Washington's Joel Ward has scored with 1.3 seconds left to give the Capitals a valuable 2-1 road victory at the New York Rangers as the second round of the playoffs began with two contrasting games.
The game looked headed for overtime until Ward drove to the net and tapped past Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist.
Game 2 is Saturday at Madison Square Garden.
In the other game, Anaheim's Corey Perry had two goals and two assists as the Ducks stamped their authority on Calgary.
Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and three assists, and Matt Beleskey, Patrick Maroon and Emerson Etem also scored for the top-seeded Ducks, who had a seven-day layoff following their first-round sweep of Winnipeg.
Game 2 is Sunday back at Honda Centre, where the Flames haven't won since the 2006 playoffs and have lost 20 consecutive regular-season games since January 2004.
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