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NASHVILLE – Lance Bouma scored two goals to help the Calgary Flames defeat the Nashville Predators 5-2 at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday.

Calgary (41-28-7) is one point ahead of the Los Angeles Kings for third place in the Pacific Division with 89 points. Los Angeles has a game in hand.

Nashville (47-22-8) is 28-8-2 at home but remain in first place in the Central Division with 102 points. They were the first team to clinch a berth into the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference after a 4-3 win against the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Roman Josi gave the Predators a 1-0 lead at 6:17 of the first period on a slap shot from the point that went past Flames goaltender Jonas Hiller. Josi took the pass from forward Mike Santorelli and shot it through traffic for his 15th goal.

Bouma tied the game 1-1 at 9:13 of the first on a wrist shot from the slot that got past Nashville goaltender Carter Hutton. Bouma drove to the middle of the ice and took a shot through the legs of Nashville defenseman Mattias Ekholm for his 15th goal.

Kris Russell gave the Flames a 2-1 lead at 17:46 of the first on a shot from the point that went through traffic and past Hutton. Russell took the pass from forward Sean Monahan and took the shot for his fourth goal.

Michael Ferland gave the Flames a 3-1 lead at 6:57 of the second period on a one-timer from the crease. Ferland took the pass from Drew Shore and shot the puck past Hutton for his first NHL goal.

Jiri Hudler gave the Flames a 4-1 lead at 11:53 of the second on a breakaway. Hudler retrieved the puck in the Nashville zone and took a wrist shot that beat Hutton through the five-hole for his 28th goal.

Nashville defenseman Seth Jones made it 4-2 at 9:55 of the third period on a wrist shot that went off of the crossbar and in the net. The goal came while Nashville had an extra attacker on a delayed penalty. Jones took the pass from forward Mike Ribeiro and set a career high with his seventh goal.

Bouma added an empty-net goal at 19:30 of the third period to make it 5-2.

Calgary forward Paul Byron missed the game because of a lower-body injury after returning to the lineup Friday in a 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild. Byron had missed 17 consecutive games with an undisclosed injury. He is listed as day-to-day.

Nashville defenseman Shea Weber missed his second consecutive game because of a lower-body injury and is listed as day-to-day.

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