Andrei Kuzmenko香蕉视频直播檚 troubles continued on Saturday as he went from the press box to the penalty box.

A healthy scratch in seven of Calgary香蕉视频直播檚 previous eight games, Kuzmenko finally drew back into the Flames香蕉视频直播� lineup only to take two costly penalties in a 4-1 loss to the Nashville Predators.

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On the second that resulted in what turned out to be the winning goal, Kuzmenko香蕉视频直播檚 stick snapped as he went to tee up a shot from inside the blue line. As the puck trickled forward, he chased after it and kicked it up to Mikael Backlund, who was open in the slot. But he didn香蕉视频直播檛 drop the broken half of his stick.

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Calgary remains one point back of Vancouver for the second wild-card berth in the Western Conference with a pack of teams right behind them.

Kuzmenko was part of the return package when Calgary traded Elias Lindholm to the Vancouver Canucks last January.

In 29 games with the Flames last season, Kuzmenko scored 14 goals. Nearly an identical clip to the 39-goals he notched as a rookie the previous season.

Entering the final year of his contract, Kuzmenko was viewed this year as a key part of the Flames香蕉视频直播� offence.

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Having not registered a shot on goal over his last five games, he did break that skid Saturday and while only one shot reached the goalie, he did have eight shot attempts.

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Calgary returns to action on Tuesday when the Flames open a two-game road trip in Anaheim. It remains to be seen if Kuzmenko will get a chance to redeem himself or if he香蕉视频直播檒l end up back in the press box.

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