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Nolan took a long rebound of Matthew Lombardi's shot and put the puck into an open goal for the win.
Adrian Aucoin and Alex Tanguay also scored for Calgary, which snapped a two-game skid and moved into sixth place in the West. The Flames need just a point in their last two games, or a loss by Nashville or Vancouver, to make the playoffs.
Curtis Glencross scored twice for Edmonton, which won 13 of its previous 19 games.
Glencross tied the score 2-2 with 6:43 to go in the third. Kyle Brodziak made a long pass to spring Glencross on a breakaway, and the left winger scored glove-side on goalie Miikka Kiprusoff.
The Oilers opened the scoring just over 10 minutes in as Glencross continued to pay dividends since joining Edmonton from Columbus in early February. He took a pass in the middle of the ice and beat Kiprusoff through the legs for his 14th of the year and eighth with the Oilers.
Calgary tied it 5 minutes later on the power play as Nolan hit a pinching Aucoin with a pass. Aucoin's shot caromed off defender Denis Grebeshkov and past Oilers goalie Dwayne Roloson.
The Flames took a 2-1 lead with 2.1 seconds left in the second as Tanguay took a bad-angle shot which Roloson deflected into his own goal.
Notes: Edmonton leading scorer Ales Hemsky left the game with a lower body injury midway through the second period. ... Calgary was without C Craig Conroy, who left their game against Vancouver on Sunday with a torso injury. ... Daymond Langkow was able to play for the Flames after missing one game due to a death in the family. ... Joni Pitkanen was back in the Oilers' lineup after leaving Edmonton's last game against Calgary on Saturday with an injured groin. ... The Oilers signed free-agent forward Bryan Lerg from Michigan State. The five-foot-10, 175-pound Michigan native has 20 goals and 19 assists in 42 games this year for the Spartans. Lerg signed a two-year deal worth $962,000, with $175,000 in bonuses.
[Associated Press]
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