ANAHEIM, Calif. - Jakob Silfverberg scored the tiebreaking power-play goal late in the second period, and captain Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and an assist in the Anaheim Ducks' 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames in their first-round playoff series opener Thursday night.

Rickard Rakell scored the tying goal after Calgary made a horrendous line change in the second period, and John Gibson made 30 saves as the Ducks avoided a slow start to their latest Stanley Cup playoff campaign.

Sean Monahan and Sam Bennett scored and Brian Elliott stopped 38 shots for the wild-card Flames. Calgary is winless in Anaheim since April 25, 2006, when the Flames won a playoff game in a series won by the Ducks.

Game 2 is Saturday night at Honda Center.

With their fans' chants of ''You can't win here!'' echoing down from the rafters, the Ducks kept up their improbable home mastery of the Flames despite falling behind in the second period.

Getzlaf was dominant while he became the first Ducks player to score 100 playoff points. He capped his night with an enormous third-period check on Calgary captain Mark Giordano, who is reviled in Anaheim after injuring All-Star defenseman Cam Fowler with a knee-on-knee hit last week.

Anaheim capped the win by killing two Flames power plays, including a 5-on-3 disadvantage for 1:17 in the waning minutes. Gibson was shaky at times, but he denied Johnny Gaudreau in the crease with 18 seconds to play.

With Calgary's loss, the NHL's Canadian teams fell to 0-5 in their playoff openers this season.

The Ducks have won five straight Pacific Division titles, but their postseason failures in recent years led to coach Bruce Boudreau's firing last spring and the return of Randy Carlyle, who led Anaheim to its only championship a decade ago. The Ducks haven't reached the Stanley Cup Final since, and they've won just three playoff rounds during the past four seasons - including an embarrassing first-round loss to Nashville last season.

The Ducks lost the first two games at home to the Predators, who eventually won in seven games. A slow start wasn't a problem against the Flames, however: The raucous Orange County crowd hadn't even settled in its seats before Getzlaf wired a one-timer through traffic for his 30th career playoff goal.

Calgary evened it on a power-play redirect by Monahan, the top-line forward who scored 58 points and didn't miss a game during the regular season.

Bennett put the Flames ahead with a slick shot off Kris Versteeg's slick backhand pass in front. Before Honda Center or the Ducks could get too tense, Rakell evened it on a rebound of Getzlaf's shot after Calgary gave up a 3-on-0 rush with its confused line change.

Silfverberg then put a beautiful wrist shot through traffic to reclaim the lead.

The Ducks expect to be without Fowler for at least the next few games after the hit by Giordano, who wasn't penalized or further disciplined by the NHL. Giordano was booed every time he touched the puck.

NOTES: Ducks D Shea Theodore got the first two playoff points of his career with power-play assists. ... Calgary's Glen Gulutzan coached his first NHL playoff game, and rookie F Matthew Tkachuk made his playoff debut. ... Anaheim D Brandon Montour and F Ondrej Kase made their Stanley Cup playoff debuts. ... Ducks F Nick Ritchie completed his two-game suspension for punching Chicago's Michael Rozsival last week. The power forward will be eligible to make his NHL playoff debut in Game 2.

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Corey Perry survived a bit of a scare Thursday night.

The Anaheim Ducks forward caught a broken stick blade in the face on a draw in the second period of Game 1 against the Calgary Flames.

Perry went down the tunnel, but wasn't gone for long.

We can almost feel the hockey player cliches being concocted, but in all seriousness, Perry is fortunate he wasn't in worse shape.

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The Calgary Flames seem to be in a giving mood in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks.

The Flames helped the Ducks score a goal for the second time Thursday night, going for a wholesale line change that Anaheim alertly spotted and took immediate advantage of.

Kevin Bieksa fired a long stretch pass from behind his own red line to Ryan Getzlaf in the offensive zone, and Jakob Silfverberg banged in the rebound after the captain's initial shot was stopped, knotting the game late in the second period.

Earlier in the game, Getzlaf scored a power-play goal that deflected in off Flames pugilist Deryk Engelland's stick.

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Dylan Wells is used to stopping the puck, but he can also bury it.

The Edmonton Oilers goaltending prospect pulled off an impressive feat in the Peterborough Petes' series-clinching win over the Kingston Frontenacs in the OHL playoffs Thursday night, firing the puck into the empty net from behind his own in the final minute.

He handled the celebration like a seasoned vet, too.

Wells made 33 saves to go along with his goal. The 19-year-old was a fifth-round pick of the Oilers in last year's draft.

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Deryk Engelland isn't the most popular member of the Calgary Flames, and this certainly won't help his cause.

The veteran enforcer committed a regrettable gaffe less than a minute into Game 1 of the Flames' first-round playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks, deflecting the puck past teammate Brian Elliott and into his own net.

Ryan Getzlaf was credited with the power-play goal, which was answered by another man-advantage marker when Flames forward Sean Monahan evened the score midway through the first period.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs aren't just happy to be here.

In a tightly-contested Game 1 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals, the Leafs proved they can hang with the Presidents' Trophy winners, as far as goalie Frederik Andersen is concerned.

"We showed we can play with them and we've got to keep playing better throughout the game and improve next game too," Andersen told reporters.

While the end result didn't fall in their favor, Andersen believes there are some positive lessons to be gleaned in order to ensure this series is far from over.

"It's one game obviously and not the end result we wanted," he said. "We played really good and I think we showed we can play with these guys. That was a good game for us, but obviously you don't get a win for that. We've got to come back and play the same way and better."

Andersen stopped 41 of 44 shots fired by the Capitals, and was a major reason why the game was pushed to overtime.

Game 2 is set for Saturday in Washington.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs gave the Washington Capitals a scare in the opening game of their first-round playoff series, but Barry Trotz acknowledged his club's slow start actually had a positive effect.

"It's a (really) good wake-up call for us," the Capitals head coach told reporters, according to TSN's Mark Masters, following Washington's 3-2 victory. "I know we have another level."

The underdog Leafs scored the first two goals of the series, the first coming less than two minutes in courtesy Mitch Marner and the second scored by Jake Gardiner midway through the opening frame.

Justin Williams brought the Capitals level with a pair of goals that eventually forced overtime, and Tom Wilson finished off the comeback with the game-winner in the extra period.

Related: Wilson's OT winner completes Capitals' Game 1 comeback over Leafs

Trotz didn't like how Washington played for the first 30 minutes of the game, according to The Athletic's James Mirtle.

The Capitals out-shot the Leafs 13-7 in the third and 6-2 in overtime, and Washington ultimately prevailed, so Trotz shouldn't have much of an issue with how the Presidents' Trophy winners finished Game 1.

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Pekka Rinne made Nashville Predators history in a Game 1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

The veteran goaltender stopped all 29 shots against in the 1-0 decision, recording the first road playoff shutout in team history, per Adam Vingan of The Tennessean.

Related: Predators' Arvidsson sneaks behind defense, scores on deft tip

As the following shot attempt table shows, the Blackhawks dominated the contest from the beginning of the second period on, with Rinne making a huge difference in the outcome.

The Predators had played 35 playoff games on the road prior to Thursday, while Rinne himself had posted one playoff shutout on home ice back in 2012.

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Tom Wilson has offered the perfect rebuttal to Mike Babcock's scouting report.

The gritty Washington Capitals forward scored the overtime goal to give his team a Game 1 win, belying the Toronto Maple Leafs head coach's assessment of him heading into the series.

Related: Wilson's OT winner completes Capitals' Game 1 comeback

"Nothing against (Wilson) because he works hard and all that, but he's not as big of concern as lot of people on their team," Babcock said Tuesday, according to Isabelle Khurshudyan of The Washington Post.

In fairness, Wilson is far down on the list of Washington's expected offensive heroes, but the game-winner - his first career playoff goal - came on a pretty nice shot.

To his credit, Wilson - known more for his physical play than offensive prowess - admitted Babcock may have had a point.

What's of more concern to the Maple Leafs coach: his team blowing a two-goal lead in Game 1, missing an opportunity to steal a huge road playoff win.

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Tom Wilson, playoff hero.

The Washington Capitals pest fired home the winner in overtime to seal a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the opening game of the first-round playoff series Thursday night.

The Capitals fell behind 2-0 less than 10 minutes into the contest, but a pair of goals by Justin Williams drew Washington even before Wilson ended it about five minutes into the extra frame.

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