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Entering Monday’s game at Washington with a six-game losing streak as well as a 10-game skid in road games dating back to mid-November Arizona Coyotes Hats Womens , the Nashville Predators finally found their slump-buster.The team which made fathers’ trips a common thing in the NHL brought their moms along, and with their biggest cheerleaders looking on from two boxes at the Verizon Center, Nashville pumped five straight goals by Braden Holtby to erase a quick 3-1 deficit and win 6-3.“Growing up, you fall and you get a boo-boo, who do you run to? Mom,” forward Rocco Grimaldi said. “We’re on a six-game losing streak, we’re kind of hurting and banged up, who do we need to come running to? Mom.Article continues below ...“It was a great win by our team, especially going down 3-1.”Having derived inspiration from their mothers, the Predators now try for back-to-back wins Tuesday night when they start the 2019 portion of their schedule in Bridgestone Arena against the Philadelphia Flyers.Nashville (23-15-2) finally found the back of the net with some regularity for the first time in a while. During its six-game losing streak, it managed just 10 goals, getting shut out Thursday night by Dallas’ Anton Khudobin despite putting 49 shots on net.For the first time in weeks, the Predators didn’t display hands of clay around the net. They buried opportunities, and didn’t give up momentum-killing goals after their scores.“We competed really well,” Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. “We played a good game offensively Custom Arizona Coyotes Jerseys , we were opportunistic and did what we needed to do. Coming from behind a couple of times down by two goals is also a good thing … so lots of positives to pull from today.”Making it even more meaningful was the depth scoring the Predators received. Grimaldi, Miikka Salomaki and Frederick Gaudreau provided unexpected goals. With the team up 4-3 midway through the third period, defenseman Ryan Ellis produced just his fourth marker to create separation.The arrival of Philadelphia in town would seem to give Nashville a decent chance to earn another two points. The Flyers (15-18-5) fell 3-1 Monday night in Carolina, dropping them into last place in the Metropolitan Division and giving them their eighth loss in 11 games.It was a particularly rough night for goalie Carter Hart, making his fifth NHL start. Hart ceded three goals on just 10 shots before getting the hook just 2:19 into the second period after Andrei Svechnikov beat him.“I’m just going to put it behind me,” Hart said to philly.com. “Learn from it. Put it in the archives and get better. We came out and played hard at the start, and I wasn’t up to the challenge.”Philadelphia is 3-3-1 under interim coach Scott Gordon, who was brought up from its AHL club in Lehigh Valley when Dave Hakstol got the axe following an 0-3-1 road swing through western Canada. The Flyers are 1-2-1 heading into the finale of a five-game road trip.The teams met on December 20 in Philadelphia, where Hart stopped 31 shots in a 2-1 victory. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jesper Fast made an immediate impact in his return to the New York lineup after missing five games due to an upper body injury.Fast scored two goals, including the game winner, and added an assist as the Rangers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.Chris Kreider had a goal and an assist, Marc Stall added a score and Mika Zibanejad had a career-high four assists for the Rangers, who earned their first road win in regulation this season. Henrik Lundqvist made 34 saves.“I’m not scoring the goals, I’m just trying to set them up www.bruinsshoponline.com ,” said Zibanejad, who centered a line with Kreider and Fast. “We’ve been playing together before and it was really clicking back then. We just went back to how we played. We find each other pretty well out there. It’s nice to see (Fast) come back and get a couple.”Nick Bonino scored a pair of power-play goals and Kevin Fiala also scored and had two assists for the Predators, who have lost six straight. Pekka Rinne made 18 saves.“You can’t lose six in a row,” Bonino said. “Not in this league, not in this division, not with the parity there is. Just gotta get better.”The Rangers were trailing 3-2 entering the third, but Staal and Fast scored in just over a three-minute span early in the period, giving New York the lead.Staal converted a wrist shot from the slot off of a 3-on-2 rush at 4:23, then Fast scored his second of the night off a slap shot from the slot to make it 4-3.“There’s a lot of different ways to win hockey games, and each game presents a different challenge,” Rangers coach David Quinn said. “This one presented a challenge of being down 3-2, getting two goals in the third and then having to kill a penalty at a key time and doing a great job on the 6-on-5.”Lundqvist stopped a one-timer off the stick of Nashville captain Roman Josi with 23.2 remaining in the game with Rinne lifted for an extra attacker to preserve the win.“It was definitely a battle, but it was a fun game to play,” Lundqvist said. “They’re a good team. They’re pretty balanced — good forwards, really good D Boston Bruins T-Shirts Womens , they move the puck well.”Kreider scored the game’s first goal at 2:42 of the opening period on a power play.Above the right circle, Zibanejad faked a slap shot and then sent a pass to Kreider, who was just above the goal line to Rinne’s right, where he was able to deflect the puck over the shoulder of the Finnish keeper.Kreider’s 20 goals lead the Rangers. He has scored in four consecutive games and five of his last six.The goal came just seven seconds after Predators coach Peter Laviolette was assessed a bench minor penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. Laviolette was unhappy with a hit former Predators player Cody McLeod delivered to defenseman P.K. Subban deep in the Nashville zone.“It’s a loss,” Laviolette said. “It’s tough. They’re mounting. We’ve got to put an end to it. We did enough good things through the course of the game. We got ourselves a lead going into the third. I think that’s what makes it a tough one to swallow because typically we’re good in that situation.”Bonino tied the game at 1-all at 8:43 of the first.From the left faceoff dot, Fiala sent a pass to Mattias Ekholm at the middle of the blue line. There, the Swedish defenseman sent a one-timer toward the Rangers net and Bonino was there to redirect the shot past Lundqvist.New York made it 2-1 at 3:51 of the second. From behind the Nashville net, Zibanejad sent a pass to Fast, who was alone in the slot. He beat Rinne with a quick shot on the blocker side.Fiala tied the game again at 4:44 of the second with an unassisted goal.Driving down the right side on a 2-on-1, Fiala snapped a wrist shot low to Lundqvist’s far side.Bonino’s second power-play goal of the game gave Nashville its first lead at 10:35 of the second after converting a rebound of his own shot at 10:35.NOTES: Nashville C Kyle Turris missed the game with a lower-body injury. …The Predators sold out all 51 home games they played at Bridgestone Arena in calendar year 2018. … Rangers RW Kevin Hayes picked up one assist, extending his career-long point scoring streak to nine games. … New York is 9-6-6 when scoring first this season.UP NEXT:Rangers: Visit St. Louis Blues on Monday.Predators: Visit Washington Capitals on Monday.