Anaheim Ducks Five Great Playoff Moments: The Heroes of Playoffs Past

Anaheim Puts Out the Fire in Calgary

Two years later, the Ducks made another playoff push, again, they played another Canadian team in the first round, but this time, it was a divisional rival in the Calgary Flames, a team that finished fourth in the division, but seventh overall in the conference. The big thing going into this series was that Calgary never beat Anaheim at Honda Center/Arrowhead Pond in a long time and it stayed that way in the first two games, so heading into Calgary for game 3, the Flames were hoping to get some momentum and get back into this series.

Right away, the Flames jumped out to a two-nothing lead early, but Nick Ritchie got the Ducks on the board and heading into the first intermission, the Ducks trailed Calgary two to one. Unfortunately, the Ducks were in trouble in the second period because Michael Stone and Sam Bennett scored to make it four to one, forcing Jonathan Bernier to replace Gibson. Former Duck Shea Theodore scored to make it four-two heading to the second intermission, but it looked like it would be all for naught heading into the third period with the momentum clearly on the Flames side.

Things started to change though in the third period when another former Duck Nate Thompson cut the Flames lead to four-three with a goal less than nine minutes remaining, then Shea Theodore tied the game up with five minutes remaining in regulation. The Ducks ended up going to overtime and this time, it was Corey Perry scoring the game-winner in overtime by throwing the puck towards the net and the shot got deflected into the back of the net. With the win, the Ducks took a three nothing series lead, then completed the sweep to advance to the second round.