Predators make the playoffs despite 5-4 OT loss to Flames

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Matthew Tkachuk forced overtime by scoring with a second left in the third and Elias Lindholm’s OT goal secured the Calgary Flames’ 5-4 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.

Despite losing its third straight, Nashville clinched a wild-card spot thanks to Dallas’ shootout win over Vegas.

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Dillon Dube scored twice and Noah Hanifin also had a goal for Calgary, winners of three straight. Dan Vladar made 19 saves.

"What that game did for us, bringing us together at this time of year, that game did so much more for us than people would probably expect," Tkachuk said.

Nashville Predators' Alexandre Carrier (45) falls as he chases the puck with Calgary Flames' Elias Lindholm (28) in the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, April 26, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn.  (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Filip Forsberg scored two power-play goals, Matt Duchene had a goal and two assists and Roman Josi had one goal and one assist for the Predators.

"Yeah, it’s tough," Josi said of Tkachuk's goal, which was a wraparound under David Rittich's pad. "Like, doesn’t happen too often that you get scored on with 0.1 seconds. But it happened, and we have to regroup. I liked our effort. I thought we played hard."

Juuse Saros made 30 saves for Nashville but left the game with 6:32 remaining favoring his left leg and was replaced by Rittich, who made three saves.

"I don’t have any update on him," Predators coach John Hynes said. "He’s still getting evaluated. I haven’t talked to the trainer or anything yet, so we’ll probably have more on that tomorrow."

In overtime, Lindholm picked up a rebound and beat