PHILADELPHIA _ Another game, another streak snapped.
The Flyers' six-game home winning streak ended Monday night as they fell to Nashville in a shootout, 2-1, at the Wells Fargo Center.
Ryan Ellis scored the game-winner in the shootout as Nashville won on the road for just the fourth time in 15 games (4-9-2).
Two nights earlier, the Flyers' 10-game overall winning streak ended with a 3-1 loss in Dallas.
Steve Mason (30 saves) made four stops during a Nashville-controlled overtime, helping send the game to a shootout. But Nick Cousins, Claude Giroux, and Jake Voracek couldn't beat Pekka Rinne in the shootout.
With the Flyers clinging to a 1-0 lead, Rinne (31 saves) stopped Flyers rookie Travis Konecny from the doorstep with 13 minutes, 32 seconds left in regulation. It was his second point-blank save on Konecny, who has been playing well but took an 18-game goalless streak into the night.
Rinne also made a big stop on Chris VandeVelde with 8:46 to play, keeping the Predators within a goal.
The Predators tied it 32 seconds later as Filip Forsberg tipped in Matt Irwin's point drive with 8:14 remaining.
After a ragged first few minutes of the opening period, the Flyers dominated the stanza and took the lead on Andrew MacDonald's second goal of the season.
Skating just inside the offensive blue line, Voracek made a slick backhand pass to get the puck past James Neal and to MacDonald on the right side. MacDonald scored on a blast from the top of the right circle, firing a shot that deflected off defenseman Ellis' left glove and dropped down and past Rinne with 9:28 left in the first.
"Jakey made a heck of a play," MacDonald said. "I was going to start going back, actually, because they had the pressure and it was right at the blue line. Just to be a safety valve."
But Voracek found MacDonald, and Michael Raffl set up a screen in front. "I had all day to shoot," MacDonald said, "and Raff did a great job of taking the goalie's eyes away."
It marked the fourth straight game the Flyers had scored first, and it was the only goal in the first two periods.
Even though the Flyers' power play had not scored in the last three games entering Monday, Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said he was leery of their play with the man advantage.
The Flyers entered the night third in the NHL, clicking at 23.3 percent on the power play.
"We have to stay out of the box," Laviolette, the former Flyers coach, said before the game. His team allowed two power-play goals, both to Wayne Simmonds, in the Flyers' 4-2 win Dec. 4. "Their power play has been together. I know the guy who runs it (Joe Mullen). I know what he's trying to do. Even with that advantage, it makes it difficult to stop them."
The Predators' penalty killers made it look as they were 3 for 3 in the second period, during which they killed a five-on-three for 1:24.
The Flyers also killed a double-minor to Giroux (slashing) in the second period, making them 15 for 15 over the last three-plus games.
Mason, making his 16th start in the last 18 games, was forced to make just 17 saves over the first two periods. The Flyers' defense, anchored by Ivan Provorov, kept most of the shots from outside.
