Nashville was completely overtaken by St Louis this weekend when they conceded a full seven goals in the second period and lost 3-8.
Thus, tonight's tough home meeting with Calgary was of utmost importance so that Nashville would not lose its advantage in the playoff game in the Western Conference.
But Nashville would gather.
Filip Forsberg set the tone in the second period when he shot 1-0 into powerplay with a hard and well-aimed direct shot.
Nashville eventually won 3-2 after penalties after Mikael Granlund scored the only goal of the penalty shootout.
- It was nice that we could bounce back in this way.
We grabbed the baton immediately and then played well the whole match, says Forsberg to Sportbladet.
The victory means that Nashville, which has five games left to play, has six points down to Vegas and Vancouver, which are on the wrong side of the playoffs.
Nashville is currently seizing the first of the so-called wild card slots.
Vancouver went on a really heavy loss on penalties against Ottawa which put an end to a six game long losing streak.
Meanwhile, playoff rival Los Angeles won 2-1 against Anaheim.