The Predators found a new way to suffer overtime heartbreak on Tuesday.

Minnesota defeated the Preds 3-2 at Grand Casino Arena, when Wild forward Marcus Johansson flipped an uncontested shot into a net that was swinging on one mooring, beating a goalie who didn’t attempt to block it.

The sequence occurred just over three-and-a-half minutes into overtime, when Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov threw a puck across the goalmouth. Nashville netminder Justus Annunen, sliding to his left to stop an anticipated shot by Kaprizov, bumped the left goalpost and knocked the net off one mooring.

Johansson at first tried to redirect Kaprizov’s pass into the net, which by now was swinging on its one remaining mooring. His attempt hit the side of the net, but Johansson collected his own rebound and shoveled it over the goal line, the net well out of position.

Officials called it a goal, ruling Annunen caused the net to be displaced prior to the puck crossing the goal line.

Referees awarded Johansson the goal in accordance with the NHL’s Rule 63.7, which reads as follows:

“In the event that the goal post is displaced, either deliberately or accidentally, by a defending player, prior to the puck crossing the goal line between the normal position of the goalposts, the referee may award a goal. In order to award a goal in this situation, the goal post must have been displaced by the actions of a defending player, the attacking player must have an imminent scoring opportunity prior to the goal post being displaced, and it must be determined that the puck would have entered the net between the normal position of the goal posts.”

The Predators (5-6-4) saw things in a different light, arguing that Johansson missed his initial tip-in, and that the only reason he got a second attempt at all was because the net had swung free of its usual position.

“Obviously a weird play,” Predators forward Steven Stamkos told reporters. “The confusing part for us was why it was so emphatically called a goal. Listen, the net came off, [and] if the puck goes in right away, no problem … [But] the puck actually bounced back to [Johansson] because the net was sideways.

“My interpretation of the rule is that if the net wasn’t off, that puck wouldn’t have [come] back to him to have an open net. It would have went behind the net and then the play would have been blown dead because the net was off.”

Predators coach Andrew Brunette found fault with the call as well.

“In [the referee’s] opinion, it was a goal,” Brunette said. “I disagree with his opinion, but that’s the way it is … If the net didn’t dislodge, [the goal] wouldn’t have ended up being in the net. Unfortunately, they didn’t see it the same way and you move on.”

The overtime loss was the Predators’ second in as many nights, as Nashville had fallen 5-4 to Vancouver on Monday at Bridgestone Arena. The teams appeared headed for a shootout that night, but the Canucks’ Brock Boeser scored with just two seconds left in overtime, following a Preds turnover.

Stamkos had worked some last-second magic himself in regulation Tuesday, as his slapshot with just 0.3 seconds left in the third period tied the contest 2-2, sending the game to overtime and earning Nashville a point.

It was just Stamkos’ second goal in 15 games this season, and it snapped his nine-goal scoring drought.

But just a few minutes later, that joy was dulled by a most unusual defeat, one that dropped Nashville’s record in the five-minute overtime session to 0-4 this season.