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{allcanada} Ducks overpower Flames in series opener

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ANAHEIM -- There was no third-period drama between the Calgary Flames and Anaheim Ducks.

Corey Perry had two goals and two assists and Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and three assists to help Anaheim overpower Calgary 6-1 in Game 1 of the Western Conference Second Round on Thursday at Honda Center.

Game 2 of the best-of-7 series is Sunday at Honda Center (10 p.m. ET; CNBC, SN, TVA Sports).

Perry gave Anaheim leads of 3-0 and 5-0, the latter on a power-play goal 44 seconds into the third period when he took Getzlaf's pass, skated down the left side and beat Flames goalie Karri Ramo. Perry's four points tied his own franchise Stanley Cup Playoffs single-game record set in Game 1 of the first round.

Getzlaf matched him by scoring a power-play goal at 2:32 of the third period for a 6-0 lead.

The Ducks and Flames were among the NHL leaders in third-period comebacks, but Calgary's lone goal came from rookie Sam Bennett, who scored at 9:16 of the third period when the puck ticked off the skate of Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin and onto his stick for a slap shot that ended Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen's bid for his first playoff shutout.

Things couldn't have gone much worse for Calgary, which pulled goalie Jonas Hiller early in the second period after he allowed three goals on 14 shots in his first playoff game against his former team. The Flames also lost left wing Micheal Ferland and right wing Jiri Hudler to undisclosed injuries, and left wing Johnny Gaudreau did not play in the third.

Including the playoffs, Calgary has lost 20 straight games at Honda Center since winning Game 3 of their first-round series in 2006.

The second period has been Anaheim's weakness all season, but Perry and Emerson Etem scored to give the Ducks a 4-0 lead after 40 minutes.

Perry was left unguarded to skate from behind the net to the left side and easily score 2:13 into the second period, prompting Hiller's removal. At 10:11, Etem put in a loose puck off Beauchemin's shot, with Tim Jackman creating traffic in front, for his second goal in as many games.

Matt Beleskey and Patrick Maroon gave Anaheim a 2-0 lead after one period.

Beleskey tapped in a deft pass by Kyle Palmieri from behind the goal line at 10:17 after the Ducks penned the Flames in their zone. Maroon chipped Getzlaf's backhand pass from the corner past Hiller at 13:11 after the top line cycled down low and Maroon outmuscled Matt Stajan in front of the net.

Anaheim killed nearly three minutes of Calgary power-play time in the opening 10 minutes because of cross-checking and high-sticking penalties by Perry, and Andersen stopped Josh Jooris on a breakaway early in the game.

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