On the very next shift, Bunting\u2019s attempted pass to Matthew Wood was blocked by Yegor Sharangovich. But Wood collected the loose puck, spun and shot it past a screen \u2013 two Flames defenders and a Nashville player \u2013 and his shot beat Wolf to make it 2-0 Nashville.<\/p>\n
That’s two shifts in a row where the Flames get hemmed in their own zone. Both result in Nashville goals. <\/p>\n
2-0 Preds <\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Flames<\/a> <\/p>\n A few minutes later, the Predators added another goal, this time on the power play. Mikael Backlund and Blake Coleman were caught up ice after a shorthanded two-on-one rush. The play went three-on-two in the other direction and Jonathan Marchessault received a pass, cut to the net and beat Wolf to make it 3-0 Nashville.<\/p>\n Mikael Backlund is stopped at one end. <\/p>\n Jonathan Marchessault scores at the other. <\/p>\n 3-0 Nashville. <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Flames<\/a> <\/p>\n First period shots were 15-11 Flames. Via Natural Stat Trick, 5v5 scoring chances were 9-8 Predators and high-danger scoring chances were 3-1 Predators.<\/p>\n Devin Cooley entered the game in relief of Dustin Wolf for the second period.<\/p>\n Both teams had some looks, but Nashville seemed perfectly content to keep the clock running and roll their lines so they didn\u2019t really press too much offensively.<\/p>\n Second period shots were 11-7 Flames. 5v5 scoring chances were 8-8 and high-danger scoring chances were 5-2 Flames.<\/p>\n Early in the third period, the Flames\u00a0finally scored a goal. After an offensive zone face-off win, Jake Bean\u2019s point shot was stopped by Juuse Saros but Jonathan Huberdeau jammed in the rebound to cut Nashville\u2019s lead to 3-1.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd25FLAMES GOAL\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n Jonathan Huberdeau puts home a rebound at the side of the net! <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Flames<\/a> <\/p>\n The Flames cut Nashville\u2019s lead to one off a nice give-and-go sequence in the offensive zone. Nazem Kadri and Joel Farabee exchanged passes, with a Farabee one-timer from the left face-off dot beating Saros to cut the lead to 3-2.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd25FLAMES GOAL\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n Joel Farabee cuts the Nashville lead to one! He extends his points streak to four games!<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Flames<\/a> <\/p>\n The Flames kept pressing and pulled Cooley for the extra attacker. Filip Forsberg added an empty-netter to ice this one as a 4-2 Predators win.<\/p>\n Third period shots were 9-6 Predators.<\/p>\n Why the Flames lost<\/p>\n In the opening period, the Flames didn\u2019t really adhere to their system\u00a0and\u00a0their details were spotty \u2013 you can point to breakdowns on the first three goals that gave Nashville great scoring chances on Wolf. They were a lot better in the final 40 minutes and were able to make a game of it, but it just wasn\u2019t enough to make up for their rough early effort.<\/p>\n Red Warrior<\/p>\n We\u2019re gonna give a stick-tap to the Honzek-Backlund-Coleman line. Yes, we\u2019ll acknowledge that Backlund and Coleman got caught up ice on the Marchessault goal. But that trio generated a ton of chances, won a ton of face-offs, and did what they could to create momentum when they were on the ice.<\/p>\n Turning point<\/p>\n The last 10 minutes of the first period were Not Good for the Flames. They never quite dug themselves out of that hole.<\/p>\n This and that<\/p>\n This was just the third time in Wolf\u2019s NHL career that he hasn\u2019t finished a game that he started.<\/p>\n At 2-9-2, the Flames are tied, points-wise, for their worst start in franchise history. They also had six points after 13 games in 1995-96, and ended up making the playoffs that season.<\/p>\n After Burner<\/p>\n Join Cami Kepke and myself right after the game for After Burner!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n The Flames (2-9-2) are off to the City of Brotherly Love. They face the Philadelphia Flyers in the second half of this back-to-back set on Sunday night.<\/p>\n This article is brought to you by Platinum MitsubishiThis article is a Presentation of Platinum Mitsubishi, family owned and operated by lifelong Calgarians. Home of the best warranty in the business with ten year warranties available. 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