It was Bobble Head day at the Saddledome and the puck bobbled on the Flames several times late in the game at key times as Nashville gained a 5-3 triumph.

  The Bobble Head feature player, Jarome Iginla, had 2 goals ending a 9-game drought but with close-in opportunities, Flame players couldn’t control the puck to notch the equalizer  Rene Bourque had a couple of those chances, Curtis Glencross had another.

  The Predators came into the game eager to avenge a Nov. 30 loss at home 5-0 to the Flames and at the end of the afternoon had it.

  The Predators, who average 9 matinee games over the past 3 seasons, displayed their experience in that area jumping into a 2-0 first period lead against a Flame squad that rarely plays in the afternoon.

  Still, just beyond the midway point of the 2nd period, the Flames got their game going and wiped out the Nashville lead gaining a 3-2 advantage.  The Preds got a late tally in the 2nd to tie the contest then put it away in the 3rd with a pair of goals — the last into an empty net.

  The Preds, who are now 3 points better than the Flames, won their fourth straight. They haven’t lost 2-in-a-row since Oct. 21.

  The Flames, who haven’t won 2-straight in December, attempt to mount  a streak on Wednesday hosting St. Louis.  That’s 3 days between games, the club’s longest break since Nov.3. After that repite andpractice the team went through its best stretch of the season — 4-straight wins, a 6-game point streak (5-0-1), just 2 regulation losses in 14 games.

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