Rasmus Andersson also scored for the Flames…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-390439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}