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The Oilers host the Nashville Predators on Tuesday. The game can be seen on Sportsnet West and heard on the Oilers Radio Network, including 630 CHED. Puck drop is 7:08 p.m. MT.
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With both sides bringing the heat right from puck drop, a boiling point was reached while tied at 3-3 in the 2nd when Matthew Tkachuk caught Zack Kassian with a hit behind the Flames' goal-line, prompting Kassian to challenge the Flames forward.
Tkachuk didn't oblige, causing Kassian to take a four-minute double-minor penalty and a 10-minute misconduct.
It was on that power play - which continued into the third frame - where Lindholm found the back of the net from the half-wall to obtain the Flames' 4-3 lead.
"It's an emotional game. It's a battle. I wish we could have killed the penalty for him," Oilers Head Coach Dave Tippett said post-game.
"There was a hit and a reaction. We had to kill a penalty and we didn't."
With the loss, the Oilers concluded their five-game road swing with a 3-1-1 record and had their three-game winning streak snapped.
"We'll take the seven out of 10 points," Connor McDavid, who caused the hockey world's jaw to drop once again with a sublime strike in the first, said.
"This was a big game for both sides and we wanted to find a way to get a big win here but we've been on the road 11 or 12 days here, we have a good chance to go and get four points before the (bye week and NHL All-Star) break."
Nugent-Hopkins scored his 11th and 12th of the season but sandwiched between them was McDavid's remarkable 25th.
The Oilers Captain caught the puck in the neutral zone and was away at the races, barrelling in on former Oilers keeper Cam Talbot all alone. No. 97 edged to his backhand but shot forehand, feathering the puck past Talbot for his 71st point.
