"The Predators thought they had the momentum.

In fact, they knew it.

Midway through the second period Thursday, the Predators killed off a five-on-three and went on a power play of their own.

Then, after that power play was over, one mistake gave the Flyers the game-winning goal.

Matt Read's goal with 5:28 left in the second period proved to be the difference in the Flyers' 4-1 win over the Predators.

The loss was Nashville's first in five games and just its third in 16 games, and it came on the heels of a comeback win at the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.

"Those guys made a huge kill on the five-on-three," Predators defenseman Ryan Suter said. "I thought we had the momentum. We would like to probably have the second one back."

Read stripped the puck from defenseman Kevin Klein at the Predators' blue line and raced down the ice.

He fired a shot at Anders Lindback, powering it past the 6-foot-6 goaltender.

After the Predators brought the score to 2-1 midway through the third period on a goal by Suter, the Flyers added a goal on the power play."